As an attorney, the ability to write, proficiently, is imperative. Writing in the law is a form of art advocacy in its most creative form. The goal is to paint a pathway that leads to an obvious conclusion, one that the reader could and should have reached on his or her own when given the same information.
I have found over the years that there are numerous diverging opinions with respect to the proper style of legal writing in general, largely when it comes to formatting and vocabulary. In law school, I was taught to use a very conservative approach to formatting. We were told that the use of bold, italics, underlining and/or caps would not necessarily serve us well especially if combined. That is not to say that I was taught never to use these formatting options, just to use them conservatively.
