Point made [rare books]

Prima facie, a lawyer’s prerogative is good command over speech and how to ensure that their words are taken into consideration. An important document to a legal profession is the legal brief, which is how to write an impactful brief that is paid due diligence by the Judge. In Ross Guberman’s Point Made: How To Write Like The Nation's Top Advocates, he masterfully creates a portal to the collection of writers who are the superstars in the legal world.

Including writings from the fifty most-celebrated lawyers such as Barack Obama, John Roberts, Elena Kagan and Ted Olson, Guberman breaks down these documents step-by-step. He analyses the importance of writing legal briefs in a manner that is most advantageous. Dwelling on the strategies of experts, he answers the questions that wreak havoc in the minds of young lawyers. With meaningful titles, Point Made presents engaging and intensive problems to which a solution is to be made.

With the help of actual court cases, Guberman tries to accomplish the task of acquainting the readers with the monumental task of delivering substantial matter. An entire section devoted to examples and analogies gives way to a practice of creating sentences that mean something. An interactive writing style makes it easier for the readers to accommodate the vast presence of cases.

Point Made: How To Write Like The Nation’s Top Advocates by Ross Guberman was published by Oxford University Press USA in 2014. This second edition is available in paperback.

Key Features:

• The new edition comes with eight new lawyers who are making the rounds, some of whom are Don Verrilli, Deanne Maynard and Larry Robbins.
• It touches upon those cases that have recently made headlines, such as same sex marriage amongst others.
• The book also contains fifty writing challenges to test the knowledge of its readers and put it into good use.