Write Now: Effective Legal Writing
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- Faculty:
- Melissa Love Koenig | Chad Baruch | Joseph S. Diedrich | Hon. Bill Whitehill | Melissa E. Love Koenig
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- 3 Hours 50 Minutes
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Description
From drab to fab
Have you ever wished your writing read more like a best-selling novel than an internet user agreement? If you haven’t, your readers probably have. The good news is legal writing doesn’t have to be dull to be professional. Learn how you can incorporate lessons from “rock star” legal writers (and yes, they do exist) into your next draft at Write Now: Effective Legal Writing 2020.
Stars above
Get insight from the appellate bench on what makes for a stand-out brief. From creating your statement of facts to laying out the most critical elements of your argument, you’ll be able to polish your prose so that it doesn’t just shine, it sings. Or, as in the case of presenter Chad Baruch, it might rap instead.
Baruch found internet fame after co-authoring an amicus brief to U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of high profile hip-hop artists when his unique writing style went viral.1 He and his experienced co-presenters will share proven strategies and techniques to help you draft documents that are clear, concise, AND engaging.
Who knows? After attending Write Now: Effective Legal Writing 2020, your next brief might do more than help you win your case. It might make you Twitter famous. #goals
1How a Dallas attorney became one of hip-hop's biggest advocates at the U.S. Supreme Court
Handouts
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Faculty
Melissa Love Koenig Related Seminars and Products
Marquette University Law School - Milwaukee
Melissa E. Love Koenig
Melissa E. Love Koenig is an Associate Professor of Legal Writing at Marquette University Law School. Professor Love Koenig is an honors graduate of Wellesley College and Marquette Law School. Prior to joining the faculty, she was a civil litigator in Milwaukee and a law clerk to Justice Patrick Crooks of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She has authored articles and materials for the Wisconsin Lawyer and the State Bar, and she is the past chair of the State Bar’s Appellate Practice Section. She is the co-author of The Moot Court Advisors’ Handbook and Ok, Google, Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Human Lawyering?, 102 Marquette Law Review 1269 (2019) (with Julie Oseid and Amy Vorenberg). She is a faculty advisor of Marquette Law School’s moot court program and engages in community outreach through Marquette’s Summer Youth Institute. She received the Milwaukee Association of Women Lawyers Community Involvement Award in 2013.
Chad Baruch Related Seminars and Products
Johnston Tobey Baruch Dallas, TX
In 2015, Chad Baruch wrote one of the most acclaimed legal briefs in American history while representing what the New York Times called “a glittering array of hip hop stars” in the United States Supreme Court. The “Hip Hop Brief” received national media coverage, including articles in the New Yorker, Billboard, Rolling Stone, and newspapers across the country. One newspaper called it “the greatest amicus brief in Supreme Court history.”
But that’s hardly Chad’s only high-profile work. Chad also worked on the case related to the hit movie Bernie—a representation that led to him being quoted in newspapers as far away as London, England. He successfully represented the Office of the Dallas County District Attorney in the appeal of contempt conviction against the elected DA, and then served as District Attorney Pro Tem in a high-profile prosecution. And he recently represented the Dallas County Democratic Party in obtaining dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the Republican Party seeking to knock more than 120 candidates off the ballot in November.
Chad has taught U.S. Government and the Constitution at the high school and college levels, and his scholarly work on the First Amendment has been cited as authority in multiple appellate opinions. He is the 2018 recipient of the State Bar of Texas Patrick Wiseman Award, presented annually to one attorney for career contributions to the protection of constitutional rights and civil liberties in Texas.
Chad also is a leader in the profession, having served on the State Bar Board of Directors, the Executive Committee of the State Bar, and as Chair of the Texas Bar College. In 2017, he was one of two nominated candidates for President-Elect of the State Bar of Texas. In addition to his legal practice, Chad has served as men’s basketball coach at the University of Dallas and Paul Quinn College.
Joseph S. Diedrich Related Seminars and Products
Husch Blackwell LLP - Madison
Joseph S. Diedrich is an associate at Husch Blackwell in Madison, specializing in appellate litigation. He received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School, summa cum laude, Order of the Coif. Joe serves on the board of directors of the State Bar of Wisconsin Appellate Practice Section and of the Dane County Bar Association, as well as on the editorial board of Wisconsin Lawyer magazine. He was the 2019 recipient of the State Bar’s Hon. Charles Dunn Author Award. His latest article, Separation, Supremacy, and the Unconstitutional Rational Basis Test, is forthcoming in the Villanova Law Review.
Hon. Bill Whitehill Related Seminars and Products
Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals - Dallas, TX
Melissa E. Love Koenig Related Seminars and Products
Associate Professor of Legal Writing at Marquette University Law School.
Melissa E. Love Koenig is an Associate Professor of Legal Writing at Marquette University Law School. Professor Love Koenig is an honors graduate of Wellesley College and Marquette Law School. Prior to joining the faculty, she was a civil litigator in Milwaukee and a law clerk to Justice Patrick Crooks of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She has authored articles and materials for the Wisconsin Lawyer and the State Bar, and she is the past chair of the State Bar’s Appellate Practice Section. She is the co-author of The Moot Court Advisors’ Handbook and Ok, Google, Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Human Lawyering?, 102 Marquette Law Review 1269 (2019) (with Julie Oseid and Amy Vorenberg) and Walk the Line: Aristotle & The Ethics of Narrative, 20 Nev. L.J. 1037 (2020) (with Lori D. Johnson). Most recently, she co-authored Gain the Upper Hand with Good Typography, Wisconsin Lawyer (Oct. 7, 2020), with Joseph S. Diedrich. She is a faculty advisor of Marquette Law School’s moot court program and engages in community outreach through Marquette’s Summer Youth Institute. She received the Milwaukee Association of Women Lawyers Community Involvement Award in 2013.