You’ve heard it before: briefs should tell a story.  But rarely, if ever, have you seen the principle so thoroughly explained as it is by Associate Professor Kenneth Chestak at Indiana University School of Law, who accompanies his article on the topic with a sample brief and (short) appellate record.  Thanks to the (new) legal writer blog, where you should go for all the links.

By the way, for a far more succinct (but also good) lesson in storytelling, see this short article in Nevada Lawyer by Tami Cowden of the Appealing in Nevada blog, which I originally linked to in the context of this post.