Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/ruth_anne_robbins Recent documents in Ruth Anne Robbins en-us Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:42:44 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/ruth_anne_robbins/4 http://works.bepress.com/ruth_anne_robbins/4 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:35:28 PDT This article argues that the current system of court rules needlessly wastes natural resources because too much paper is wasted. It includes discussion and calculations about how a change in court rules and attorney practices could help reduce the environmental impact of briefs submitted in appellate courts. This article follows up a previous article, Painting With Print: Incorporating Concepts of Typographic and Layout Design into the Text of Legal Writing Documents, originally published at 2 J. ALWD 108 (2004) and available at www.ca7.uscourts.gov. The tone of this article deliberately matches its predecessor. Ruth Anne Robbins Graphic Design Legal Analysis and Writing Legal Profession 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 Legal Analysis and Writing Legal Profession 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 Legal Analysis and Writing Legal Profession 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 Legal Analysis and Writing Legal Profession