The Appellate Record Blog: How Not To Be Read

We here at the Appellate Record pride ourselves on providing the best insights on legal writing you'll find anywhere.

And I've said it a million times, we never exaggerate.

We also pride ourselves in talking about ourselves in the plural, the royal "we," when in reality it's just me sitting here tapping the keys.

But I digress.

Today we have the ultimate legal writing tip if you want the court (or any other audience) to avoid reading large portions of your writing. This technique is so effective that, if properly used, I daresay you could drop an F-Bomb in the middle of a brief and the court would never notice.

Let me know how that works out for you.

Curious? Well, it has to do with telling the court what the cases say rather than telling the court what the cases mean. After the jump, I--we--will explain.