Is it time to change the way we write law review and law journal articles?

What is the purpose of writing an article which interprets and analyzes current situations relating to the legal field? Some may say that the purpose is to show the legal community (lawyers, judges and law professors) how sophisticated you are on a given topic so that you may change policy or help with judicial interpretation. Fewer may say that the purpose of writing an article is to educate the general public on legal issues that are affecting them in substantial ways. Most legal articles are drafted with decorative vocabulary and citations to the oldest of textbooks. But why? Why have we succumbed to this one way of writing articles? So that people can see how smart we are? To show that we know how to open a book for proper citation formatting? The many questions to our current practices remain unanswered. In my experience, the best authors are those who can effectively write a legal argument in such a way that is both entertaining and modern. Articles which…

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