The Sesquipedalian Septuagenarian
Today’s issue of the Providence Journal has this article about the Honorable Bruce Marshall Selya, senior judge of the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals. The focus of the article is on the judge’s tendency to use obscure terms like puce and lexiphanicism in his opinions.
Here’s an earlier article about the sesquipedalian septuagenarian published in the Boston Globe.
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The Jacksonville Daily Record has this story about Bill Ferry, media relations director for Comcast. The focus is on the value of journalism training for attorneys as authors.
Here’s a quote from the article:
“When you are writing the news, you are influencing how people view information,” said Ferry. “It’s similar with law, where you’re trying to influence or build a consensus on something among a group, usually to win a case.”
