{"id":3168,"date":"2015-11-25T00:42:47","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T23:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writehouse.org\/?p=3168"},"modified":"2015-11-25T00:42:47","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T23:42:47","slug":"briefwriting-masterclass-program-2-4-december-2015-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/briefwriting-masterclass-program-2-4-december-2015-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"Briefwriting Masterclass Program, 2-4 December 2015, Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Guest of Honour: Hon. Justice Ishaq U. Bello
\nChief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Day 1- Wednesday 2 December 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

7.30-8.30 am: \tRegistering and seating participants & distributing materials<\/p>\n

8.30-9.00am:\tIntroductions & Networking<\/p>\n

9.00-10.30am:\tThe Architecture of Argument- Issues for Determination<\/p>\n

10.30-11.00am:\tDiscussion, Questions & Answers <\/p>\n

11.00-11.30am:\tTea Break<\/p>\n

11.30am-12.45pm:\tTask 1: Study Nobis-Elendu v INEC<\/em> [2015] 16 NWLR (Part 1485) 197.
\n\u2022\tCriticise the lead judgment\u2019s attitude to the issues.
\n\u2022\tFaced with the parties\u2019 varying issue formulations, what should have been the Supreme Court\u2019s attitude or approach?
\n\u2022\tUsing Garner\u2019s deep-issue format, reconstruct the issues.<\/p>\n

12.45-1.30pm:\tTask 1 Presentations<\/p>\n

1.30-2.45pm:\tLunch<\/p>\n

2.45-3.15pm:\tThe Introduction summarizing the brief<\/p>\n

3.15-5.00pm:\tThe facts and procedural history <\/p>\n

5.00-5.30pm:\tDiscussion, Questions & Answers <\/p>\n

Day 2- Thursday 3 December 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

9.00-10.15am:\tTask 2: Study Nobis-Elendu v INEC<\/em> [2015] 16 NWLR (Part 1485) 197.
\n\u2022\tCriticize the second paragraph of the lead judgment for its \u2018he-said-she-said\u2019 presentation of an aspect of the facts. How should the Supreme Court have introduced that paragraph?
\n\u2022\tCriticize both the law reporter\u2019s and the lead judgment\u2019s presentation of the facts and procedural history.
\n\u2022\tRecount the facts and procedural history in as interesting a manner as possible.<\/p>\n

10.15-11am:\tTask 2 Presentations<\/p>\n

11.00-11.30am:\tTea Break<\/p>\n

11.30am-1.00pm:\tThe Argument section Part 1<\/p>\n

1.00-1.30pm:\tDiscussion, Questions & Answers<\/p>\n

1.30-2.45pm:\tLunch<\/p>\n

2.45-4.00pm:\tThe Argument section Part 2<\/p>\n

4.00-4.30pm:\tDiscussion, Questions & Answers<\/p>\n

4.30-5.45pm:\tTask 3: Study Nobis-Elendu v INEC <\/em>[2015] 16 NWLR (Part 1485) 197.
\n\u2022\tComment on the language, style, and substance of the lead judgment\u2019s analysis on pages 220-225.
\n\u2022\tHighlight the rhetorical deficiencies of the lead judgment, especially pages 220-225.<\/p>\n

Day 3- Friday 4 December 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

9.00-9.45am: \tTask 3 Presentations<\/p>\n

9.45-10.15am:\tThink before you write<\/p>\n

10.15-10.45am:\tDiscussion, Questions & Answers <\/p>\n

10.45-11.15am:\tTea Break<\/p>\n

11.15am-12noon:\tCase Theory, Themes, and Priming <\/p>\n

12noon-12.30pm:\tThe Rhetorical Triangle <\/p>\n

12.30-1.30pm:\tTask 4: Study chapter II of Anatomy of a Brief<\/em> by Chinua Asuzu.
\n\u2022\tWhy is Wole Soyinka\u2019s Telephone Conversation<\/em> of any interest or value in advocacy?
\n\u2022\tWhat rhetorical device does Soyinka deploy so effectively in Telephone Conversation?
\n\u2022\tWhat part of your brief can you improve using Soyinka\u2019s technique in Telephone Conversation?
\n\u2022\tHow does priming help advocates? Explain cognitive conservatism in your own words.<\/p>\n

1.30-2.45pm:\tLunch<\/p>\n

2.45-3.30pm:\tTask 4 Presentations <\/p>\n

3.30-4.00pm:\tLogic and Clear Thought
\n4.00-4.30pm:\tFeedback, Testimonials, Certificates, Group Photos, and Closing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[162,136,172,228,229,100,194,98],"class_list":["post-3168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-workshop-updates","tag-5-benefits-of-legal-writing-training","tag-advocacy-skills","tag-advocacy-workshop","tag-briefwriting-masterclass","tag-chelsea-hotel-abuja","tag-chinua-asuzu","tag-continuing-professional-development-cpd","tag-the-write-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}