Musicians practice scales and exercises before they begin to practice music, and legal writers might consider doing the same thing. This article takes as its starting point a famous exercise known to all violinists. After a brief discussion of the history of the exercise and its composer, Rodolphe Kreutzer, the article proposes ten writing exercises that take up little time in the day and that might help legal writers to warm up their writing skills. The goal is not to produce any memorable writing with these exercises, but rather to help legal writers develop their technique and to keep their writing muscles limber and ready to tackle the challenges posed by law practice.