Litigation
Apr. 9, 2011
Short Briefs Are Winners
Briefs that are pared down to the bare essentials are the most persuasive. By Richard C. Neal and Barbara A. Reeves of JAMS.
Legal briefs should be as short as they possibly can. It's the original meaning of the word: 'brief," adj., "using few words, concise, succinct." (College Dictionary, Random House, 1968.) In the age of word processors, cut-and-paste, and online computer research, "briefs" have grown long, 25, 35, even 50 pages for mediations, summary judgments, trials, and arbitrations.
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