Appellate Practice
Sep. 7, 2016
We must break free from writing like, well, lawyers
In law school we struggled to grasp old, cryptic, monolithic judicial opinions. And many lawyers, trained to read those opinions, mimic that impenetrable style. By Jeff Fisher and Shawn Johnson
Jeffrey M. Fisher
Partner
Farella, Braun & Martel LLP
Intellectual Property Litigation
235 Montgomery St Fl 20
San Francisco , CA 94104
Phone: (415) 954-4912
Fax: (415) 954-4480
Email: jfisher@fbm.com
Univ of Illinois COL; Champaign IL
Jeff Fisher is in the firm's Intellectual Property Litigation Department in San Francisco
Few things in legal practice are more frustrating than aimless, rambling writing. The law is complicated enough without adding linguistic, syntactic or organizational confusion. We faced it in law school as we struggled to grasp old, cryptic, monolithic judicial opinions. And many lawyers, trained to read those opinions, mimic that impenetrable style. As a profession we must break the cycle and strive for clarit...
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