Does Twitter's Required Brevity Improve Legal Writing?

conniecrosby: @nikiblack Have you seen this blog response re: twitter on the complex litigator http://tinyurl.com/8yubas (expand) ? Very good discussion.

• nikiblack:  Q: Legal tweeps-does Twitter's required brevity make for better writing? See: http://tinyurl.com/8yubas I say-yes. You?

• advocatesstudio: @nikiblack Answered. Yes. Writers should engage more frequently in exercises that encourage brevity.

• nicolecaccamo: @nikiblack absolutely yes, especially if you avoid abbreviations! Forces us loquacious individuals to be more succinct.

• GKetch: @nikiblack @legaltweets: No. Legal writing needs to be clear. Sometimes this = brevity. Not always.

• paul177: @nikiblack I think it does help in some ways. Makes you more direct...

• lancegodard: @nikiblack I say no: Twitter's imposed economy of the word has clear advantages but writing not necessarily better (can b incomprehensible)

• hsleviant: @LegalTweets Between my blog and yours, I'm roughly breaking even in the debate: http://tinyurl.com/azcspr  Good discussion.

Comments

[H. Scott Leviant]

Obviously, I say, "No." But regardless of my opinion, the positive nature of this discussion, both for and against, has been a pleasant surprise. I still commend the law students that provided the premise to which I reacted on my blog, The Complex Litigator. I appreciate everyone's thoughts.

Best regards,

H. Scott Leviant (The Complex Litigator)