April 23, 2003

Why Do Lawyers Call a Thirty Page Document a "Brief"?

When I was in law school, I had to write a 25-page appellate brief on the issue of employment discrimination. At the time, I thought that was hard.

Fast forward several years. I've got an appellate brief due tomorrow in the Fourth Circuit and the damn thing just keeps on growing.

Now it's hard keeping under the thirty-page limit, and still say all that needs be said.

(Yes, I'm taking a five-minute sanity break. 8:47 p.m., brief due to the printers in thirteen hours. Will I see my bed tonight?)

Posted by wasylik at April 23, 2003 08:49 PM | TrackBack
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