May 2010

Friday, May 21, 2010 to Friday, May 21, 2010

Lawyers often mistake forceful advocacy with belittling the other side's case, exaggerating their own case, and berating opposing counsel. Not only are these and similar tactics professionally irresponsible, they also annoy judges. In Writing Techniques for Winning Cases, Gary Kinder emphasizes the importance of ethics in writing a persuasive brief and shows lawyers how to make judges want to decide for them, how to shape a case for impact, how to get the judge's attention, how to present a case quickly and cleanly, how to capture a judge's imagination, and how to create arguments no opponent can deny. Mr. Kinder will teach you how to: Set a winning tone in your opening sentence, become the "fair advocate" judges rely upon, avoid unethical slurs that judges despise, focus you writing with a theme, introduce your client to the judge, respond to "Rambo", tell the judge a compelling story, spot the weaknesses in your opponent's case, sway judges with ideas "Rambo" could never imagine, compose clear, concise sentences, be zealous without being unethical, build a bulletproof argument, draft a brief in 21 minutes.