All Articles tagged empirical research

• Articles
  February 15, 2024 EDT
  What Social Science Can Teach Us Regarding Briefing
  Morgan L.W. HazeltonRachael K. Hinkle

  Using quantitative studies, legal writers can move beyond hunches to understand the most effective advocacy tools.

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• Essays
  March 01, 2019 EDT
  Research Ethics in Legal Writing: Challenges for Empirical Research
  Alissa J. Hartig

  Empirical research methods pose unique ethical issues that will need to be addressed by the legal writing community as more and more such studies are published.

• Articles
  March 01, 2018 EDT
  Words Count: The Empirical Relationship Between Brief Writing and Summary Judgment Success
  Shaun B. SpencerAdam Feldman

  Are lawyers more likely to prevail when they file more readable summary judgment briefs?

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• Articles
  March 01, 2015 EDT
  Using Empirical Methods to Study Legal Writing
  Shaun B. Spencer

  How can legal writing scholars engage in an emerging field within legal writing scholarship: the empirical study of legal writing?

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• Articles
  March 01, 2010 EDT
  Persuading Judges: An Empirical Analysis of Writing Style, Persuasion, and the Use of Plain English
  Sean Flammer

  Does Plain English help litigators persuade judges?

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