Description
The purpose of a brief is very simple: convince the court that your client deserves to win. However, many brief writers lose sight of this goal by creating briefs that are badly written, poorly organized, and ineffectively themed. All too often, briefs become overly long documents filled with extraneous information, and the writers seem to forget that the intended audience is time-pressed judges (and their clerks) looking for the clear delivery of a well-reasoned argument.
At its core, a brief should be a clear, concise, and compelling persuasion piece that creates a roadmap of facts that logically leads the court to the decision that you want. Both new and experienced lawyers will benefit from this 90-minute video program that will show you how to write a winning brief that is persuasive, short, and easy to follow.
This comprehensive program will cover:
• Strategies for organizing briefs
• Using introductions to set the stage
• Writing persuasive fact sections
• Composing headings, paragraphs, and topic sentences to persuade
• Writing clear and persuasive sentences
• Best (and worst) practices for using legal authorities
• Common traps of legal writing to avoid
• Typographical considerations
• How an effective reply brief differs from an opening brief
See CLE State Accreditation for credit details.
If you are licensed in New York, this content is appropriate for both newly admitted and experienced New York attorneys. Although, this content is appropriate for all New York attorneys, newly admitted attorneys cannot earn CLE credit for the completion of the course when presented via on-demand.