Friday, October 4, 2013
Writing the way judges are taught to write
The Federal Judicial Center published its Judicial Writing Manual in 1991. As
Michael G. Walsh explained in the August Practical
Lawyer, lawyers could profitably follow some of the Manual’s advice. It urges judges to write clearly and accurately. It also encourages them to
feel pride of authorship in their opinions, a pride that Walsh says lawyers,
too, should feel in their written work. That pride, he argues, will go “a long way toward
insuring excellence in writing.” In addition to judges and lawyers, judicial clerks will also find some useful nuggets
in Walsh’s article.
(jdf)
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legalwriting/2013/10/writing-the-way-judges-are-taught-to-write.html