Better writing, one case at a time. Professors of legal writing, rhetoric, and technical writing, Katie Guest Pryal and Jordynn Jack have created a manual for improving all stages of the legal writing process, from the invention of strong legal arguments to the crafting of eloquence and style.

In Point Made, Ross Guberman uses the work of great advocates as the basis of a valuable, step-by-step brief-writing and motion-writing strategy for practitioners. The author takes an empirical approach, drawing heavily on the writings of the nation's 50 most influential lawyers.

Good legal writing wins court cases. It its first edition, The Winning Brief proved that the key to writing well is understanding the judicial readership. Now, in a revised and updated version of this modern classic, Bryan A. Garner explains the art of effective writing in 100 concise, practical, and easy-to-use sections. Covering everything from the rules for planning and organizing a brief to openers that can capture a judge's attention from the first few words, these tips add up to the most compelling, orderly, and visually appealing brief that an advocate can present. In Garner's view, good writing is good thinking put to paper. "Never write a sentence that you couldn't easily speak," he warns-and demonstrates how to do just that. Beginning each tip with a set of quotable quotes from experts, he then gives masterly advice on building sound paragraphs, drafting crisp sentences, choosing the best words ("Strike pursuant to from your vocabulary."), quoting authority, citing sources, and designing a document that looks as impressive as it reads. Throughout, he shows how to edit for maximal impact, using vivid before-and-after examples that apply the basics of rhetoric to persuasive writing. Filled with examples of good and bad writing from actual briefs filed in courts of all types, The Winning Brief also covers the new appellate rules for preparing federal briefs. Constantly collecting material from his seminars and polling judges for their preferences, the second edition delivers the same solid guidelines with even more supporting evidence. Including for the first time sections on the ever-changing rules of acceptable legal writing, Garner's new edition keeps even the most seasoned lawyers on their toes and writing briefs that win cases. An invaluable resource for attorneys, law clerks, judges, paralegals, law students and their teachers, The Winning Brief has the qualities that make all of Garner's books so popular: authority, accessibility, and page after page of techniques that work. If you're writing to win a case, this book shouldn't merely be on your shelf--it should be open on your desk.

"In The legal writing workshop : using rhetoric to make your strongest case, two professors of law and rhetoric give you strategies to address any legal writing task from start to finish. Pryal and Jack help lawyers and legal professionals develop a thorough system for writing and speaking, one that addresses a lawyer's full spectrum of writing concerns, from beating writer's block to developing eloquent style and arguing ethically for any given case. Pryal and Jack use a unique combination of ancient techniques and cutting-edge research on rhetoric, writing, and law to give every lawyer and legal professional the tools to write effectively."--Back cover.

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Wayne Schiess's Advanced Legal Writing Workshop guides legal writers through more than 50 advanced skills and techniques. It's full of clear explanations and before-and-after examples on topics from parallelism to persuasion, possessives to passive voice, plain English to professional editing. Why study advanced topics? Legal writers are professional writers--who should have a high writing IQ. And studying advanced topics will improve every part of the writing process: outlining, drafting, and editing.

From Richard K. Neumann, Jr., and Sheila Simon -- both widely known for their creative contributions to the Legal Writing field -- comes this new, streamlined text for the basic legal writing course. It takes a student-friendly approach and provides concise but complete explanations of writing skills. And it is supplemented by a dynamic and unique website with many additional teaching tools. This concise, basic text for legal writing courses features: succinct explanations that don't sacrifice coverage step-by-step guidance through the process of writing manageably short chapters focused on essential skills improved explanation of the CREAC formula (also known as the paradigm) innovative and vivid coverage of how to use storytelling in fact statements coverage of office memos, motion memos, and appellate briefs checklists and exercises throughout Classes using Richard K.Neumann Jr. and Sheila Simon's Legal Writing will have access to a unique and dynamic website with a wide range of features, including: many of Sheila Simon's most creative and famous teaching tools audio recordings of teachers and writers talking about the writing process printable checklists for rewriting additional exercises additional coverage on letter-writing, client interviewing, punctuation, and more Legal Writing represents a generous teaching package made up of a very clear and concise textbook, a dynamic website, and a detailed Teacher's Manual.