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June 11, 2024 NWSidebar

Drawing Connections: A Guide to Visual Advocacy for Lawyers

How to cut through word count and make your legal writing memorable by Incorporating visuals.

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March 7, 2024 NWSidebar

Citing GenAI

This article attempts to answer two very specific and practical questions about generative AI and legal writing: if you use GenAI to draft a piece of writing, do you need a citation telling the reader as much? And if you are simply citing to content produced by GenAI, what should that citation look like?

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February 8, 2024 NWSidebar

Lessons in Advocacy From Held v. Montana

This column focuses on how effective advocacy by plaintiffs’ counsel surmounted the usual obstacles and resulted in a ruling in the plaintiffs’ favor.

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December 15, 2023 NWSidebar

Writing Tips from the Bench: To Be Persuasive Keep It Simple

Justice Mary Yu of the Washington Supreme Court recently spoke with Write to Counsel columnist and University of Washington School of Law Professor Ben Halasz about legal writing.

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July 12, 2023 NWSidebar

From Brief to Business

How mastering brief writing techniques is essential for successfully drafting transactional documents.

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June 12, 2023 NWSidebar

When Precedent Lacks Power, Make the Judge Want to Decide in Your Favor

A Write to Counsel column on how to create excellent digital presentations for legal professionals.