Judges and Their Editors
March 24th, 2010
”Balance is the key to quality judicial writing . . . because pride unrestrained can stiffen resistance, or even close the mind entirely, to helpful suggestions from others.”
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1555959
Professor Abrams (University of Missouri School of Law) authors a column, Writing it Right, in Precedent, The Missouri Bar’s quarterly magazine. In a variety of contexts, the column stresses the fundamentals of quality legal writing – precision, conciseness, simplicity, and clarity
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This article is adapted from Professor Abrams’ address to the international meeting of the Association of Reporters of Judicial Decisions in Halifax, Nova Scotia on August 7, 2009.