The Bencher—May/June 2023
Excellence in Legal Writing
Feature Articles
Becoming a Better Poet: What Poetry and Your Legal Writing Should Have in Common
By Judge David W. Lannetti and Jennifer L. Eaton, Esquire—Page 14
Grammar Confidential Redux: Dispelling and Demystifying Common Writing Myths
By Professor David H. Spratt—Page 18
What to Write—Analysis in Legal Writing
By Raymond T. “Tom” Elligett, Esquire and Amy S. Farrior, Esquire—Page 20
How to Write Clear and Concise
By Mark D. Finsterwald, Esquire—Page 23
Common Denominators of Effective Legal Writing
By Katherine M. Lennon, Esquire—Page 26
How to Write Like a 13th Century Archbishop
By Matthew P. Crouch, Esquire—Online Only
Columns
Ethics: Criteria for Judicial Recusal
By Francis G.X. Pileggi, Esquire—Page 13
Technology: The Rise of ‘Cheeky Amici’
By Raffi Melkonian, Esquire—Page 30
Regular Features
Inn the News—Page 3
The American Inns of Court Experience—Y. Jun Roh, Esquire—Page 28
Profile in Professionalism—Page 29
Program Spotlight—Page 31