Take a look at the Judge’s order below.
I spent 11 grueling years as a Professor of Legal Writing at New England Law. Every year at the beginning of the year I would bemoan the pitiful state of the undergraduate education system and what passed for sufficient writing ability.
By the end of their first year of law school, I was able to get 90% of every class (give or take 10%) to at least an acceptable level of writing proficiency. To some it came naturally, to others it was a struggle at every turn (of phrase).
Some of the students should never have been admitted to law school in the first place. Some (the 10% that I couldn’t save) should have, but almost never did, take the hint and find a better way to burn all of that tuition money.
In a nutshell, effective lawyers (all lawyers – not just litigators) are effective communicators. Most legal communication is done in writing. If you can’t write, don’t become a lawyer.
Attribution: I was alerted to this decision through the MyCase Blog. If you’re a client, you know I use (and love) MyCase for client communications, billing and document transmittal.
