24 Books like Making Your Case

The Tools of Argument

by Joel P. Trachtman • 2013

From framing the facts to exploiting the rules: the lawyer's toolkit for winning any argument.

3.97

949

🏛️ Legal Reasoning 💬 Argumentation 📜 Textual Interpretation

The Tools of Argument 94%

From framing the facts to exploiting the rules: the lawyer's toolkit for winning any argument.

by Joel P. Trachtman 2013

3.97

949 ratings

🏛️ Legal Reasoning 💬 Argumentation 📜 Textual Interpretation

Letters to a Law Student

by Nicholas J. McBride • 2006

Why rereading your notes wastes time, and the question-driven method that earns top marks.

4.10

1k+

🏛️ Legal Education 📚 Law Students 🧠 Active Recall

Letters to a Law Student 94%

Why rereading your notes wastes time, and the question-driven method that earns top marks.

by Nicholas J. McBride 2006

4.10

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Education 📚 Law Students 🧠 Active Recall

Building a Better Law Practice

by Jeremy W. Richter • 2019

The lawyer's micro-habit playbook: tiny daily fixes for writing, client trust, and trial craft.

3.73

🏛️ Law Practice Management ✍️ Legal Writing ⚖️ Trial Advocacy

Building a Better Law Practice 94%

The lawyer's micro-habit playbook: tiny daily fixes for writing, client trust, and trial craft.

by Jeremy W. Richter 2019

3.73

11 ratings

🏛️ Law Practice Management ✍️ Legal Writing ⚖️ Trial Advocacy

Paralegal Career For Dummies

by Scott A. Hatch • 2006

Research case law, draft pleadings, organize trials: the paralegal skills every law firm relies on.

3.98

166

📋 Paralegal Careers 🏛️ Legal Profession 🇺🇸 American Legal System

Paralegal Career For Dummies 93%

Research case law, draft pleadings, organize trials: the paralegal skills every law firm relies on.

by Scott A. Hatch 2006

3.98

166 ratings

📋 Paralegal Careers 🏛️ Legal Profession 🇺🇸 American Legal System

The Art of Trial Warfare

by Michael S. Waddington • 2016

Sun Tzu's classic warfare text, read straight as a trial manual: opposing counsel is the enemy.

2.00

⚖️ Trial Advocacy 🗣️ Courtroom Persuasion 🔍 Cross-Examination

The Art of Trial Warfare 93%

Sun Tzu's classic warfare text, read straight as a trial manual: opposing counsel is the enemy.

by Michael S. Waddington 2016

2.00

1 ratings

⚖️ Trial Advocacy 🗣️ Courtroom Persuasion 🔍 Cross-Examination

The Articulate Advocate

by Marsha Hunter • 2009

Nervous energy is raw persuasion material: how to channel it into courtroom command.

4.08

170

⚖️ Trial Advocacy 🎤 Public Speaking 😰 Performance Anxiety

The Articulate Advocate 93%

Nervous energy is raw persuasion material: how to channel it into courtroom command.

by Marsha Hunter 2009

4.08

170 ratings

⚖️ Trial Advocacy 🎤 Public Speaking 😰 Performance Anxiety

How to Think Like a Lawyer--and Why

by Kim Wehle • 2022

The lawyer's toolkit for untangling problems, now for your family, health, and ballot-box choices.

3.36

310

🧑‍⚖️ Legal Reasoning ⚖️ Law For Non-Lawyers 📊 Decision Analysis

How to Think Like a Lawyer--and Why Summary

How to Think Like a Lawyer--and Why 93%

The lawyer's toolkit for untangling problems, now for your family, health, and ballot-box choices.

by Kim Wehle 2022

3.36

310 ratings

🧑‍⚖️ Legal Reasoning ⚖️ Law For Non-Lawyers 📊 Decision Analysis

Getting to Maybe

by Richard Michael Fischl • 1999

Knew every rule but got a median grade? Law exams test something else entirely.

3.78

1k+

⚖️ Law School Exams 🧠 Legal Reasoning 🔍 Issue Spotting

Getting to Maybe 92%

Knew every rule but got a median grade? Law exams test something else entirely.

by Richard Michael Fischl 1999

3.78

1k+ ratings

⚖️ Law School Exams 🧠 Legal Reasoning 🔍 Issue Spotting

Doesn't Hurt to Ask

by Trey Gowdy • 2020

Stop making statements. Start asking questions: a prosecutor's toolkit for winning any argument.

4.16

2k+

🎯 Persuasion Techniques ❓ Questioning Strategies 🗣️ Rhetorical Strategy

Doesn't Hurt to Ask 92%

Stop making statements. Start asking questions: a prosecutor's toolkit for winning any argument.

by Trey Gowdy 2020

4.16

2k+ ratings

🎯 Persuasion Techniques ❓ Questioning Strategies 🗣️ Rhetorical Strategy

How to Write Clearly

by Tom Albrighton • 2021

Your writing isn't clear unless your reader says so. The reader-psychology method that works.

4.29

112

📝 Plain Language 💼 Business Writing 🧠 Reader Psychology

How to Write Clearly 92%

Your writing isn't clear unless your reader says so. The reader-psychology method that works.

by Tom Albrighton 2021

4.29

112 ratings

📝 Plain Language 💼 Business Writing 🧠 Reader Psychology

Project Management in Electronic Discovery

by Michael I. Quartararo • 2016

E-discovery becomes a defensible process, not a fragmented liability, through project management.

3.67

🖥️ E-Discovery 📋 Legal Project Management 🗂️ Information Governance

Project Management in Electronic Discovery Summary

Project Management in Electronic Discovery 92%

E-discovery becomes a defensible process, not a fragmented liability, through project management.

by Michael I. Quartararo 2016

3.67

12 ratings

🖥️ E-Discovery 📋 Legal Project Management 🗂️ Information Governance

Thinking Like a Lawyer

by Frederick Schauer • 2009

What if legal reasoning means following rules you know are wrong? An anatomy of the lawyer's mind.

3.89

323

⚖️ Jurisprudence 🧑‍⚖️ Judicial Reasoning 📏 Legal Formalism

Thinking Like a Lawyer 92%

What if legal reasoning means following rules you know are wrong? An anatomy of the lawyer's mind.

by Frederick Schauer 2009

3.89

323 ratings

⚖️ Jurisprudence 🧑‍⚖️ Judicial Reasoning 📏 Legal Formalism

Objective Communication

by Leonard Peikoff • 1980

Most communication floats free of reality. An Objectivist shows how to anchor yours in facts.

4.22

🧠 Objectivism ✍️ Clear Writing 🎤 Public Speaking

Objective Communication 92%

Most communication floats free of reality. An Objectivist shows how to anchor yours in facts.

by Leonard Peikoff 1980

4.22

74 ratings

🧠 Objectivism ✍️ Clear Writing 🎤 Public Speaking

On Speaking Well

by Peggy Noonan • 1998

A speechwriter's guide: authenticity and clear thinking beat showmanship every time.

3.89

642

🎤 Public Speaking ✍️ Speechwriting 💬 Authentic Speaking

On Speaking Well 91%

A speechwriter's guide: authenticity and clear thinking beat showmanship every time.

by Peggy Noonan 1998

3.89

642 ratings

🎤 Public Speaking ✍️ Speechwriting 💬 Authentic Speaking

Economical Writing

by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey • 1999

An economist's 35 rules for sharp, persuasive writing: no talent required.

4.16

906

📝 Writing Craft 🔍 Clarity ✂️ Conciseness

Economical Writing 91%

An economist's 35 rules for sharp, persuasive writing: no talent required.

by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey 1999

4.16

906 ratings

📝 Writing Craft 🔍 Clarity ✂️ Conciseness

New Law Practice

by D Carr • 2017

Launch a solo law practice on a budget: attract clients and build a sustainable firm.

3.00

⚖️ Solo Law Practice 📢 Legal Marketing 💰 Bootstrapping

New Law Practice 91%

Launch a solo law practice on a budget: attract clients and build a sustainable firm.

by D Carr 2017

3.00

2 ratings

⚖️ Solo Law Practice 📢 Legal Marketing 💰 Bootstrapping

The Discipline of Law

by Baron Alfred Denning • 1979

The law is not a machine of rules, but a craft of words wielded toward justice.

4.17

126

🏛️ English Common Law ⚖️ Judicial Reasoning 📚 Legal Philosophy

The Discipline of Law 91%

The law is not a machine of rules, but a craft of words wielded toward justice.

by Baron Alfred Denning 1979

4.17

126 ratings

🏛️ English Common Law ⚖️ Judicial Reasoning 📚 Legal Philosophy

How to Argue and Win Every Time

by Gerry Spence • 1995

Win every disagreement by dropping the argument and reaching for the story.

3.69

2k+

🎭 Authenticity 📖 Persuasive Storytelling 👂 Deep Listening

How to Argue and Win Every Time 91%

Win every disagreement by dropping the argument and reaching for the story.

by Gerry Spence 1995

3.69

2k+ ratings

🎭 Authenticity 📖 Persuasive Storytelling 👂 Deep Listening

Writing That Works

by Kenneth Roman • 1981

From emails to proposals, the enduring rules for business writing that gets read and gets results.

3.72

1k+

🏢 Business Writing ✍️ Clear Writing 📐 Writing Structure

Writing That Works 91%

From emails to proposals, the enduring rules for business writing that gets read and gets results.

by Kenneth Roman 1981

3.72

1k+ ratings

🏢 Business Writing ✍️ Clear Writing 📐 Writing Structure

Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln

by James C. Humes • 2002

Ten speaking techniques from history's orators, starting with the trick of opening in total silence.

3.92

2k+

🎤 Public Speaking 👔 Executive Presence ✍️ Speechwriting

Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln Summary

Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln 91%

Ten speaking techniques from history's orators, starting with the trick of opening in total silence.

by James C. Humes 2002

3.92

2k+ ratings

🎤 Public Speaking 👔 Executive Presence ✍️ Speechwriting

Be a Brilliant Business Writer

by Jane Curry • 2010

The practical playbook for business writing that busy readers will read, not skim past.

4.14

🏢 Business Communication 📝 Plain Language 💬 Persuasive Writing

Be a Brilliant Business Writer 91%

The practical playbook for business writing that busy readers will read, not skim past.

by Jane Curry 2010

4.14

28 ratings

🏢 Business Communication 📝 Plain Language 💬 Persuasive Writing

Am I Making Myself Clear?

by Terry Felber • 2002

Ten clarity techniques from the world's best communicators, for making complex ideas stick.

4.16

488

💼 Business Communication 🔬 Science Communication ✍️ Clear Writing

Am I Making Myself Clear? 91%

Ten clarity techniques from the world's best communicators, for making complex ideas stick.

by Terry Felber 2002

4.16

488 ratings

💼 Business Communication 🔬 Science Communication ✍️ Clear Writing

Writing Without Bullshit

by Josh Bernoff • 2016

Most business writing wastes the reader's time. The concise fix, from email to executive summary.

4.01

727

🏢 Business Writing ✂️ Concise Writing 🗣️ Plain Language

Writing Without Bullshit 91%

Most business writing wastes the reader's time. The concise fix, from email to executive summary.

by Josh Bernoff 2016

4.01

727 ratings

🏢 Business Writing ✂️ Concise Writing 🗣️ Plain Language

Murder Your Darlings

by Roy Peter Clark • 2020

Voice, craft, and discipline: the writer's toolkit, handed down from Aristotle to Zinsser.

4.02

644

✍️ Writing Craft 📝 Rhetoric And Style 📖 Narrative Craft

Murder Your Darlings 91%

Voice, craft, and discipline: the writer's toolkit, handed down from Aristotle to Zinsser.

by Roy Peter Clark 2020

4.02

644 ratings

✍️ Writing Craft 📝 Rhetoric And Style 📖 Narrative Craft

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