Month: August 2024

New at W&L Law – WordRake: Microsoft Word Plugin for Brevity and Simplicity

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WordRake Introduction

Are you interested in improving your writing for Clinic, a seminar, or journal? W&L Law Library is pleased to announce free access to WordRake for students, faculty, and staff. WordRake is an automated in-line editing plugin for Microsoft Word that can make any document or email clearer, shorter, and better. The tool is particularly useful for legal professionals, business writers, and anyone looking to enhance the readability of their documents.

WordRake improves clarity and conciseness by suggesting changes to eliminate unnecessary words and tighten sentences. Integration into Microsoft Word offers real-time editing suggestions that streamline writing and make it more professional.

Sample of WordRake

Similar to Grammarly, WordRake makes suggestions on your legal writing to make it more concise, improve word choices, and improve the overall flow of your document. You can view a 30-second demonstration of WordRake here.

If you are interested in receiving a key to install WordRake to your Mac or PC, please email lawref@wlu.edu.

 

Welcome Kerry Shibib, Outreach and Reference Librarian

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Kerry Shibib

Kerry Shibib, W&L Law’s new librarian

The Law Library is delighted to welcome Kerry Shibib to our professional staff and the W&L Law community!

Professor Shibib holds the new position of Outreach and Reference Librarian, in which he will coordinate our research assistant programs, the Student Library Advisory Committee (SLACers), and provide expert research and instructional support to faculty and students. He also teaches the Legal Research course in our first-year curriculum.

Prior to becoming a law librarian, Kerry was an attorney with large firms in New York and a boutique family law practice in San José, California. He is also a technology and computer enthusiast, becoming Microsoft Certified in Artificial Intelligence earlier this year. Kerry is currently working towards his Master of Library and Information Science at San José State University and previously earned his JD from Columbia and undergraduate degree from Cornell.

Please join us in welcoming Professor Shibib! His office is 354, on the corner just across from the Circulation Desk.