One of the coolest things I can remember. Bryan Garner at lawprose.org has put together videotaped interviews with 8 of the 9 Supreme Court Justices (all but Souter) on effective writing, advocacy and a host of related topics.
There are many hours of interviews, and all are available as a public service here.
I suspect that this will be a foundational set of interviews for many years to come, and applaud both the effort and availability for all to see.
Thanks to Orin Kerr.
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I’ve taken Garner’s class twice as he does a travelling road show around the country. He’s terrific, and highly recommended whether you have practiced for 2 days, or 20 years.
Actually, it might be more important if you’ve practiced for 20 years and you hear what judges have to say about some of the lousy writing habits that lawyers have picked up.
The Supremes on legal writing and advocacy.
Bill of Rights. (From the public domain.) Thanks, Scott Greenfield, for posting this link to interviews of eight Supreme Court justices talking about appellate writing and advocacy. Regardless of one’s personal opinion about a particular judge, ju