Last year I wrote that I had undertaken writing a book. Co-author Mary Trevor and I wrestled with the topic’s scope and organization, only to receive the excellent suggestion to write at least the first two sections as law review articles. 

Mary taught legal writing for decades at a Minnesota law school and comes at it from the notion that legalese does the reader no favors. We are working hard to make these law review articles accessible for the regular reader as well as law student. As an editor on scores of legal writing projects (books and articles), Mary’s got an eagle eye for detail. All this and she’s a true blue friend to boot!

So here we are, six months later, reviewing every line (and extensive footnote) to prepare our first article for submission later this summer. Last week we interviewed a prominent TV writer. She observed  that given our inter-disciplinary exploration of context and original research, we’re in fact feminist documentarians! 

It just goes to show you never know where your interest will take you!