Copyright (c) 2008 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/ruth_anne_robbins Recent documents in Ruth Anne Robbins en-us Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:31:07 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/ruth_anne_robbins/3 http://works.bepress.com/ruth_anne_robbins/3 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:56:35 PST This article talks about how to build a story in legal writing using fiction-writing concepts of character, conflict type and resolution. Brian J. Foley Storytelling http://works.bepress.com/ruth_anne_robbins/2 http://works.bepress.com/ruth_anne_robbins/2 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:49:30 PST This article looks at the science behind what makes words readable and legible. It suggests that lawyers should be strategizing the look of the document itself as a persuasive technique. The article also contains suggetsed optimal layouts and looks at court rules around the country to determine whether lawyers can actually accomplish the visual persuasion in a particular jurisdiction (New Jersey lawyers are out of luck beyond the trial level courts). The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has the article linked from its homepage. www.ca7.uscourts.gov Ruth Anne Robbins Graphic Design http://works.bepress.com/ruth_anne_robbins/1 http://works.bepress.com/ruth_anne_robbins/1 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:42:21 PST This article hypothesizes that lawyers should consider heroic archetype when strategizing the client's story. The article speaks more to storytelling for a judge as factfinder rather than a jury. Ruth Anne Robbins Storytelling