See Scalia in a free CLE

Editor’s note: This CLE is no longer available. The podcast excerpt, however, remains on YouTube for viewing.

Part of a continuing legal education event (CLE) featuring United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner, is now available on West LegalEdcenter.

For free.

The unique CLE course from LawProse was based on the book Scalia and Garner co-authored, “Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges,” published by West.

They teamed up for the CLE on July 25, 2008 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The Kennedy Center has granted West permission to post one hour of the five hour event online.

The CLE excerpt provides a glimpse into how Scalia and Garner presented the points in their book about legal reasoning and argument, brief-writing and oral argument to the live audience.

It’s informative and often entertaining, with several memorable quotes from both men. All profits from the event went to Legal Aid of Washington, D.C.

In addition to the excerpt on West LegalEdcenter, highlights from the CLE – featuring clips from Scalia and Garner’s entire event – also are included in this three minute Westcast video podcast, along with an interview with Garner:

Sutherland law book has a notable history

This is a guest post to WestBlog from Greg Bell, principal attorney editor at Thomson Reuters in Rochester, New York:

My team at West is responsible for working with authors to produce and update a number of treatises and other titles focused on litigation practice.

WestBlog’s editors have asked us to check in occasionally about a title, author, or new development in litigation. So, in this post, I wanted to highlight a treatise I work on, Sutherland Statutes and Statutory Construction, which combines bedrock principles of legal analysis with practical tools.

As a lawyer and attorney editor at West, I’ve been a student of the choice of words and how they are put together. A few months ago, I became the editor on Sutherland.

During my ten years with West, I’ve had a chance to work on some of our flagship titles, but not one with so long and rich a history as Sutherland. Written by Jabez Gridley Sutherland and originally published in 1891 by Callaghan & Company (acquired in 1979 by Thomson), Sutherland is now going into its Seventh Edition and has grown to eight volumes.

Scalia’s full remarks at Scribes Awards

We first posted about the Lifetime-Achievement Award Scribes gave United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, early last month. Scalia is the co-author of “Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges,” from West.

We now have Scalia’s full remarks from the Scribes event, about 15 minutes long, broken into two video clips.

Here’s part one:

Here’s part two:

West was a sponsor of the event honoring Scalia, and excellence in legal writing, at the Harvard Club of New York City.

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Scalia honored by Scribes

We wrapped up our three-day visit to New York City today at the Scribes 2008 Annual Luncheon.

West was a sponsor of the event honoring excellence in legal writing at the Harvard Club of New York City. This year’s awards program drew additional interest because Scribes recognized United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia with its Lifetime-Achievement Award.

Bryan Garner, Scalia’s co-author on their West book “Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges,” presented Scalia with the award.

Here are some of their remarks:

Scribes is a professional association whose main goals are to honor legal writers and improve legal writing. Its members are judges, lawyers, law professors and legal editors. It is the oldest and most prestigious organizations of its kind.

Scribes publishes The Scribes Journal of Legal Writing, The Scrivener newsletter and sponsors the Book Award, the Law-Review Award and the Brief-Writing Award.

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ABA Annual Meeting

We’re bringing WestBlog back to the Big Apple. We’re in New York City through tomorrow for several events related to the American Bar Association’s (ABA) 2008 Annual Meeting.

Our reports will include a recap of a special event on Ellis Island tonight, the inaugural Liberty Awards from the ABA’s Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) celebrating diversity and the law.

We’ll also be at a Scribes luncheon for an award for United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Both events are sponsored by West.

As for the ABA Annual Meeting, you can see the ABA’s coverage here.

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Scalia and Garner at the Kennedy Center

Black’s Law Dictionary editor Bryan Garner and United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia squared off in a unique live legal discussion on persuasion and argument at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Friday, July 25.

Garner and Scalia discussed their recent book “Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges,” published by West, in a five hour continuing legal education (CLE) event. The CLE featured an entertaining and informative discussion of legal reasoning and argument, brief-writing and oral argument. The attendees included attorneys, other legal professionals and law students. Profits will go to Legal Aid.

It’s no surprise that a CLE featuring two of the preeminent authorities on legal writing and argument would generate a good deal of buzz in legal circles. Check out the links, below, to see what some media and bloggers had to say about the event:

Associated Press (via The Huffington Post)

The Blog of Legal Times from Tony Mauro (Also on Law.com)

Consumer Goods and Retail Industry Litigation Blog

A portion of the CLE with Scalia and Garner will soon be available – for free – through West LegalEdcenter. And, an upcoming Westcast video podcast about the event will feature highlights from the event. Keep an eye on WestBlog for more details on both.

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Scalia and Charlie Rose

Charlie Rose’s interview with United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia aired last Friday night. You can watch their discussion online.

Rose asked Scalia about his book published by West, “Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges,” co-written by Bryan Garner, who edits Black’s Law Dictionary for West.

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Garner interviewed in The Dallas Morning News

Bryan Garner, co-author of “Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges” talked about the writing process in the Sunday, June 1 edition of The Dallas Morning News.

Garner, who teamed with United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia on the book, told the newspaper he chose to work with Scalia in part because of his “great rhetorical skill.”

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Wall Street Journal Law Blog interviews Scalia

Dan Slater from The Wall Street Journal Law Blog has posted an interview with United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.

Scalia co-authored the West book, “Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges” with Bryan Garner, editor of Black’s Law Dictionary, also from West.

Slater broke his interview with Justice Scalia into three posts on The Wall Street Journal Law Blog:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

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Garner interviewed about legal writing

Bryan Garner, editor of Black’s Law Dictionary and co-author of the new book from West with United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, is featured in an article in The National Law Journal.

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Among the topics covered in the interview with Leigh Jones, Garner talks about the influence of technology in attorney writing.

Garner also recorded a Westcast audio podcast about his new book with Scalia, which is available here.

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More Web coverage for Scalia

We’re continuing to track the Web coverage of United State Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia’s recent interviews related to the West book “Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges” that Scalia co-authored with Bryan Garner.

New posts are at the Wall Street Journal Law Blog, Law.com, Slate.com’s Convictions blog and the Sophistic Miltonian Serbonian Blog.

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Scalia on “Tim Russert”

NBC’s Tim Russert interviewed United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia on the MSNBC program, “Tim Russert.”

The interview covered the book that Scalia co-authored for West titled, “Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges,” as well as Scalia’s family and career.

The transcript is available on the MSNBC Web site. 

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Justice Scalia on C-SPAN

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United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, co-author of the West book “Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges,” continues to talk to the media about the book and his career.

Justice Scalia appeared with Brian Lamb on “Q&A” on C-SPAN over the weekend. Watch the video or read the transcript.

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More Web coverage of “Making Your Case”

The new book from Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner continues to draw commentary from the legal media and legal blogs. 

Articles and blog posts about “Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges” from West are all over the Web.

Among the latest that we’ve spotted are two more posts from Dan Slater with the Wall Street Journal Law Blog.

Robert Ambrogi also writes about the book on Legal Blog Watch and Tony Mauro has an article on Law.com.

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Westcast podcast: Bryan Garner

We recorded a Westcast podcast with Bryan Garner, co-author with Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, on “Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges,” published by West.

He talks about the content of the book and its purpose, along with the experience of writing it with Scalia.

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