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.

 

 

 

Attorneys are tired of transactional-drafting programs that try to “revolutionize” how they write. Advanced Transactional Drafting is different. It will help you solve day-to-day drafting problems and avoid common errors and ambiguities.

 

We will focus on the writing challenges that matter most to transactional attorneys:

- Avoiding frequently litigated terms and phrases

- Resolving common usage problems

- Refining style and structure

 

Throughout the workshop, we will review and edit excerpts from well-known transactions, agreements, and disclosure documents.

 

 

 

8:30

 

9:00 am

 

9:45 am

 

10:45 am

 

11:00 am

 

11:45 am

 

12:00 pm

 

1:30 pm

 

2:30 pm

 

3:15 pm

 

3:30 pm

 

4:00 pm

 

 

 

Ross Guberman is the founder and president of Legal Writing Pro, an advanced legal-writing training and editorial consulting firm. He is also an Associate Professorial Lecturer in Law at The George Washington University Law School, where he teaches an advanced-writing seminar on litigation drafting and strategy.

 

Before founding Legal Writing Pro, Ross worked at several international law firms as a litigator and briefwriting consultant. He holds degrees from Yale, the Sorbonne, and The University of Chicago Law School, where he was Articles Editor of The University of Chicago Legal Forum.

 

Ross is an award-winning journalist, translator, book author, book editor, and former professional musician. He has commented on business and law for major newspapers, radio stations, and television networks, including CBS and CNN.

 

Ross is a member of the Association for Continuing Legal Education and the American Society for Training & Development.