This lecture focuses on techniques that lawyers can use - whether writing court papers, office memoranda, or letters providing status reports or counseling to clients - to make their writing clearer and more persuasive. These techniques focus on putting the lawyer, as writer, in the place of the reader and writing in a manner that will make it easier for the reader to follow the lawyer’s train of thought to the conclusion that the lawyer would like the reader to reach. These techniques include presenting issues in an orderly, logical manner; using headings and subheadings to guide readers; keeping readers oriented as they work their way through a document; using transitional phrases and tables to highlight issues; and techniques for keeping documents short and easy to read.
HARRY STEINBERG is a 1985 graduate of Brooklyn Law School and was admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey in 1986. The bulk of his career has been spent in personal injury litigation primarily on the defense side, but also on the plaintiff’s side. He has briefed and argued more than 120 appeals and has published articles in publications such as the New York Law Journal and the New York State Bar Journal on various aspects of personal injury law and appellate practice. He has lectured on these topics for the New York County Lawyers’ Association, the New York State Trial Lawyers’ Association and the Practicing Law Institute.
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