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As lawyers, we must not desert cool common sense in our hot pursuit of common law. Uncommon Law of Learned Writing promotes common sense in legal language. Plain language, which is commonsensical, broadens access to legal documents, thus democratizing the law. No democratic society should brook legalese, a dense, verbose dialect known only to lawyers. What then should society […]

Of all those arts in which the wise excel Nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well Write your way to the top 1% of the learned intelligentsia. Listen to Bryan Garner: “Writing is one of the two great skills that will advance your career in law. (The other is people skills.) If you can write well, […]

“The secret ambition of every brief should be to spare the judge the necessity of engaging in any work, mental or physical.” Mortimer Levitan. Brief-Writing Masterclass blends law, linguistics, logic, psychology, rhetoric, and semantics to produce an unparalleled curriculum of persuasive advocacy. Brief-Writing Masterclass is a challenging, intensive, and interactive 3-day workshop with exercises, group tasks, and expert guidance. […]

“A brief should be luminous, not voluminous.”- Irvin Taylor Research and write persuasive briefs, submissions, and written addresses. Filter your persuasive-writing prowess through the alembic of The Write House’s astounding and outstanding pedagogy. Then you can implement writing that captures judicial imagination. When you write as we teach, the judiciary will fall in love with […]

“A brief should be luminous, not voluminous.”- Irvin Taylor Research and write persuasive briefs, submissions, and written addresses. Filter your persuasive-writing prowess through the alembic of The Write House’s astounding and outstanding pedagogy. Then you can implement writing that captures judicial imagination. When you write as we teach, the judiciary will fall in love with […]

Briefwriting Masterclass starts 9am tomorrow Wednesday 27 April and ends 4pm Friday 29 April. The venue is Sheraton Hotel Ikeja Lagos. If you go through the attached course outline and the training program, you won’t want to miss this CLE event. We are talking 3 days of intensive immersion in written-advocacy pedagogy, with exercises, tasks, […]

Enjoy an early-bird N50,000 discount to Briefwriting Masterclass Register and pay before Saturday 21 November 2015 to take advantage of the early-bird discount. You pay only N100,000. You get N50,000 off. “A brief should be luminous, not voluminous.” – Irvin Taylor Briefwriting Masterclass is an eclectic treatment of written advocacy. Linguistics, logic, psychology, rhetoric, and […]

By popular demand from the Rivers and neighboring bars, The Write House takes Briefwriting Masterclass to Port Harcourt this October. Golden Tulip, Port Harcourt, 28-30 Oct 2015 Chelsea Hotel, CBD Abuja, 2-4 Dec 2015 Irvin Taylor memorably stated, “A brief should be luminous, not voluminous.” Now a 3-day boot camp with exercises and group tasks, […]

Participate in ‘Becoming a Better Lawyer’, a legal-writing training program organized by Young Lawyers’ Forum (YLF) in partnership with The Write House.