bench memo

bench memo.

1. A short brief submitted by a lawyer to a trial judge, often at the judge’s request.

2. A legal memorandum prepared by an appellate judge’s law clerk to help the judge in preparing for oral argument and perhaps in drafting an opinion. • A trial-court judge may similarly assign a bench memo to a law clerk, for use in preparing for hearing or trial or in drafting an opinion.

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资深译员姚坚，毕业于一所培养高级翻译以及跨文化事务专家的精英大学，专注翻译各种与私募资本有关的法律文件。