Brief-Writing Masterclass

Brief-Writing Masterclass

Teachers
Chinua Asuzu
Category:
Brief-Writing/
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Duration: 3 days
Lectures: Lecture presentations, exercises, question & answer sessions
Video: No
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Course Description

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 your majestic prose, while looking askance at your opponent’s lumpen apologetics.

Brief-Writing Masterclass is a mixed grill of law, linguistics, logic, psychology, rhetoric, and semantics. Its boldly interdisciplinary pedagogy makes this course indisputably nonpareil.

Course Objectives

Brief-Writing Masterclass will:

  1. sharpen your analytical skills- you’ll learn to analyze facts, issues, and authorities;
  2. hone your issue-spotting acumen- you’ll learn to identify and diagnose legal issues; and
  3. deepen your precedent-application prowess- you’ll learn to synthesize helpful precedents and apply them with aplomb.

Target audience

  • Advocates
  • General Counsel and Heads of Legal Departments
  • Inhouse Counsel
  • Lawyers in ministries, departments, and agencies
  • Legal personnel in banks, corporations, debt recovery agencies and oil companies
  • Legal personal in intelligence, law enforcement, security, and tax enforcement agencies
  • Legal Practitioners
  • Military Lawyers
  • Prosecutors
  • Solicitors
What some past participants have said about Brief-Writing Masterlass:

“I must say that Brief-Writing Masterclass is a transformational course which I recommend for all lawyers and judges as the transformation advocated cannot be achieved without both [bar and bench].”- Hasssan Ishaya Hassan, Federal Ministry of Justice

“The sessions were insightful. I recommend it to all legal practitioners and the bench.”- Dindam Killi, Aluko & Oyebode

“[Brief-Writing Masterclass] was a worthwhile experience. Every second and minute was put into proper use. Knowledge acquired here would be very helpful in my practice as a lawyer and defense officer.”- Bina Timi-Johnson Oregbeme, Legal Aid Council of Nigeria

Curriculum

Brief-Writing Masterclass: More Objectives & Outline

Thanks for your interest in Brief-Writing Masterclass.

The course features the following:

  • The Architecture of argument
  • Issues for determination with emphasis on Garners Deep issue format
  • The Argument Section of a brief
  • Case theory, Themes and Priming
  • The Rhetorical Triangle
  • Logic and clear thought

At the workshop, you will:

  1. learn how to think before you write and equip yourself to champion your client’s cause with your thesis
  2. learn how to make first and lasting impressions in briefs, using case theories, themes, and priming to arrest judge’s attention
  3. learn the methods of drafting issues and master them to steer judges your way
  4. understand  the art of telling a story with your facts and investing your story with a theme to appeal to the court’s emotion and conscience
  5. be equipped with techniques and formulas on how to structure your argument to enhance readability, reinforce argument flow, and maximize persuasive impact
  6. learn how to turn the table against all counter arguments through a skillful use of rebuttal and refutation, unleashing your firepower for lethal effects
  7. learn proper citations and quotations and achieve persuasive punch through synthesis, parentheticals, and pinciting
  8. master the architecture of an argument, making your brief clearer, comprehensible, concise, cogent, and complete.
  9. understand and apply the rhetorical triangle–ethos, logos, and pathos–to improve the persuasive power of your brief
  10. power up your advocacy skills by mastering the principles of logic and clear thought for sound argument

Please download course outline below:

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About Instructors

Chinua Asuzu
Chinua helps lawyers and nonlawyers from law firms, legal departments, and Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) enhance their competence by teaching them how to write well.

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