LegalWriter.net
Devoted to law, the business of law, and to enhancing lawyers’ writing skills.
I’m Julius Melnitzer, Legal Journalist, Writing Coach & Media Trainer for Lawyers.
I also help create strategies and story ideas for law firms and legal departments, and I train lawyers to write in plain English that people want to read. I’ve created this site to showcase thoughts and opinions about law and the business of law, as well as providing a resource for law firms, legal departments, and their marketers interested in my services.
What I offer is a unique skill set that will help you take your firm to new levels of clarity, accessibility, and media exposure. With 25 years of experience as a legal affairs journalist, and 17 years of experience as a practicing trial lawyer, my deep understanding of both environments enables me to translate complex legalese into plain yet elegant English. I can produce your content myself; I can also train your lawyers to write in simple English that anyone can understand, and assist in placing and pitching your stories to the media.
Julius Melnitzer was the recipient of The Canadian Online Publishing Awards’ silver medal for Best Investigative Series 2020.
L
Articles View more articles
BARE BONES BRIEFS: AI confesses — six ways I get the law wrong | Lawyer defames law firm, jury awards $50,000 | Scotiabank lists growth areas for lawyers | Borderless AI’s Alberni: multi-jurisdictional compliance without law firms | Court clears class action for $30 billion in illegal tariffs
By Julius Melnitzer | October 22, 2026 AI CONFESSES— SIX WAYS I GET THE LAW WRONG Roshi Sharma of LawBEAM ran output from Harvey, a generative AI platform, through LawBEAM’s own legal AI engine and, Sharma says, found fatal errors of law and fact. Asked to explain, Harvey admitted six failings. In its own words: […]
Humpty Dumpty v. The King and all the King’s horses et al.
Does anybody think Humpty Dumpty took his fall off the wall lying down? No way. Mr. Dumpty actually commenced a lawsuit seeking compensation as a result of injuries suffered. I recently came across a copy of a little-known decision of the High Court of Wonderland, which I would like to share. High Court of Wonderland […]
Bill C-39: Where’s the public interest test?
Apart from the employers and the unions, the people who bear the consequences have no defined way to be heard By Michelle McHale | October 17, 2026 Parliament is now debating when the federal government can step into a labour dispute without first answering a basic question: how do we know the system is working […]
Stabbing Back in the Law Firm
By Murray Gottheil | October 15, 2026 I liked some of my partners all of the time; most of my partners most of the time; and one or two, almost never. I suspect that my partners, as a group, had similar sentiments about me. The first thing to know about being a partner in a […]
BARE BONES BRIEFS: Canizares disbarred, again | Abuse survivors sue Ottawa over Jordan inaction | Litigant hides AI prompts in court filing | Treatable pedophile dodges dangerous offender label | Epiq picks Bertrand for Canadian class action administration
By Julius Melnitzer | October 12, 2026 CANIZARES DISBARRED, AGAIN Nicholas Canizares has been disbarred for the second time. The Toronto lawyer lost his licence in 1989 and won it back in 2009, on his undertaking to stay out of real estate and criminal law. On October 5, the Law Society Tribunal revoked his licence […]
B.C. pausing consultation on proposed changes to workplace safety legislation following provincial election call
By: Julius Melnitzer | October 8, 2026 WorkSafeBC is pausing its public consultation on proposed changes to the province’s Occupational Health and Safety Regulation after Premier David Eby called a snap provincial election for Oct. 24. From an employer’s perspective, the pause impacts proposed amendments that would add a new Part 4.1 — titled ‘Psychological […]