要成为一名成功的律师，你必须区分事实和观点，仔细审视人类行为以了解他人为何如此行事，进行研究以找到支持你主张的证据，组织有说服力的论点，并运用法律原则。然而，所有这些基本技能都被一个主要要求所掩盖：你必须能够以书面形式表达你的想法。法官、客户和其他律师对你的能力的看法很大程度上取决于你的表现。你一天的大部分时间都致力于以书面形式起草想法。
我们把这本书分为四个部分。在第一部分中，我们将向您展示规划和起草文件的各种方式。为了展示如何使用写作过程来发展想法和解释，我们围绕一个统一的案例研究方法组织了本书的第二部分。如果你在组织工作上有困难，你可以参考第三部分的章节。这些章节回顾了介绍文件、组织解释性和说服性文件以及撰写结论的惯例。你有没有想过，对于有效的法律写作和一般的等待标准，是否存在任何共识？您是否不确定如何改进文档，或者担心修订会使文档变得更糟？如果是这样，那么你会发现第四部分中的章节特别有用。
How to Write the Winning Brief: Strategies for Effective Memoranda, Brief, Client Letters, and Other Legal Documents
To be a successful lawyer, you must distinguish fact from opinion, scrutinize human behavior to understand why others act as they do, conduct research to find evidence to support your assertions, organize persuasive arguments, and apply legal principles. Yet all of these fundamental skills are overshadowed by one dominant requirement: you must be capable of articulating your ideas in writing. Judges, clients, and other lawyers base their perception of your competence largely on how well you w’rite. A substantial part of your day is dedicated to drafting ideas in written form.
We have divided this book into four sections. In Part I, we show you diverse ways to plan and draft documents. To show how to use the writing process to develop ideas and interpretations, we have organized Part II of this book around a unified case study method. You will want to refer to the chapters in Part III if you have difficulties organizing your work. These chapters review the conventions for introducing documents, organizing the body of expository and persuasive documents, and writing conclusions. Have you ever wondered whether any consensus exists about the standards of effective legal writing and waiting in general? Are you unsure about how to improve documents or concerned that you actually make your documents worse with revision? If so, then you will find the chapters in Part IV to be especially useful.
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