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Building your skills
You can't build up your career until you've strengthened your skills. So look at the Hub as your new personal trainer. We'll show you how to develop skills that pinpoint practice area demands, make you a better researcher and writer, and showcase what it takes to become a true professional.

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Drafting a Successful Motion for Summary Judgment
8/14/2008
You’ve been making progress at the firm, and now you’re drafting pre-trial motions. Are you ready to work on a motion for summary judgment?   Why Firms Seek Summary Judgment   When the material facts of a controversy...(0 comments)
Action! How to Draft a Pleading
6/24/2008
You need to initiate a legal action on behalf of one of your firm’s clients. Of course your overall objective is to put the opponent on notice. But whether the action involves personal injury, breach of contract, wrongful death, or any other issue,...(0 comments)
Effective Legal Writing
6/13/2008
Although most graduating law students and new attorneys understand the need to gain experience in the substantive areas of law, most feel relatively confident about their writing skills. Such confidence may be misplaced, however, as the requirements for writing...(1 comments)
You have what it takes to research and write an open memo
5/28/2008
An open memo discusses preliminary research on an issue, presents recommendations, and suggests additional research and inquiry that a senior attorney may wish to pursue to form his or her own conclusions and determine a specific course of action....(0 comments)
The long and the short of writing an internal legal memo
5/28/2008
You have been assigned to draft your first internal legal memorandum for a particular partner. What approach should you take? How much detail should you include? What aspects of the legal issue should you cover? It’s your job to find out.  ...(0 comments)
Document Preparation
2/4/2008
In most movies and television shows, lawyers are shown interviewing clients, investigating the facts, and making witty, barbed comments when examining a witness on the witness stand. However, for most attorneys, document preparation is one of the most important...(0 comments)
Legal Writing 201: Writing for the Real World
3/5/2008
            In most ABA-approved law schools, “Legal Research and Writing” is a class that gives far more work than credits and is typically a law student’s first exposure to one of...(0 comments)
Lifting the Fog of Legalese Targets Wide Audience: Plain Language for Everyone
2/22/2008
It strikes everyone as an extreme case of the evils of jargon when a man is tried by a law he can't read, in a court which uses a language he can't understand.   --A.P. Rossiter, Our Living Language p. 86 (1953) (quoted in...(0 comments)
Building Your Skills Discussion
3/17/2008
Questionable Decisions
I am working with a senior associate on a high-profile matter, and I question his strategy. He is on good terms with the partner responsible for the matter. I've tried to speak to the senior associate...
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