
Point Made
How to Write Like the Nation's Top Advocates
Ross Guberman(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
1st Edition
Published on 3. February 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-19-539487-0 (ISBN)
Description
When attorneys begin their latest motion or brief, they face a predictable set of questions and concerns, including how to start, how to draft winning headings, how to tell a story when the record is dry and dense, how to neutralize bad facts, how to be persuasive when recounting the governing law, how to confront adverse authority, how to analogize cases without drowning in detail, how to distinguish authority without sounding defensive, and how to make a brief interesting without seeming corny or coy. The answers to these questions are more science than art, and the best advocates-from Thurgood Marshall to John Roberts-have far more in common with each another than with their less-adept contemporaries. In Point Made, author Ross Guberman aims to break down the work of great advocates into a step-by-step writing strategy with practical examples. Each chapter focuses on a fundamental challenge that briefwriters face, and includes an overview incorporating insight from judges, followed by specific practice pointers in checklist form and annotated examples of how prominent advocates have resolved the challenge in a variety of trial and appellate briefs.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
practitioners, law students, judges
Dimensions
Height: 209 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
398 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-539487-0 (9780195394870)
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Ross Guberman, President, Legal Writing Pro
Ross Guberman is the founder and president of Legal Writing Pro, an advanced legal-writing training and consulting firm. He conducts hundreds of programs a year for many of the world's largest and most prestigious law firms and for dozens of state and federal agencies and bar associations. Guberman is also a Professorial Lecturer in Law at The George Washington University Law School, where he teaches an advanced seminar on litigation drafting and strategy. He holds degrees from Yale, the Sorbonne, and The University of Chicago Law School, where he was Articles Editor of The University of Chicago Legal Forum. Before founding Legal Writing Pro, Guberman worked at several major law firms as a litigator and briefwriting consultant. He has commented on business and law for major newspapers, radio stations, and television networks,
Ross Guberman is the founder and president of Legal Writing Pro, an advanced legal-writing training and consulting firm. He conducts hundreds of programs a year for many of the world's largest and most prestigious law firms and for dozens of state and federal agencies and bar associations. Guberman is also a Professorial Lecturer in Law at The George Washington University Law School, where he teaches an advanced seminar on litigation drafting and strategy. He holds degrees from Yale, the Sorbonne, and The University of Chicago Law School, where he was Articles Editor of The University of Chicago Legal Forum. Before founding Legal Writing Pro, Guberman worked at several major law firms as a litigator and briefwriting consultant. He has commented on business and law for major newspapers, radio stations, and television networks,