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June 4, 2023
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Curious what top brief-writers do differently from the rest of us? This AI-powered study shares concrete, practical solutions. View on FlippingBook.com.
Looking for some writing inspiration? Start with The New Yorker, the nation’s best-edited publication. Add Jeffrey Toobin, a prominent legal journalist. Now mix in his account there of an unsolved murder of a Seattle federal prosecutor. Here are ten great techniques at work in Toobin’s tale: 1. Start Sentences with Light
When you hear the name George Conway III, do you think “Kellyanne” or “That Twitter Guy”? My goal is to make the association “Peerless Securities Litigator” or “Crack Legal Writer.” Let’s take two routine briefs Mr. Conway signed at Wachtell: a reply brief in a case about quartz countertops and a motion to dismiss for
Who doesn’t need some inspiration these days? On the writing front, consider Chief Justice Roberts’s opinion in Buck v. Davis. Here are 25 ways to write like him. Or do so automatically. A Sense of Time 1. Replace full dates with phrases. Two months later, Buck returned to federal court . . . Within
Few things are duller than a paragraph stuffed with dates. “Using an exact date signals to the reader that it is important—that the reader should remember it for future reference,” says former Judge Mark Painter. “If that’s not your intention, strike it out. You can convey continuity and order by
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