And now the post in which I proceed to beat the dead
horse.
I know I've written several times (like
here and
here and
here) about how dull and ineffective it is to begin sentences
with unnecessary date references, but nothing seems to stop it.
Indeed, I got a note from a staff attorney at one of our courts
bemoaning the reluctance of some of the judges to abandon the
stilted, lawyeristic writing that they learned in the
past--presumably from stilted law professors at stilted law
schools.
So, I'll try something else.
I know some of us are visual learners.
Maybe even engineers, or trombonists, perish the thought.
So, I found a picture to describe the problem, from the
judge's point of view, when you copy your trial chronology into
your brief:
