All Articles tagged advocacy

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  February 15, 2024 EDT
  What Social Science Can Teach Us Regarding Briefing
  Morgan L.W. HazeltonRachael K. Hinkle

  Using quantitative studies, legal writers can move beyond hunches to understand the most effective advocacy tools.

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  March 01, 2010 EDT
  A Preliminary Exploration of the Elements of Expert Performance in Legal Writing
  Erika AbnerShelley Kierstead

  This Article describes our exploratory and descriptive research into the elements of expert performance in legal writing.

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  March 01, 2008 EDT
  Lawyer as Artist: Using Significant Moments and Obtuse Objects to Enhance Advocacy
  James Parry Eyster

  This article was published in Volume 14 as part of the symposium “Once upon a Legal Time: Developing the Skills of Storytelling in Law."

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  March 01, 2002 EDT
  The Inside Scoop: What Federal Judges Really Think About the Way Lawyers Write
  Kristen K. Robbins

  What troubles federal judges most is not what lawyers say but what they fail to say when writing briefs.

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  March 01, 2000 EDT
  Doing Justice to the Potential Contribution of Lyric Poems
  James P. MadiganLaura Y. Tartakoff

  Lawyers can become more compelling advocates by reading lyric poetry.

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  March 01, 1998 EDT
  Ethical Considerations in Advocacy: What First-Year Legal Writing Students Need to Know
  Beverly J. Blair

  The new role for the legal writer as an advocate demands candor, honesty and credibility with the court.

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  March 01, 1998 EDT
  Representing Non-Mainstream Clients to Mainstream Judges: A Challenge of Persuasion
  Diana Pratt

  The problem is straightforward: how to overcome unconscious bias. The challenge is more interesting: how to persuade a mainstream court to consider the facts from a different perspective.

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