Trials & Litigation
Antonin Scalia: A Voice for the Write
Posted Apr 27, 2008, 07:05 pm CDT
By Richard Brust
When legal writing expert Bryan A. Garner set out to interview all nine U.S. Supreme Court justices for his website, at lawprose.org, he found one justice particularly compatible: Antonin Scalia. “I found on a personal level that he and I clicked,” says Garner.
Measured only by their contrasting voices, they seem an unlikely duo: Dallas native Garner’s broad Texas drawl, Scalia’s lively New York-bred tempo.
But they are united in their devotion to the written and spoken word—no matter the accent.
The result: Their just-published collaborative tutorial, Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges.
In March, the ABA Journal’s Richard Brust sat down with Scalia in the Supreme Court’s Lawyers’ Lounge—joined by Garner in teleconference—to talk about writing and oral argument.
Follow the links to read highlights of that conversation or to hear the podcast.
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