The Advocates Society each year runs a two day workshop on Factum Writing at Osgoode's Professional Development Facility, which has been the occasion for some extremely helpful presentations on
effective written advocacy — Ontario Court of Appeal Justice John Laskin's piece being typical.
Not exact matches
► In this week's Science editorial, Joanne Padrón Carney, the director of government relations at AAAS,
wrote about the relationships among science,
advocacy, and policy, and outlined the skills scientists need to become more
effective advocates for science — namely, communication skills and knowledge about how science policy is made.
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Kelly is a program manager at a local nonprofit, where she advises and trains community leaders on stakeholder engagement, event planning,
effective outreach strategies, grant
writing, coalition building, and issue
advocacy.
Va.)
wrote to ExxonMobil's chairman and CEO Rex W. Tillerson, asking that it «end any further financial assistance» to groups «whose public
advocacy has contributed to the small but unfortunately
effective climate change denial myth.»
Digital books, with links to cases, videos, citation exercises, and other instructional material, like the digital textbook described by Professor Donahoe, may also be very
effective.219 Beyond
writing classes, digital technology may be very useful in other applied learning courses that teach, for instance, trial
advocacy, appellate
advocacy, negotiation, lawyering skills, and ethics.
An
effective criminal defense attorney must possess strong skills in oral
advocacy, legal research, analysis, and
writing.
This «Note» will therefore assert that the authors» position is that creating legal documents in which these factors are exhibited is of paramount importance in legal
writing and, in most situations, is a necessary component of
effective advocacy.
Aristotle's influential division of
effective rhetoric into logos, ethos, and pathos is overtly acknowledged in many legal
writing scholars» works about
advocacy, 6 and implicitly underlies much if not most of the rest.
Here's what we came up with: Clarity in Legal
Writing: Unattainable Goal or Necessary Component of
Effective Advocacy?
«Perhaps it is the result of demands by clients who, completely unfamiliar with what actually constitutes
effective advocacy, believe that an aggressive lawyer is an
effective lawyer,» he
wrote.
Effective advocacy necessitates an ability to communicate in
writing in a clear, accessible and appropriate manner suited to various readers.
He is also praised for his «very
effective» and «persuasive»
advocacy «both in
writing and in the arbitration chamber.»
Our Utah and Nevada attorneys understand that
effective appellate
advocacy is about careful issue selection, understanding the applicable standards of review, and having the ability to communicate and persuade through the
written word.
In a series of interviews with legal
writing expert Bryan Garner, Supreme Court Justices affirmed the importance of briefs to the appellate process and the need for lawyers to
write clearly.7 In a recent study, Judge Richard Posner found that judges view
writing as equally if not more important than oral
advocacy.8 Continuing legal education programs offered by state bar associations frequently address the need for
effective legal
writing.9 No one disputes that lawyers should
write well.10
The opportunity to gain valuable insights into what makes for
effective courtroom
advocacy (oral and
written): law clerks are in the unique position to informally discuss a proceeding and the materials filed in support with the sitting judge
Speaker, «
Writing an
Effective Appellate Brief,» 20th Annual Federal Practice and
Advocacy Seminar, New Orleans, LA (2005)
Appellate
Advocacy Led by name partner Kathleen M. Sullivan (former Harvard Law School Professor and Dean of Stanford Law School) this program focuses on mastering the skills — both
written and oral — that are needed to be an
effective appellate advocate.
You'll research cases, interview and advise clients, establish and maintain
effective working relationships with clients and colleagues, daft legal documents, undertake spoken and
written advocacy, negotiate solutions, manage and progress legal matters and transactions, and keep and maintain accurate records.