The Art of Written Advocacy

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In this course, students will learn how to draft effective pleadings, motions, affidavits, legal memoranda, and briefs. They will do so by studying real-world examples of both effective and ineffective legal writing and applying what they learn in drafting their own materials. The deliverables will consist of short versions of, or short excerpts from, each type of filing, and will be based on facts drawn from the instructor's commercial litigation practice. General principles of effective writing taken from secondary sources will also be brought to bear.