Point Made

How to Write Like the Nation’s Top Advocates

Ross Guberman

Transform your legal writing with the expert behind the best-selling legal writing book, Point Made. In this class, Ross shares powerful techniques and practical guidance to enhance clarity, persuasiveness, and impact in your legal documents.

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Standout legal writing

Level up your writing with step-by-step writing instruction.

On-demand training

Improve your writing anytime, anywhere, and at your own pace.

Expert instruction

Get the ultimate training experience with world-class instruction.

All levels

This class is designed for all attorneys—no matter your experience level.

See Ross in Action

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Unlock New Skills at Your Own Pace

01
Intro to Introductions
02
Narrative Introductions
03
Logical Introductions
04
Pragmatic Introductions
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Flashpoint Introductions
06
Writing Style
07
Headings
08
Paragraph Openers
09
Paragraph Flow
10
Fact Sections

Skills you’ll learn

Introductions

  • Build a narrative
  • Answer five key intro questions
  • Write introductions that flow
  • Make your introductions helpful
  • Orient readers to your key points

Paragraphs

  • Start your paragraphs strong
  • Integrate quotes with skill
  • Introduce block quotes 
  • Order your paragraph’s points
  • Transition between paragraphs

Style & Structure

  • Use shorter and precise words
  • Choose strong, targeted verbs
  • Removing descriptors and intensifiers
  • Craft pithy and effective headings
  • Order your points logically

What people are saying about Point Made

“The only way to teach students how to be effective legal writers is to immerse them in as much outstanding legal writing as possible. ... [Point Made] supplies an indispensable tool to those engaged in the craft of making excellent lawyers.”
– Dan Kahan, Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law, Yale Law School

“Effective advocacy consists of a skillful blend of clear language and a sense of dramatic structure. Guberman's exemplars demonstrate again and again how to transform an otherwise ordinary case into a morality tale with a happy ending.”
– Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson

“I love this book and recommend it for everyone. Ross Guberman's bag of tricks will spiff up your writing. He shares 50 techniques, and then-the fun part-he offers choice nuggets to show you how the hot shots pull it off.”
– Ronald Marmer, Chair-Elect, ABA Section on Litigation; Partner, Jenner & Block

“[L]awyers and legal writers at all stages of their careers can cull from Guberman’s advice valuable lessons that are easy to remember and simple to apply. For these reasons, Point Made would make an excellent addition to any law school, law firm, court, or academic library collection.”
– Julie Graves Krishnaswami, Law Library Journal

“I am loathe to come across so effusive in my praise of the book, as to appear biased. But I can't help but highly recommend the book, it's that good. If you want to improve your legal writing, pick up a copy of Point Made.”
– Keith Lee, An Associate's Mind

“Guberman has assembled example after example of creative, clever, clear, common-sense legal writing. He's compiled in one book the great writing that will cause a legal writer to sigh, 'I wish I'd written that.' But he did not stop there. Guberman has written a useable handbook that will aid the writer in crafting similar envy worthy moments of argument.”
– Wendy McGuire Coats, Appellate Issues Spring 2012, ABA

“Point Made is writing-nerd nirvana...It instantly won a place on my short list of favorite legal-writing books.”
– Jay O'Keeffe, DeNovo: A Virginia Appellate Law Blog

“Entertaining and informative...a smart approach to writing persuasive legal briefs. Rather than lecturing the reader about what to do, Point Made shows you how the headline lawyers do it.”
– Steven R. Merican, Illinois

[Guberman] doesn't just tell you what to do: he shows you...I learned a lot from reading Ross's book; I think you will too."
– Raymond Ward, The (new) legal writer

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What you’ll practice in this class

Narrative and Logic

Transitions

Headings and Openers

Polishing Points

Crafting Paragraphs

Fact Sections

What’s included?

  • Studio-recorded videos of Ross Guberman teaching his most popular writing workshop.
  • Interactive practice to build competence in key writing skills.  
  • Exclusive cheat sheets and guides with hundreds of writing tips.
  • Dozens of real writing examples from the world’s top legal writers. 

Meet Ross

Ross Guberman is the president of Legal Writing Pro LLC and the founder of BriefCatch LLC. From Alaska and Hawaii to Paris and Hong Kong, Ross has conducted thousands of workshops on three continents for prominent law firms, judges, agencies, corporations, and associations. His workshops are among the highest rated in the world of professional legal education.

Ross’s Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation’s Top Advocates is an Amazon bestseller that reviewers have praised as a “tour de force” and “a must for the library of veteran litigators.” Ross also wrote Point Taken: How to Write Like the World’s Greatest Judges, which Court Review called “the best book . . . by far . . . about judicial writing.” 
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