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Writing to Persuade – Day Two
May 13, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
“Writing to Persuade” – Day Two
Presenter: Prof. Timothy Terrell
Emory Univ. School of Law
May 9 & 13, 2022
1pm to 4pm both days – On Zoom
Persuasive writing is not a product of gimmicks or isolated tips. It is instead based on a deeper understanding of the elements of rhetoric and their relation to the fundamental principles of excellent writing. This perspective emphasizes the methods of communicating with a skeptical, risk-averse reader: strong introductions, compelling presentations of law and facts, and the flow of one’s prose. This program therefore begins at the “macro” level of a brief’s organization and moves later to the “micro” levels of paragraph and sentence structure. Examples are developed in detail throughout.
This program will be valuable for attorneys who practice in the trial courts and the appellate courts, alike. While Professor Terrell will use terms like “brief” and likely examples from appellate filings, the content of the program will be applicable and useful to any attorney who wishes to sharpen their persuasive writing skills.
Timothy P. Terrell is a Professor of Law at Emory Law School. He has three distinct areas of teaching and scholarly reputation: legal writing, legal ethics, and legal theory. He has published extensively on all these topics, and frequently conducts continuing legal education programs on them as well. Concerning legal writing in particular, he is, among law faculty nationwide, the leading presenter of programs for practicing lawyers and judges, not just in the United States, but around the world. He is the co-author of Thinking Like a Writer: A Lawyer’s Guide to Effective Writing and Editing, a practical guide to help lawyers strengthen their writing skills by “thinking like a writer” as effectively as they already think like a lawyer.
This program has been approved for 6 CLEs (3 for each day of attendance) on the following CPCS Panels:
Adult Criminal, Adult Criminal Appeals, YAD, YAD Appeals, MHLD, CAFL
The program has been approved for 4 CLE (2 for each day of attendance) on the SORB/SDP Panel
Please note this is one presentation spanning over two days, ideally participants will attend both days.
Register Here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAqdOCppzwqGNEo5iqlrlemtE0sJo28Y0Y-