Lawdragon Limelight

Q&A with Michael Wolf

Dean, Saint Louis University School of Law; former Chief Justice, Missouri Supreme Court

"My classroom teaching experience enabled me to see as a judge how important it is to make the law coherent – meaning approachable and understandable for lawyers and the public. This is especially true when I wrote opinions. I always avoided jargon and complicated legal terminology and tried to write for a sixth-grade reader. ..."