Labor & Employment

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Employment Litigation 101: Brief Drafting and Motion Writing

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1 hours 27 minutes
Leslie Eason
With Leslie K. Eason from Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Recorded May 28, 2024
Product ID 98656

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Overview

A Practical Introduction to Legal Writing for Employment Cases

Build your skills! Join our seasoned faculty as they reveal secrets for composing effective briefs and motions for employment cases. Formulate strategies for backing up your argument with facts and evidence, find out how to use case law effectively, and examine common mistakes made with motion and brief writing. Register today!

  • Discover how to power up your briefs.
  • Get practical pointers for drafting motions.
  • Identify the top mistakes employment attorneys make with brief and motion writing.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Overall Strategies for Drafting Effective Briefs
  2. Identifying Key Legal Issues
  3. Responding to Opposition Briefs: Essential Guidelines
  4. Tips for Writing Effective Motions (Including Essential Components and Common Motions)
  5. Tips and Tricks for Creating Persuasive Legal Arguments
  6. Supporting Your Arguments With Evidence and Facts: Legal Best Practices
  7. Effective Use of Case Law
  8. Dos and Don'ts of Using AI in Legal Writing
  9. 5 Worst Mistakes Employment Attorneys Make With Brief and Motion Writing

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Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 1.5 Total
California CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 2 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Iowa CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Idaho CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Louisiana CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
Maine CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 1.8 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Montana CLE Approved 1.5 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 1.5 Total
New York CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 2 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Washington CLE Approved 1.5 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 1.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 1.8 Total
Wyoming CLE Upon Request 1.5 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Employment Litigation 101: Brief Drafting and Motion Writing

    1. Overall Strategies for Drafting Effective Briefs
    2. Identifying Key Legal Issues
    3. Responding to Opposition Briefs: Essential Guidelines
    4. Tips for Writing Effective Motions (Including Essential Components and Common Motions)
    5. Tips and Tricks for Creating Persuasive Legal Arguments
    6. Supporting Your Arguments With Evidence and Facts: Legal Best Practices
    7. Effective Use of Case Law
    8. Dos and Don'ts of Using AI in Legal Writing
    9. 5 Worst Mistakes Employment Attorneys Make With Brief and Motion Writing

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. HR professionals, accountants, and paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Leslie K Eason
Leslie K.
Eason
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Speaker bio
Leslie K Eason

Leslie K. Eason

Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Leslie Eason

is the co-managing partner of the Atlanta office, the office managing partner of the Birmingham office, and the office managing partner of the Jackson office of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, where she has a national litigation practice focusing on employment law, torts and products liability, and commercial disputes. Her employment practice centers on assisting corporate entities with all aspects of employment-related business operations. This includes the creation and implementation of policies and procedure, training for staff and supervisors, administrative investigations, mediation, litigation, trial and appeal. Ms. Eason also represents clients against wage-and-hour claims, discrimination claims, and disability claims. She is a member of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Gordon & Rees African-American Affinity Group, Gordon & Rees Diversity Committee, Gordon & Rees Women's Initiative, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, Law360 Employment Editorial Board, and Leadership Georgia. Ms. Eason earned her B.S. degree from Vanderbilt University and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law.

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