Publication Date: 9/14/2018
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 400
ISBN:
Paperback: 9781543803709
Detailed Table of Contents (PDF Download)
Summary of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Clients, persuasion, and storytelling
Part I: Introduction to storytelling and client-centered lawyering
1: Meeting the client
2: Understanding persuasion
3: Story as a tool for persuasion
Part II: Developing Your Client's Story
4: Thinking about the audience
5: Gathering and assessing facts
6: Researching the client’s legal issue
7: Representing your client, the protagonist
8: Shadow stories and theme development
Part III: Creating the working draft
9: Creating the work draft of the Facts section
9¾: Expressing the argument
10: Working with the law, part I: Interpreting statutes
11: Working with the law, part II: Creating policy arguments
12: Working with the law, part III: Managing adverse material
13: Working with the facts: Inferential reasoning
14: Organizing the working draft of the argument
Part IV: Revising, polishing and finishing
15: Revising the Argument: Persuasive rule statements and other persuasion techniques
16: Revising the story to strengthen the theme
17: Making the first and last impressions: The Introduction and Conclusion sections
18: The full contents of a brief
19: Creating ethos: tone and branding by good visual design
Part V: Oral argument
20: Persuading in person: Oral argument
Epilogue
Appendix A: Defendant Arthur Beagle's motion for reconsideration
Appendix B: Plaintiff Elaina Hawthorne's brief in opposition to motion for reconsideration
Appendix C: Plaintiff's Brief in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment and in Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment
Appendix D: Defendant's Brief in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment and in Support of Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment
Index