A Federal Judge’s Advice on How to Persuade Judges – Judge Robert Bacharach – S5E20

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Judge Robert Bacharach.

Robert graduated from Washington University School of Law and worked for Oklahoma firm, Crowe and Dunlevy, practising commercial litigation. He has worked as a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

In 2013, Robert was appointed as a Judge of the United States Courts of Appeal for the 10th Circuit – after his nomination from President Barack Obama. Robert recently published his book, Legal Writing: A Judge’s Perspective on the Science and Rhetoric of the Written Word.

In this episode, we discuss the following:

• What are actions and behaviours which he finds most persuasive or repulsive as his role as a judge
• The motivation in writing ‘Legal Writing: A Judge’s Perspective on the Science and Rhetoric of the Written Word’
• The importance of psycholinguists and how they can improve our writing

Get 20% discount code (LGLFBRA) for Robert’s book, Legal Writing: A Judge’s Perspective on the Science and Rhetoric of the Written Word