Comments on: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Easier to Read? http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2006/11/27/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure-easier-to-read/ news, views and info on self-help law and pro se litigation Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:11:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MaryWhisner http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2006/11/27/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure-easier-to-read/comment-page-1/#comment-345 MaryWhisner Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:54:36 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2006/11/27/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure-easier#comment-345 Orijit, You can get more information by reading the transmittal letter <a href="http://www.uscourts.gov/rules/Appendix_D.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a>. The letter describes the process of drafting. Bryan A. Garner, an expert on legal writing (see his <a href="http://www.lawprose.org" rel="nofollow">website</a>), started them off with a first draft and drafting guidelines. Prof. R. Joseph Kimble, who teaches legal writing at Thomas M. Cooley Law School, played a strong role. The letter mentions Prof. Stephen B. Burbank (University of Pennsylvania) and Gregory Joseph, Esq., who organized a committee (11 law professors and 10 practitioners) to review the draft and offer comments. Information about that committee is <a href="http://www.law.upenn.edu/fac/sburbank/RestylingProject.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. There you'll find a link to the committee's detailed comments. I hope you find this helpful. -- Mary Orijit,

You can get more information by reading the transmittal letter here.

The letter describes the process of drafting. Bryan A. Garner, an expert on legal writing (see his website), started them off with a first draft and drafting guidelines. Prof. R. Joseph Kimble, who teaches legal writing at Thomas M. Cooley Law School, played a strong role.

The letter mentions Prof. Stephen B. Burbank (University of Pennsylvania) and Gregory Joseph, Esq., who organized a committee (11 law professors and 10 practitioners) to review the draft and offer comments. Information about that committee is here. There you’ll find a link to the committee’s detailed comments.

I hope you find this helpful. — Mary

]]> By: Orijit http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2006/11/27/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure-easier-to-read/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Orijit Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:41:26 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shlep/2006/11/27/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure-easier#comment-295 The changes certainly make the rules much easier to read for self-represented litigants. Do you happen to know how 'the group within the Civil Rules Advisory Committee' makes their decisions? It seems as though they received public comments on the 'Style Project', it would be interesting to find those comments and any surveys conducted to come up with the recommendations. The changes certainly make the rules much easier to read for self-represented litigants. Do you happen to know how ‘the group within the Civil Rules Advisory Committee’ makes their decisions? It seems as though they received public comments on the ‘Style Project’, it would be interesting to find those comments and any surveys conducted to come up with the recommendations.

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