The Winning Brief (in 10 parts)
Bryan A. Garner teaches all 100 tips over 10 hourlong sessions. He’ll help you become dramatically more clear, concise, and persuasive. These online seminars will change the way you approach your motions and briefs—and any other writing projects you have. Enhance your persuasiveness with this step-by-step ten-part series.
Manage Your Writing (Part 1)
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Learn how to break through the frustration of starting a writing project: plan and tackle bite-sized portions. Writer’s block is not something you can afford.
Prepare the Most Important Part of a Brief (Part 2)
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Start strong and fresh. Catch the reader in the first 90 seconds. Avoid the typical slow starts and cumbersome issue statements that lawyers are known for—yet judges hate.
Write Sound Paragraphs (Part 3)
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Make your writing march forward steadily. Compose sleek, readable paragraphs that never get bogged down in heavy phrases, empty formalisms, or chaff.
Write Readable Sentences (Part 4)
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Heighten cogency. Avoid throat-clearers, filler phrases, unwieldy wording, and other mistakes that kill the logical flow and clarity of your arguments.
Master the Art of Phrasing (Part 5)
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Turn boring and mundane prose into fresh, distinctive, and precise language. No more gray writing. Focus the reader’s attention with lively sentences.
Master Punctuation and Design (Part 6)
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Major missteps and confusion stem from improper punctuation. Insignificant? Not to judges who are influenced by the degree of the brief-writer’s attention to detail.
Attain a Compelling Voice and Tone (Part 7)
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Learn how to sound sensible, rational, and trustworthy. No rambo tone, no ad hominem attacks-only persuasive fairness.
Maximize Credibility (Part 8)
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Sidestep the 12 common quirks that undermine credibility. Instead, adopt strategies that enhance it. Use psychological techniques to improve “hedonic tone.”
Learn the Secrets of Persuasion (Part 9)
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Learn seven little-used techniques that make your positions hard to counter. Avoid quagmire arguments and learn to spot them.
Hit Your Stride as a Brief-Writer (Part 10)
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High-quality work is a habit. With time and dedication—and some concluding advice—you’ll acquire the necessary know-how.
LawProse Policy on CLE Credit
Want more focused training on specific legal-writing skills? Professor Bryan Garner has created over 40 hours here for you. Learn the skills of legal writing and take the mystery out of the art.
LawProse web seminars are approved for CLE credit in most states where allowed. A few states don’t yet approve web seminars. Please check with your state bar to see whether web seminars qualify.
We are accredited CLE providers for online training in California, New York, and Texas. We can issue a CLE attendance certificate for you for California and New York. And we can also report your completed seminar hours to Texas—please email (info@lawprose.org) us your name, the course you completed, the date you finished, and your bar number.
LawProse web seminars have been approved for CLE credit in most states where allowed—we do not maintain approval for all our courses for all these states. If you’re seeking credit in a state other than where we are accredited providers, please take the certificate of attendance from the program and submit it to the state bar you are seeking credit from. A few states don’t yet approve web seminars. Please check with your state bar to see whether web seminars qualify.
We are accredited CLE providers for online training in California and Texas.
Texas credit: Email your name, Texas Bar number, seminar name, and the date of completion to info@lawprose.org. We’ll report your credit within the next five days.
California certificate: Email your name, California Bar number, seminar name, and the date of completion to info@lawprose.org. We’ll send you a California CLE Certificate for your self-reporting records within the next five days.
If you’re seeking credit elsewhere, please take the certificate of attendance from the program to use as part of your application for credit to your state bar. Please check with your state bar to see whether web seminars qualify.
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