Long Story Short: Key Practices for Structuring and Writing Persuasive Briefs 2023

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 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