Review: Point Taken – How To Write Like The World’s Best Judges

by Keith Lee | Book Reviews

It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Ross Guberman’s work. I reviewed his first book, Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation’s Top Advocates here (and the 2nd edition here). I still think it’s probably the best legal writing book out there. If...

Book Review: The Practice

by Keith Lee | Book Reviews

Next in a series of long overdue book reviews, here are my thoughts on The Practice: Brutal Truths About Lawyers And Lawyering by Brian Tannebaum. Go buy this book right now. I’ll elaborate. As with my review of Supreme Ambitions, I’ll add some disclaimers...

Book Review: Supreme Ambitions

by Keith Lee | Book Reviews

So this review is long overdue. I received an advance preview copy of David Lat’s debut novel, Supreme Ambitions, back in October of last year. I read it immediately and enjoyed it, but it also came at a time when I was fairly busy. One thing led to another, and...

How to Write Requests for Admissions

by Keith Lee | Writing

Requests for Admissions are sort of the red-headed stepchild of the discovery process. Interrogatories and Requests for Production get all the attention in law school and CLEs, while poor Requests for Admissions (RFAs) sit in the corner, never asked to dance. But RFAs...

A Lawyer’s Duty – Lawyers Respond To #JeSuisCharlie

by Keith Lee | Writing

The horrific shooting in Paris took place while I was on the road. I had been invited over to Emory Law School to talk about blogging. I listened, utterly in shock at the scenario I was listening to on the news. I got to my brother-in-law’s house and read about...

The Secret Ambition of Every Brief

by Keith Lee | Writing

While researching something completely unrelated, I came upon a brief article by Justice Maria Rivera (First District Court of Appeal, Div. 4, CA) regarding writing briefs for appeals entitled: The Ten Commandments of Brief Writing. Before delving into the “Ten...