Independent Legal Scholar Resources

”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.

Jeff Klenner Downloadable .pdf, Magazine Article Legal Writing

Benjamin J. Keele wrote this very important article featured in the February 2009 issue of the ABA’s Student Lawyer.

Many recent journal articles are online, and law professors are accustomed to posting working drafts on sites like the Social Science Research Network and Bepress. It is time to put law journals online, easily accessible to all, and to keep them online by preserving them in IRs (Institutional Repositories).

http://ssrn.com/abstract=1554399

While the download page is titled “Abstract”, this link appears to contain the full article.

Jeff Klenner Magazine Article ABA, Open Access, SSRN