Law - Legal Writing

LEGAL WRITING FOR THE RE-WIRED BRAIN

ROBERT B. DUBOSE

Alexander Dubose & Townsend, LLP

1844 Harvard Street

Houston, Texas 77008

713-523-2358

713-522-4553 (fax)

rdubose@adtappellate.com

State Bar of Texas

21st ANNUAL ADVANCED REAL ESTATE DRAFTING COURSE

March 4-5, 2010

Dallas

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ROBERT B. DUBOSE

ALEXANDER, DUBOSE & TOWNSEND, LLP

1844 Harvard Street

Houston, Texas 77008

(713) 523-2358

(713) 522-4553 (fax)

e-mail: rdubose@adtappellate.com

EDUCATION

Harvard Law School (J.D. cum laude, 1993)

Editor, Harvard Journal on Legislation

Rice University, (B.A. magna cum laude, Philosophy, 1990)

BOARD CERTIFICATION

Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & HONORS

Adjunct Professor, Appellate Advocacy, University of Houston Law School, 1997-present

Chair, Houston Bar Association Appellate Practice Section, 2008-2009

Listed in The Best Lawyers in America under Appellate Law

Recognized by Texas Monthly as “Super Lawyer” 2008, 2009

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Continuing legal education author/speaker on the following subjects:

State Bar of Texas

•Brief Writing Trends

•Legal Writing

•Oral Argument

•Discovery Objections

University of Texas

•Brief Writing

Houston Bar Association

•Error Preservation in Post-Verdict Motions

•Legal Writing

South Texas College of Law

•Post-Verdict Motions

•Appealing Summary Judgments

Contributing author, Houston It’s Worth It: Ike and Fearless Critic Houston Restaurant Guide 2010

Legal Writing for the Re-wired Brain

Chapter 19

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.

INTRODUCTION: OUR BRAINS ARE BEING RE-WIRED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

II.

TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING OUR READING ENVIRONMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A.

20 years ago, almost all reading was from paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

B....