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Point made : how to write like the nation's top advocates /
"With Point Made, legal writing expert Ross Guberman throws a life preserver to attorneys, who are under more pressure than ever to produce compelling prose. What is the strongest opening for a motion or brief? How to draft winning headings? How to tell a persuasive story when the record is dry...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2014]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "With Point Made, legal writing expert Ross Guberman throws a life preserver to attorneys, who are under more pressure than ever to produce compelling prose. What is the strongest opening for a motion or brief? How to draft winning headings? How to tell a persuasive story when the record is dry and dense? The answers are 'more science than art, ' says Guberman, who has analyzed stellar arguments by distinguished attorneys to develop step-by-step instructions for achieving the results you want. The author takes an empirical approach, drawing heavily on the writings of the nation's 50 most influential lawyers, including Barack Obama, John Roberts, Elena Kagan, Ted Olson, and David Boies. Their strategies, demystified and broken down into specific, learnable techniques, become a detailed writing guide full of practical models ..."--Publisher's information |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxii, 387 pages |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199967964 0199967962 1306517702 9781306517706 9780199967971 0199967970 |