David Ziff
@djsziff.bsky.social
Teaching Professor, University of Washington School of Law #LegalWriting
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David Ziff
@djsziff.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Um. Hello new followers. I apologize in advance for my posts. I write about legal citation and #LegalWriting generally. E.g.,
A 27-page review of The Bluebook: digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-arti...
An essay on the citation of so-called "slave cases": digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-arti...
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A 27-page review of The Bluebook: digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-arti...
An essay on the citation of so-called "slave cases": digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-arti...
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The one time I removed an interest on my resume was way back when I was applying for clerkships in NYC. I removed "playing bridge" because it had been a few years and I was rusty and I did NOT want Judge Kearse to read that. (Her Wikipedia entry has "Legal Career" and "Bridge Career" parts!)
January 28, 2026 at 3:53 AM
The one time I removed an interest on my resume was way back when I was applying for clerkships in NYC. I removed "playing bridge" because it had been a few years and I was rusty and I did NOT want Judge Kearse to read that. (Her Wikipedia entry has "Legal Career" and "Bridge Career" parts!)
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The best item on my resume is my publication which is a cure for hiccups in a medical journal. Very conversational.
January 28, 2026 at 2:29 AM
The best item on my resume is my publication which is a cure for hiccups in a medical journal. Very conversational.
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I knew a woman in law school who was very committed to her speculative fiction club. Like, we had to schedule moot court practices around it. Her interest in sci-fi and fantasy was on her resume, as it should well have been—she wouldn’t have been happy at any firm where it would have been a problem
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I knew a woman in law school who was very committed to her speculative fiction club. Like, we had to schedule moot court practices around it. Her interest in sci-fi and fantasy was on her resume, as it should well have been—she wouldn’t have been happy at any firm where it would have been a problem
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If the person is still thinking about it, it's a good resume item. I put Zamboni driver on mine and it was the most talked about topic. My credentials spoke for themselves
January 28, 2026 at 2:27 AM
If the person is still thinking about it, it's a good resume item. I put Zamboni driver on mine and it was the most talked about topic. My credentials spoke for themselves
This. Put your real individual interests on your resume and then you'll match with employers that vibe with your particular stuff.
I’m not even joking. If you list olive oil on your resume we are going to discuss olive oil.
January 28, 2026 at 2:24 AM
This. Put your real individual interests on your resume and then you'll match with employers that vibe with your particular stuff.
That picture of Bovino everyone is using makes him look like an evil Jon Stewart.
January 27, 2026 at 2:23 AM
That picture of Bovino everyone is using makes him look like an evil Jon Stewart.
@joshtpm.bsky.social Just an FYI, since I know you were writing about this a while ago: bsky.app/profile/gove...
Yesterday, I met with Maj. Gen. Gent Welsh of the Washington National Guard. We had a good conversation about what's going on in Minnesota and to talk through different scenarios.
Bringing up our National Guard is one tool we have to protect Washingtonians if necessary.
Bringing up our National Guard is one tool we have to protect Washingtonians if necessary.
January 27, 2026 at 12:06 AM
@joshtpm.bsky.social Just an FYI, since I know you were writing about this a while ago: bsky.app/profile/gove...
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Pro Football Hall of Famer John Randle posted a statement about ICE as text overlays on various portraits of himself and I kind of love it
January 26, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Pro Football Hall of Famer John Randle posted a statement about ICE as text overlays on various portraits of himself and I kind of love it
For those of you looking for a link, it's on his Instagram, which seems to be legit: www.instagram.com/p/DT--DidEbQ...
P.S. I never trust anything posted that doesn't have a link to the actual person's account. This was the problem with that Alan Page stuff earlier! Ugh.
P.S. I never trust anything posted that doesn't have a link to the actual person's account. This was the problem with that Alan Page stuff earlier! Ugh.
January 26, 2026 at 11:26 PM
For those of you looking for a link, it's on his Instagram, which seems to be legit: www.instagram.com/p/DT--DidEbQ...
P.S. I never trust anything posted that doesn't have a link to the actual person's account. This was the problem with that Alan Page stuff earlier! Ugh.
P.S. I never trust anything posted that doesn't have a link to the actual person's account. This was the problem with that Alan Page stuff earlier! Ugh.
Washington Courts: Press Release Detail
Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis will not seek reelection to the Washington Supreme Court in 2026
www.courts.wa.gov/newsinfo/?fa...
Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis will not seek reelection to the Washington Supreme Court in 2026
www.courts.wa.gov/newsinfo/?fa...
Washington State Courts - Washington Court News
www.courts.wa.gov
January 26, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Washington Courts: Press Release Detail
Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis will not seek reelection to the Washington Supreme Court in 2026
www.courts.wa.gov/newsinfo/?fa...
Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis will not seek reelection to the Washington Supreme Court in 2026
www.courts.wa.gov/newsinfo/?fa...
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you should not share a post that's a screenshot without a link to a news item. you should not share a post that's a video or picture without some kind of sourcing. we're in a new bad era and these are now basic practices.
... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.
... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 PM
you should not share a post that's a screenshot without a link to a news item. you should not share a post that's a video or picture without some kind of sourcing. we're in a new bad era and these are now basic practices.
... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.
... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.
Whenever I read this page to my kid I get the Paul Wall voice and cadence in my head.
January 26, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Whenever I read this page to my kid I get the Paul Wall voice and cadence in my head.
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Who are the bad guys in this image, PAM
January 25, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Who are the bad guys in this image, PAM
She's claiming that these individuals appear to have organized together, "peaceably assembled" if you will, to write signs and chant slogans that express their complaints against this administration, or in other words, to "petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Sounds problematic.
Sounds problematic.
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 24, 2026 at 10:21 PM
She's claiming that these individuals appear to have organized together, "peaceably assembled" if you will, to write signs and chant slogans that express their complaints against this administration, or in other words, to "petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Sounds problematic.
Sounds problematic.
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I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
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At Georgetown Law, students couldn't get ICE removed from the job fair (eventually 1 dept pulled out) so employers started pulling out instead:
georgetownvoice.com/2026/01/22/g...
georgetownvoice.com/2026/01/22/g...
Georgetown Law refuses to remove ICE from upcoming job fair despite student petition, employers pull out in response
A Georgetown Law spokesperson confirmed to the Voice that the university will not remove ICE and DHS as employers at a virtual job fair.
georgetownvoice.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:16 PM
At Georgetown Law, students couldn't get ICE removed from the job fair (eventually 1 dept pulled out) so employers started pulling out instead:
georgetownvoice.com/2026/01/22/g...
georgetownvoice.com/2026/01/22/g...
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We also made a Sinister Minnesotans hoodie and onesie.
All proceeds go to aid organizations in Minnesota refusing to back down from the ICE agents polluting their great state.
Fuck ICE, and thank you to @raygunsite.com and @wardsutton.bsky.social for the hustle.
store.theonion.com/collections/...
All proceeds go to aid organizations in Minnesota refusing to back down from the ICE agents polluting their great state.
Fuck ICE, and thank you to @raygunsite.com and @wardsutton.bsky.social for the hustle.
store.theonion.com/collections/...
January 23, 2026 at 9:34 PM
We also made a Sinister Minnesotans hoodie and onesie.
All proceeds go to aid organizations in Minnesota refusing to back down from the ICE agents polluting their great state.
Fuck ICE, and thank you to @raygunsite.com and @wardsutton.bsky.social for the hustle.
store.theonion.com/collections/...
All proceeds go to aid organizations in Minnesota refusing to back down from the ICE agents polluting their great state.
Fuck ICE, and thank you to @raygunsite.com and @wardsutton.bsky.social for the hustle.
store.theonion.com/collections/...
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We've made this Sinister Minnesotans shirt from our Stan Kelly comic this week.
Net proceeds from this shirt will be donated to local organizations doing their part to keep Minnesotans safe and send ICE agents home to ruin their own fucking communities.
Fuck ICE and stay strong, Minneapolis.
Net proceeds from this shirt will be donated to local organizations doing their part to keep Minnesotans safe and send ICE agents home to ruin their own fucking communities.
Fuck ICE and stay strong, Minneapolis.
'Sinister Minnesotans' T-Shirt
Show your solidarity with the Sinister Minnesotans refusing to back down from the ICE agents currently polluting their great state with brutality, lawlessness, and an obvious dependence on testosteron...
store.theonion.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM
We've made this Sinister Minnesotans shirt from our Stan Kelly comic this week.
Net proceeds from this shirt will be donated to local organizations doing their part to keep Minnesotans safe and send ICE agents home to ruin their own fucking communities.
Fuck ICE and stay strong, Minneapolis.
Net proceeds from this shirt will be donated to local organizations doing their part to keep Minnesotans safe and send ICE agents home to ruin their own fucking communities.
Fuck ICE and stay strong, Minneapolis.
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They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
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no, google, I don't need you to summarize this two-sentence email. I know how to read
January 23, 2026 at 9:27 PM
no, google, I don't need you to summarize this two-sentence email. I know how to read
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When I see one of my students using ChatGPT:
January 23, 2026 at 5:51 AM
When I see one of my students using ChatGPT:
When I see one of my students using ChatGPT:
January 23, 2026 at 5:51 AM
When I see one of my students using ChatGPT:
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Before I came, I asked a local friend if the cold (it's going to be -20 or so in the coming days) would stop people from coming out. "No, we'll be there. It's ICE who can't handle it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Before I came, I asked a local friend if the cold (it's going to be -20 or so in the coming days) would stop people from coming out. "No, we'll be there. It's ICE who can't handle it."