Description
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