Legal Writing

I promised Jane Griesdorf that I would post on legal writing sites and then became too busy.

The Advocates Society each year runs a two day workshop on Factum Writing at Osgoode’s Professional Development Facility, which has been the occasion for some extremely helpful presentations on effective written advocacy – Ontario Court of Appeal Justice John Laskin’s piece being typical.

But for those who can’t attend, where to go?

Courtesy of David Stratas, here is a wonderful feature that Bryan Garner the editor of Black’s Law Dictionary has assembled on his LawProse website.

It’s a great set of streaming videos of interviews with judges, writing instructors, litigators and others providing practical advice on legal writing in brief clips. Virtually entirely American – the one exception – you might have guessed – is Lord Denning, with his thick Wiltshire burr.

No Canadian judges, though. Who should we suggest that they tape for this feature?