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Nota Bene continued from page 54 and respect for our legal system.’” In acknowledging that “there is a parallel right of access to court records embodied in the [F]irst [A]mendment,” the court found that the First Amendment presumes it to be the public’s right to access and inspect court records. Even if a court grants a motion to seal a court record, the parties may later be required to show cause to keep the file sealed. In Linn v. Department of Revenue, the Fourth District Appellate Court ini- tially granted the appellant’s motion for leave to file his briefs under seal. 2013 IL App (4th) 121055. However, 10 months later, the court issued a show cause ruling requiring the appellant to demonstrate why the order sealing the briefs should remain in effect. The court vacated the order when the appellant failed to justify the continu- ance of the order. Here is one of literature’s best known beginnings: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. –Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens The elegance and rhythm of these pas- sages demands our attention and captivates us. ***** Legal writing, by necessity, can be very serious. But serious can equal dull, dry and distant. Borrow a page from the creative nonfiction writers’ playbook to hook your readers, keep them, and persuade them.

Similarly, in Khan, even though the appellate court originally granted the motion to seal the briefs, the court later issued a rule to show cause against both parties to justify the continuance of the order. Justice Steigmann found it was unsurprising that neither party’s response attempted to justify continuing the order because neither party ever possessed a “col- orable basis” to justify “the extraordinary step” of sealing the court file. Justice Steigmann reprimanded the attorneys for their disservice to the trial and appellate courts for even requesting that the court file be sealed. He underscored that the attorneys should have known better, and that sealing an entire court file “can never be appropriate.”

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