On April 18th, I published a post about using the word “but” to convey sharp contrast with a previously stated point. I referred to “but” as a “power word,” which is the name I use  for words in legal writing that do a better job than similar words at conveying certain meaning.  The power word I’m going to discuss in this post is “although.” “Although,” a subordinating conjunction, indicates contrast between two clauses of a sentence and attaches a subordinate clause to the main clause.  In legal writing it is a power word to turn to when you need to either downplay a weakness in your own client’s argument or highlight a weakness in the opposing party’s argument. Given that a large part of…