BREVITY IS THE SOUL OF WIT FOR TRIAL LAWYERS
“Brevity is the soul of wit” Shakespeare Hamlet Long before Shakespeare the importance of brevity in communication had been noted. Horace in 65 BC wrote “Unless you are brief, our complete plan of thought will seldom be grasped. Before you reach the conclusion, the reader or listener has forgotten the beginning and the middle.” In spite of the wisdom of history, walk into any courtroom and listen to the typical lawyer asking questions of a witness or arguing to a…