Anne Ralph
@anneralph.bsky.social
Storyteller, lawyer, professor. #LegalStorytelling, #LegalWriting, litigation/ #CivPro, legal ed. Views my own.
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Anne Ralph
@anneralph.bsky.social
· Sep 5
Lawyers have an ethical obligation to write well. Every lawyer can be a good writer. Every good legal writer can get better. Law students can learn to be good legal writers by studying #LegalWriting w/professionalized faculty who follow pedagogical best practices.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Sarah McLachlan
Wilco
Ani DiFranco
Paula Cole with Barenaked Ladies
Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins
Sarah McLachlan
Wilco
Ani DiFranco
Paula Cole with Barenaked Ladies
Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Men at Work
REM
Berlin
Violent Femmes
John Williams conducting the Boston Pops
Men at Work
REM
Berlin
Violent Femmes
John Williams conducting the Boston Pops
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Weird Al Yankovic
G3 (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
Ben Folds (Five) (x5)
Nine Inch Nails
Regina Spektor
Weird Al Yankovic
G3 (Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
Ben Folds (Five) (x5)
Nine Inch Nails
Regina Spektor
November 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Sarah McLachlan
Wilco
Ani DiFranco
Paula Cole with Barenaked Ladies
Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins
Sarah McLachlan
Wilco
Ani DiFranco
Paula Cole with Barenaked Ladies
Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins
realizing I have a consistent holiday persona and it’s “worried we don’t have enough butter, should I go back to the store?”
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
realizing I have a consistent holiday persona and it’s “worried we don’t have enough butter, should I go back to the store?”
🚨ALERT🚨 We are entering the season in which I may earnestly wish you & your loved ones (a) a nice Thanksgiving; (b) a peaceful & bright December; and/or (c) health & happiness in the New Year. I really mean it. Govern yourselves accordingly.
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
🚨ALERT🚨 We are entering the season in which I may earnestly wish you & your loved ones (a) a nice Thanksgiving; (b) a peaceful & bright December; and/or (c) health & happiness in the New Year. I really mean it. Govern yourselves accordingly.
remembering my in-class hypos for this unit are about Suzie (UT) v Argyle (CA), Joyce (CA) v Hopper (IN), along with other Stranger Things-themed conflicts & just really pleased about the timing on this.
a girl in a pink jacket with the word nerd written on it
ALT: a girl in a pink jacket with the word nerd written on it
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
remembering my in-class hypos for this unit are about Suzie (UT) v Argyle (CA), Joyce (CA) v Hopper (IN), along with other Stranger Things-themed conflicts & just really pleased about the timing on this.
Love to walk to my job, where I strive to teach critical thinking, careful legal analysis & nuanced judgment, and pass a sponsored marketing event encouraging the use of AI ”for school.” Feels a bit too on the nose to be a metaphor.
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Love to walk to my job, where I strive to teach critical thinking, careful legal analysis & nuanced judgment, and pass a sponsored marketing event encouraging the use of AI ”for school.” Feels a bit too on the nose to be a metaphor.
Looking forward to hearing from my @ohiostatelaw.bsky.social colleague Ned Foley (in a “fireside chat” w/colleague Steve Huefner) on Why American Democracy is in Such Peril.
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Looking forward to hearing from my @ohiostatelaw.bsky.social colleague Ned Foley (in a “fireside chat” w/colleague Steve Huefner) on Why American Democracy is in Such Peril.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Happy New Ken Burns on PBS Day to all who celebrate!
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Happy New Ken Burns on PBS Day to all who celebrate!
Fell back in love with Chicago this weekend. I got a latte at BlueBottle Coffee in Tribune Tower by the river and walked the Magnificent Mile to the Lake Michigan lakefront. Midwest forever.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Fell back in love with Chicago this weekend. I got a latte at BlueBottle Coffee in Tribune Tower by the river and walked the Magnificent Mile to the Lake Michigan lakefront. Midwest forever.
I have fulfilled my two civic duties today:
✅ Voted in local elections 🗳️
✅ Purchased homemade baked goods at the PTO bake sale at my polling place 🍪
✅ Voted in local elections 🗳️
✅ Purchased homemade baked goods at the PTO bake sale at my polling place 🍪
November 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I have fulfilled my two civic duties today:
✅ Voted in local elections 🗳️
✅ Purchased homemade baked goods at the PTO bake sale at my polling place 🍪
✅ Voted in local elections 🗳️
✅ Purchased homemade baked goods at the PTO bake sale at my polling place 🍪
Lawyers have an ethical obligation to write well. Every lawyer can be a good writer. Every good legal writer can get better. Law students can learn to be good legal writers by studying #LegalWriting w/professionalized faculty who follow pedagogical best practices.
September 5, 2023 at 5:57 PM
Lawyers have an ethical obligation to write well. Every lawyer can be a good writer. Every good legal writer can get better. Law students can learn to be good legal writers by studying #LegalWriting w/professionalized faculty who follow pedagogical best practices.
Law profs, I thought it would be fun to ask y’all: What are your best pieces of teaching advice for new faculty members heading into their first semester of classes?
Mine:
1. Be transparent. Tell your students why you’re asking them to do what you’re asking them to do.
2. Be flexible. I know 1/x
Mine:
1. Be transparent. Tell your students why you’re asking them to do what you’re asking them to do.
2. Be flexible. I know 1/x
August 11, 2023 at 5:58 PM
Law profs, I thought it would be fun to ask y’all: What are your best pieces of teaching advice for new faculty members heading into their first semester of classes?
Mine:
1. Be transparent. Tell your students why you’re asking them to do what you’re asking them to do.
2. Be flexible. I know 1/x
Mine:
1. Be transparent. Tell your students why you’re asking them to do what you’re asking them to do.
2. Be flexible. I know 1/x