Vexing judges
Bryan Garner writes in his ABA Journal column that "[t]here's a disconnect between what judges say they want" in briefs "and what lawyers give them."
He offers three reasons to favor the judges' view — "the 'halo effect'", "less is more", and "easy is better".
While Blawgletter agrees with each point
Did you see the piece in the March 2013 issue of ABA Journal by Bryan Garner? The guy who edits Black's Law Dictionary? Author of books on American, legal, and American-legal prosel. He wrote "Why lawyers can't write".
Whoa.
Mr. Garner said the great mass of legal writers think themselves Far Better at pen- and keyboard-wielding than the