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Disciplines
Law
Publication Date
April 2013
Citation Information
Diane K. Farrell & Gerald Lebovits, Motion Practice in Suffolk County: Avoiding the Pitfalls, 28 Suffolk Lawyer 15 (April 2013).
Disciplines
Law
Publication Date
March 2002
Citation Information
Gerald Lebovits, New Edition of State's "Tanbook" Implements Extensive Revisions in Quest for Greater Clarity, 74 N.Y. St. B.J. 8 (Mar./Apr. 2002).
Keywords
Legal writing,
Plain English
Disciplines
Legal Writing and Research
Publication Date
March 2017
Citation Information
Gerald Lebovits, Plain Language, On Terra Firma with English, 96 Mich. B.J. 50 (Mar. 2017).
Disciplines
Law
Publication Date
Fall 2008
Citation Information
Gerald Lebovits, Persuading the Judge Through Writing: 15 Ways to Win, The Advocate (Bronx County Bar Journal) 5 (Fall 2008).
Disciplines
Legal Writing and Research
Litigation
Publication Date
April 20, 2020
Citation Information
Gerald Lebovits, Persuasive Legal Writing in the Age of COVID-19 (PPT 4/20/20). This is a PDF of an Animated PPT.
Keywords
Legal writing
Persuasive writing
Brief writing
Disciplines
Legal Writing and Research
Litigation
Publication Date
February 2021
Citation Information
Gerald Lebovits, Persuasive Writing (Columbia Law School) (PPT Feb. 2021). This is a PDF of an animated PPT.
Disciplines
Law
Publication Date
November 2009
Citation Information
Gerald Lebovits & Lucero Hernandez Ramirez, Persuasive writing for Lawyers, Practising Law Institute (2009).
Disciplines
Law
Legal Writing and Research
Publication Date
October 2009
Citation Information
Gerald Lebovits & Lisa Solomon, Powerful Writing Techniques to Help You Persuade Judges and Win Clients (American Bar Ass'n 2009).
Keywords
Legal writing
Disciplines
Legal Writing and Research
Publication Date
April 2020
Citation Information
Gerald Lebovits, Principles of Legal Writing (PPT Apr. 2020). This is a PDF of an animated PPT for a program for lawyers in China.
Keywords
Legal writing
Style
Controversies
Grammar
Punctuation
Disciplines
Legal Writing and Research
Publication Date
April 2020
Citation Information
Gerald Lebovits, Style Controversies, Grammar & Style (PPT Apr. 2020). This is a PDF of an animated PPT for a program for lawyers in China.
Keywords
Book Review
Legal Writing
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Disciplines
Legal Writing and Research
Publication Date
2025
Citation Information
Gerald Lebovits, The Case for a Casebook on Legal Writing: A Review of the Case for Effective Legal Writing, 25 J. App. Prac. & Process 201 (2025) (reviewing Diana J. Simon & Mark Cooney's 2024 book).
Keywords
Legal writing
Daniel J. Kornstein
Lone Ranger
Silver Bullet
Disciplines
Legal Writing and Research
Publication Date
November 2020
Citation Information
Gerald Lebovits, The Legal Writer's Silver Bullet, N.Y.L.J., Nov. 27, 2020, at 5, col. 4 (reviewing Daniel J. Kornstein, Legal Writing and the Lone Ranger: Every Lawyer Has a Silver Bullet (2020) (Internet copy 11/24/20).
Keywords
Legal writing
Disciplines
Legal Writing and Research
Publication Date
June 2021
Citation Information
Gerald Lebovits, The Write and Wrong Way to Approach Legal Arguments, PLI Chronicle: Insights and Perspectives for the Legal Community (June 2021).
Keywords
Legal writing
William Zinsser
On Writing Well
Disciplines
Legal Writing and Research
Publication Date
May 2020
Citation Information
Gerald Lebovits, Thoughts on Legal Writing from William Zinsser, 56 Tenn. B.J. 32 (May 2020).
Disciplines
Law
Publication Date
August 2000
Citation Information
Gerald Lebovits, Persuasive Writing, What Readers of Legal Briefs Hate: The Top 30 Sins, 1 Landlord-Tenant Prac. Rep. 12 (Aug. 2000).
Disciplines
Law
Publication Date
Summer July, 2001
Citation Information
Gerald Lebovits, What Readers of Legal Briefs Like: The Top 29 Selections, 2 Landlord-Tenant Prac. Rep. 5 (July 2001).
Disciplines
Law
Publication Date
December 2008
Citation Information
Gerald Lebovits, Write to Win, 72 Queens Bar Bulletin 11 (Dec. 2008).
Disciplines
Law
Publication Date
April 2011
Citation Information
Gerald Lebovits, Writing Bad Briefs: How to Lose a Case in 100 Pages or More, 27 Suffolk Lawyer 24 (Apr. 2011).