ABA Journal: Modern Law Library

Farid

There's plenty of conventional wisdom about what makes a good legal brief or court opinion. Judge Robert E. Bacharach of the Denver-based 10th Circuit Court of Appeals says that when judges socialize, their conversations often devolve into discussions about language and pieces of writing they enjoy or revile.

But Bacharach decided he wanted to dive deeper, to see what the science of psycholinguistics could teach lawyers and judges about how written words persuade an audience. The result was his new book, Legal Writing: A Judge's Perspective on the Science and Rhetoric of the Written Word, published by the ABA.

Legal Writing is a slim volume, but it's packed with tips. It considers details as microscopic as a serif on a letter and as macroscopic as how to create an outline for an argument. In this episode of the Modern Law Library podcast, Bacharach chats about his own writing process; shares his top takeaways from the psycholinguists he consulted; and offers his advice for young litigators looking to hone their skills.

Need to sharpen your legal writing? 10th Circuit Court judge shares his tips

پس چہ بائد کرد
اے اقوامِ شرق
(اقبال)

Lyrics in Persian(Farsi)

مست گشتم از دو چشم ساقی پیمانہ نوش
الوداع اے ننگ ناموس الفراق اے عقل ہوش
نیاز بریلوی

قندہار و زیارت خرقہ مبارک

غزل
از دیر مغان آیم بی گردش صہباست
در منزل لا بودم از بادہ الا مست
I come from the temple of Magians(Old Persian Magus)intoxicated with the passing of wine.
I was inebriate with the wine of illa in the state of la*(Nothingness).

دانم کہ نگاہ او ظرف ہمہ کس بیند
کرد است مرا ساقی از عشوہ و ایما مست
I know his eyes perceive the capacity of every person,
the saqi has made me ecstatic by his blandishment and beckoning.

وقت است کہ بگشایم میخانۂ رومی باز
پیران حرم دیدم در صحن کلیسا مست
It is time I should again open the tavern(Mai-Khana) of Rumi:
I have seen the custodian (پیران) of the Harem intoxicated in the churchyard.

این کار حکیمی نیست دامان کلیمی گیر
صد بندۂ ساحل مست یک بندہ دریا مست
It is not the work of a philosopher, catch hold of the hem of a Moses, who conversed with God.
A hundred persons enrapt with the shore and but one tipsy with the river.

از حرف دلاویزش اسرار حرم پیدا
دی کافرکی دیدم در وادی بطحا مست
From his delightful words, the secrets of the Harem shine out:
I saw a mini‐infidel yesterday intoxicated in the valley of Batha.

سینا است کہ فاران است یارب چہ مقام است این 
ہر ذرہ خاک من چشمی است تماشا مست
Is this Sinai or Faran? O God, what is this place?
Each particle of my dust is an eye lost in beholding the garment of that Interstice that cannot be crosse

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