Section News & Events:

Advanced Legal Writing CLE in Las Vegas

March 21, 2024 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Join the Appellate and Litigation Sections for a full day in-person CLE seminar focusing on the best writing practices, Advanced Legal Writing.

Taught by national speaker Elizabeth Francis, this course will apply advanced composition principles to legal writing, particularly writing in the litigation and appellate contexts. Beginning with questions of aim, audience and style, the class will define clear, coherent, cohesive and well-argued legal prose. We will go on to consider best practices in legal and judicial writing at this historical moment, and think together about relationships among writing, decision-making and argument. We will acknowledge our inheritance of the plain language movement and the effects of that movement on current practice.

Learning Objectives:

1. Learn to define and compose clear, coherent, cohesive and well-argued legal prose.

2. Learn to recognize the best practices in legal and judicial writing at this historical moment.

3. Learn to consider relationships among writing, decision-making and argument.

4. Learn to acknowledge our inheritance of the plain language movement and the effects of that movement on current practice.

Limited to 40 participants. Lunch will be provided.

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 About the Section:

Purpose:

The purposes of the Litigation Section are to:

  1. Provide a forum for the improvement of law and procedure in the field of litigation in civil and criminal areas;
  2. Provide a forum addressed to the problems and interest of the trial practitioner who specializes in the spectrum of civil litigation, without limitation to a particular substantive area;
  3. Provide a forum addressed to the problems and interest of the trial practitioner who specializes in the spectrum of criminal trial practice;
  4. Promote the sound development of ethical and professional litigation practices and procedures;
  5. Assist the judiciary in enhancing the administration of justice in the area of civil litigation and criminal procedure;
  6. Support and enhance the art of trial and appellate advocacy; and
  7. Act upon all matters germane to its purpose as so described or referred to by the Board of Governors.

Bylaws

Download the Litigation Section Bylaws (last updated 7/25/2013)


Officers

Chair: Eric Hone
ehone@hone.law
 
Secretary: Jamie Combs
jamie.combs@creditone.com
 
Treasurer: Shannon Pierce
spierce@fennemorelaw.com
 

Committee of Legal Education Pertaining to Criminal and Civil Areas

Co-Chair: Paul Haire
paul.m.haire@gmail.com
 
Co-Chair: Eric Hone ehone@hone.law
 
Co-Chair: Ryan Lower
rml@morrislawgroup.com

 

Publications Committee

Co-Chair: John H. Gutke, Esq.
john@gutkelaw.com
 
Co-Chair: Conor P. Flynn, Esq.

conor.flynn@optum.com

Committee on Civil and Appellate Procedure

Chair: Jamie Combs
jamie.combs@akerman.com

Membership Committee

Chair: Kory Kaplan
kkaplan@lzklegal.com

Committee on Ethics and Professionalism

Co-Chair: Brian Anderson
brian.anderson@cityofhenderson.com
 
Co-Chair: Brenoch R. Wirthlin
702-692-8005

Staff Liaison: Judi De Marco

Email: judid@nvbar.org

Board Liaison: Richard Dreitzer

Email: rdreitzer@fclaw.com

Annual dues are $30.


Meeting Minutes

2011: September