“In the third year of law school, they ought to teach English as a Second Language.”
– Stephen Wermiel, quoted in The Lawyer’s Guide to Writing Well, by Tom Goldstein and Jethro K. Lieberman
A lawyer's job is to persuade, but that's not possible without some type of human connection. Telling stories is the way humans connect, meet and get to know each other. Connecting in the law is no different, says Andrews Kurth partner Kendall Gray, who observes that lawyers strangle their storytelling ability in many ways. Two deserve special mention.
July 10, 2012 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
“In the third year of law school, they ought to teach English as a Second Language.”
– Stephen Wermiel, quoted in The Lawyer’s Guide to Writing Well, by Tom Goldstein and Jethro K. Lieberman
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