Sentences with phrase «component of legalese»

Not exact matches

For example, Kenneth Chestek found that judges, law clerks, and practicing lawyers rated sample briefs with strong narrative components as more persuasive than sample briefs without strong narrative components.13 Sean Flammer found that judges rated sample briefs as more persuasive when they were written in plain language rather than in legalese.14 Similarly, Robert Benson and Joan Kessler found that appellate judges and their law clerks preferred briefs written in plain language rather than in legalese.15 Finally, Joseph Kimble and Steve Harrington found that judges and attorneys preferred plain language over legalese.16 These studies, however, measure only the judges» and lawyers» stated preferences for particular styles of writing.