Publication Date
6-2008
Document Type
Article
Organizational Units
Sturm College of Law
Keywords
Legal writing, Writing, Supreme Court, John Roberts, Chief Justice Roberts, Clarity, Samuel Alito, Justice Alito, Stephen Breyer, Justice Breyer, Robert Jackson, Justice Jackson, William Rehnquist, Justice Rehnquist, Clarence Thomas, Justice Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice Bader Ginsburg, Justice Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, Justice Scalia, Pacing, Sentences, Sentence progression, Transitions, Signposts, Conciseness
Abstract
This column begins a three-part discussion of legal writing interviews given by eight of the nine sitting justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. This first part explores the two aspects of good legal writing that were the most often mentioned by the justices during their interviews: clarity and conciseness.
Rights Holder
Robert Anderson, The Colorado Lawyer
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
3 pgs
File Size
397KB
Publication Statement
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Publication Title
The Colorado Lawyer
Volume
37
Issue
6
First Page
61
Last Page
63
Recommended Citation
Robert S. Anderson, U.S. Supreme Court Interviews on Effective Legal Writing – Part I, Colo. Law., June 2008, at 61.