Secrets of the Great Briefwriters

In this interactive workshop for litigators, we discuss drafting techniques and strategies drawn from the nation’s great briefwriters, with a special focus on the briefs of Chief Justice John Roberts.

Attorneys learn new ways to narrow their focus, craft persuasive facts, and fine-tune their structure. We discuss techniques for using a more natural voice to convey complex information.

We then apply those strategies to briefs from well-known cases.

Sample Agenda

9:00 am		Distilling the Brief into a Winning Message
9:45 am		Finding a More Natural Voice
10:45 am		Short Break
11:00 am		Structuring Sections as a Dialogue
11:45 am		Drafting More Compelling Facts
12:00 pm		End

Enthusiastic Feedback

• “Amazing, excellent, and extremely useful.”
• “I’ve written or edited over 1,000 briefs. This is by far the best course I’ve seen.”
• “I wish I had taken this 20 years ago.”
• “By far the most interesting and useful writing course I’ve taken.”
• “Great materials and great presentation.”
• “Makes us all feel so much more at ease when . . . writing.”
• “I enjoyed the enthusiasm and joy you brought to the subject.”
• “Exciting pace.”
• “Fantastic. All lawyers should hear what Ross has to say.”
• “Offers tips that can be readily applied.”
• “I appreciate the tips, as they’ll help me advance my clients’ interests.”
• “Very direct, useful information.”
• “Fun and interesting.”
• “Entertaining and timely.”
• “A very enthusiastic and engaging speaker.”
• “One of the best seminars I’ve taken in my 40 years of practice.”

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