Few things are more daunting than a blank page. In this program, experienced appellate advocates Rex Heinke and Susan Yorke will offer practical tips to help take you from that blank page to an effective brief. They will offer insights on the writing process, including advice about how to create a first draft and revise it once you do. They will also break down the elements of an appellate brief, offering strategies to leverage each component to your client’s advantage. And they will provide concrete methods for increasing the clarity and persuasiveness of your writing – from overall organization, to paragraph structure, to word choice. Finally, they will identify common pitfalls and explain how to avoid them.
The “Chaptering Your Cross” program explains how dividing a cross?examination into clear...
This course clarifies the distinction between profit and cash flow from a legal perspective. Attorne...
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In this course, Dr. Carlson will present a broad overview of what scientific research has discovered...
This program focuses on overcoming the inner critic—the perfectionist, self?doubting voice tha...
This presentation explores courtroom staging—how movement, spatial awareness, posture, and pre...
This ethics program examines common, but often avoidable, professional responsibility mistakes that ...
This CLE program covers the most recent changes affecting IRS information reporting, with emphasis o...
This companion program to Part 1 goes deeper into the rhetorical power of Shakespeare, emphasizing h...