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Law-Lit: Telling Better "Legal Stories"

lawyerthinks wrote 3 months ago: A winning legal argument works much like a compelling story. So much so, in fact, that we might say … more →

Tags: legal thinking, Rhetoric, Storytelling, writing, Law and Literature, Lawyer stories, legal storytelling, Story Structure

How to lose a case in 10 days

The Firm for Feds wrote 5 months ago: If you are one of the rare clients or attorneys who want to lose your case, a recent decision in a f … more →

Tags: Biz/Feds, Federal employees, appellate brief, how to write appellate brief, how to write a brief, persausive argument, how to lose a case in 10 days, how to lose in 10 days, schleicher law firm

Legal Communication Papers at RSA 2012: Rhetoric Society of America Biennial Conference

legalinformatics wrote 12 months ago: The legal communication papers (that I’ve been able to identify) being presented at RSA 2012: … more →

Tags: conference announcements, Conference papers, conference proceedings, Legal Argumentation, Legal rhetoric, Visualization of legal information, Legal communication, Legal Journalism, Legal deliberation

Wyner on Workshop on FP7 eGovernance and Policy Modelling Projects

legalinformatics wrote 1 year ago: Dr. Adam Wyner of the University of Leeds Centre for Digital Citizenship has posted Note on Workshop … more →

Tags: Conference Reports, Adam Wyner, Legal Argumentation, Legal text mining, Web 2.0 and law, (E)government, Gov 2.0, electronic government, Legal communication

Closing Argument R v Wallace

johndliddle wrote 1 year ago: Court File No.: CR-09-1585 SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE SOUTHWEST REGION HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN - and – … more →

Tags: Arson, manslaughter, Windsor, Superior Court

How to win a legal argument

Linda Shelton wrote 1 year ago: First you must follow Illinois Supreme Court Rules of Evidence. Familiarize yourself with these and … more →

Tags: Circuit Court of Cook County, Civil Rights, Due Process, Federal District Court, Illinois Appellate Court, illinois supreme court, issue of first impression, statutory construction, win a legal case

Extended to 11 November 2011: Call for Papers: JURIX Workshop on Fundamental Concepts and Systematization of Law

legalinformatics wrote 1 year ago: A call for papers — with extended submission deadline of 11 November 2011 — has been iss … more →

Tags: conference announcements, Calls for Papers, Legal informatics conferences, Legal Argumentation, JURIX, Legal Reasoning, Legal Theory, Modeling legal argumentation, Jurisprudence

Call for Papers: JURIX Workshop on Fundamental Concepts and Systematization of Law 1 comment

legalinformatics wrote 1 year ago: A call for papers — with extended submission deadline of 11 November 2011 28 October 2011 … more →

Tags: conference announcements, Calls for Papers, Legal informatics conferences, Legal Argumentation, JURIX, Legal Reasoning, Legal Theory, Modeling legal argumentation, Jurisprudence

Project IMPACT: Two New Reports1 comment

legalinformatics wrote 1 year ago: Two new reports were issued in June 2011 by the EU-funded Project IMPACT: Integrated Method for Poli … more →

Tags: Technology & Tools, technology developments, applications, project deliverables, Technical reports, Adam Wyner, Legal Argumentation, Legal text mining, Web 2.0 and law

White House Defends Continuing U.S. Role in Libya Operation

mysearchnews wrote 1 year ago: WASHINGTON — The White House, pushing hard against criticism in Congress over the deepening air war … more →

Tags: peacekeeping missions, War Powers Resolution, offensive mission, sustained bombardments, government’s forces

Your Most Important Persuasion Tool2 comments

everymanlaw wrote 1 year ago: Being in integrity enables us to more easily persuade people that we are who/what we say we are. Thi … more →

Tags: Random musings, persuasion, Zig Ziglar, Aristotle, Brand, Ask an Expert, Marketing And Advertising, arguing your case, convince a judge

Call for Papers: Workshop on Applying Human Language Technology to the Law2 comments

legalinformatics wrote 2 years ago: A call for papers — with submission deadline of 31 March 2011 — has been issued for AHLT … more →

Tags: conference announcements, Calls for Papers, Legal XML, Adam Wyner, Legal Ontologies, Legal knowledge representation, Legal informatics conferences, Legal information retrieval, Legal Argumentation

Bench-Capon & Prakken on Using Argument Schemes for Hypothetical Reasoning in Law

legalinformatics wrote 2 years ago: Professor Dr. Trevor Bench-Capon of the University of Liverpool Department of Computer Science, and … more →

Tags: articles and papers, Argument schemes in law, Artificial intelligence and law, California v Carney, Constitutional law information systems, Fourth Amendment, Henry Prakken, Legal argument schemes, Legal Argumentation

DEON 2010 Proceedings Available

legalinformatics wrote 2 years ago: Proceedings are available for DEON 2010: The 10th International Conference on Deontic Logic in Compu … more →

Tags: articles and papers, conference proceedings, Conference papers, Legal Ontologies, Semantic Web and law, Legal knowledge representation, Legal informatics conferences, electronic contracts, Deontic Logic

Bex et al. on A Hybrid Formal Theory of Arguments, Stories, and Criminal Evidence

legalinformatics wrote 2 years ago: Dr. Floris J. Bex of The University of Dundee Argumentation Research Group, and colleagues, have pub … more →

Tags: articles and papers, applications, Legal Argumentation, Artificial intelligence and law, Legal evidence information systems, Criminal law information systems, Criminal procedure information systems, Legal communication, Floris Bex

Berger on Studying and Teaching "Law as Rhetoric"

legalinformatics wrote 2 years ago: Professor Linda L. Berger of the Mercer University School of Law, has published Studying and Teachin … more →

Tags: articles and papers, Syllabi, Course Materials, Legal Writing, Legal Argumentation, Legal rhetoric, Legal communication, Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, Linda L. Berger

Flammer on Persuading Judges: An Empirical Analysis of Writing Style, Persuasion & the Use of Plain English1 comment

legalinformatics wrote 2 years ago: Sean Flammer, Esq., of Scott, Douglass & McConnico L.L.P has published Persuading Judges: An Emp … more →

Tags: articles and papers, Research Findings, Legal Writing, Legal rhetoric, Legal communication, Empirical methods in legal communication studies, Survey methods in legal communication studies, Plain language and law, Legal plain language

Catholic Church Sex Scandals: Secrecy Tells All

freetradeglobalism wrote 2 years ago: The awkwardness and seemingly defensive stance that has been taken by the Catholic Church and the Va … more →

Tags: Argument, News, society, Past Society, Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Christ, Christianity

Catholic Church Sex Scandals: Secrecy Tells All

Alex wrote 2 years ago: The awkwardness and seemingly defensive stance that has been taken by the Catholic Church and the Va … more →

Tags: Argument, News, society, Past Society, Catholic, Catholic Church, Sex Abuse, Pedophilia, vatican


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