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Judge Orders You to Stop Writing Stupidly

December 10, 2009

Minnesota bankrupcty court judge Robert Kressel just sent out guidelines for lawyers submitting proposed orders to him.  It is a catalog of and prohibition against every bad legal writing practice. And it makes sense, since he eventually has to sign those badly-drafted orders.
Guideline No. 6 – Capitalization

Lawyers apparently love to capitalize words. Pleadings, including proposed [...]

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