F/U: "But" and "However" beginning sentences

[Deleted]

I had a CLE (training course) today on legal writing and one of the points that was made was to "Start sentences with 'But' rather than 'However.'"

I thought of you guys

[thedutchgirl]

I thought of that post last night as well as I was writing a brief.

[biscoffcookies]

This surprises me -- everything I was ever taught in school said you should never start sentences with "but" (or "and") and should use "however" instead.

My law school clearly did not get the but/however memo.