Tom's Blog
Are you an anxious and frustrated first-year law student? Fight back with Cracking the Case Method—Legal Analysis for Law School Success!
Seeing that your 1L classes didn’t teach you outlining and exam-taking skills? Struggling to put it all together? Seeking a detailed, thoughtful, and transparent path to academic success? If so, Cracking the Case Method can help by answering the questions your law school classes don’t. As a proud co-author, I encourage you to incorporate Cracking […]
Good writing is rewriting: annotated original and revised versions of a successful brief
Below is the original version of a brief I wrote when I was practicing at Morrison & Foerster, followed by my recent revisions to it. I’ve annotated the original and revised briefs to discuss their strengths and weaknesses—and to provide teaching points that illustrate effective writing and advocacy techniques. While the original brief is a […]