3-Hour Program

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Overview

What You Will Learn

After completing this program, participants will be able to:

  • Produce writing that is precise, powerful, and persuasive
  • Recognize and understand legal writing do’s, don’ts, and controversies
  • Use good legal writing techniques in the elements of a brief: facts, argument, citations, and footnotes
  • Apply what judges like and avoid what judges dislike in legal writing

 

Who Should Attend

This program will be helpful to new litigators, as well as experienced litigators, who want a refresher or update on effective legal writing.

 

Program Level: Update

Prerequisites: None

Advanced Preparation: None



Lecture Topics [Total time 00:03:15]

Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program.


  • How to Make Your Legal Writing Precise, Powerful, and Persuasive [01:27:27]
    Hon. Gerald Lebovits
  • What Judges Like and Dislike in Legal Writing [01:32:48]
    Hon. Gerald Lebovits

The purchase price of this Web Program includes the following articles from the Course Handbook available online:


  • Complete Course Handbook
  • Do’s, Don’ts, and Maybes: Legal Writing Do’s—Part I, NYSBA Journal, The Legal Writer, Vol. 79, No. 4 (May 2007)
    Gerald Lebovits
  • Do’s, Don’ts, and Maybes: Legal Writing Do’s—Part II, NYSBA Journal, The Legal Writer, Vol. 79, No. 5 (June 2007)
    Gerald Lebovits
  • Do’s, Don’ts, and Maybes: Legal Writing Don’ts—Part I, NYSBA Journal, The Legal Writer, Vol. 79, No. 6 (July/August 2007)
    Gerald Lebovits
  • Do’s, Don’ts, and Maybes: Legal Writing Don’ts—Part II, NYSBA Journal, The Legal Writer, Vol. 79, No. 7 (September 2007)
    Gerald Lebovits
  • On Terra Firma with English
    Gerald Lebovits
  • Free at Last from Obscurity: Achieving Clarity
    Gerald Lebovits
  • Legal-Writing Myths
    Gerald Lebovits
  • Persuasive Writing for Lawyers—Part I, NYSBA Journal, The Legal Writer, Vol. 82, No. 2 (February 2010)
    Gerald Lebovits
  • Persuasive Writing for Lawyers—Part II, NYSBA Journal, The Legal Writer, Vol. 82, No. 3 (March/April 2010)
    Gerald Lebovits
  • Writing Bad Briefs: How to Lose a Case in 100 Pages or More, NYSBA Journal, The Legal Writer, Vol. 82, No. 4 (May 2010)
    Gerald Lebovits
  • Persuading the Judge Through Writing: How to Win, NYSBA Journal, The Legal Writer, Vol. 81, No. 2 (February 2009)
    Gerald Lebovits
  • Drafting New York Civil-Litigation Documents: Part XLVI—Best Practices for Persuasive Writing, NYSBA Journal, The Legal Writer, Vol. 87, No. 9 (November/December 2015)
    Gerald Lebovits
  • The Write and Wrong Way to Approach Legal Arguments
    Gerald Lebovits

Presentation Material


  • Legal Writing for Litigators
    Hon. Gerald Lebovits

Why You Should Attend

Good writing is one of the critical skills necessary to success in the practice of law.  But what actually is good legal writing?  This program will teach you the secrets of successful legal writing, whether you are writing for judges, partners, or clients.

 

What You Will Learn

After completing this program, participants will be able to:

  • Produce writing that is precise, powerful, and persuasive
  • Recognize and understand legal writing do’s, don’ts, and controversies
  • Use good legal writing techniques in the elements of a brief: facts, argument, citations, and footnotes
  • Apply what judges like and avoid what judges dislike in legal writing

 

Who Should Attend

This program will be helpful to new litigators, as well as experienced litigators, who want a refresher or update on effective legal writing.

 

Program Level: Update

Prerequisites: None

Advanced Preparation: None

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