Download the Chapter on The Key to Good Legal Writing

In a book I edited, titled The Appellate Prosecutor: A Practical and Inspirational Guide to Appellate Advocacy, the Honorable Paul Turner, who when the book was published was Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Los Angeles, California, contributed a chapter. Judge Turner’s chapter focuses on the art of writing, specifically on crafting the short declarative sentence, which he referred to as “The Declarative Sentence: The Key to Good Legal Writing.”