Tag: legal writing

NBA-ICLE FREE TRAINING ALERT: Revolutionize Your Legal Writing: Learn to Win with Words

The Nigerian Bar Association Institute of Continuing Legal Education (NBA-ICLE) invites lawyers across all levels of practice to…

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR CORPORATE LAWYERS

(Approved by the Nigerian Bar Association – Institute of Continuing Legal Education)

NBA Garki Branch (Liberty Bar) Calls for Articles for 3rd Edition of Liberty Bar Journal

The Editorial Board of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Garki Branch, Abuja – widely known as the Liberty…

In advocacy, advance both justifying and motivating arguments. By Chinua Asuzu

Justifying arguments are what most of us are used to. Let’s incorporate motivating arguments to augment and boost…

Brief-Writing: What’s your theme?

A compelling legal brief rests not only on the strength of its facts and law but on the…

Brief-Writing: What’s the theory of your case?

A theory of the case is the optimistic or favorable legal interpretation an attorney places on the facts,…

Chinua Asuzu: Craft Arguments That Win Cases

Brief-Writing Masterclass is a 3-day immersive legal writing workshop designed to elevate your advocacy through doctrine, ethics, and…

Avoid Vague Writing: Abstracts Should Be Clear and Concrete

In legal and academic writing, abstracts should be clear, concrete, and reader-friendly—not vague, jargon-filled, or impersonal. Chinua Asuzu…

Humanize Your Briefs: Use Real Party Names, Not Legalese

Legal writing becomes more vivid, human, and persuasive when advocates refer to parties by name instead of sterile…