Advocacy
A voice for others
Advocacy
A voice for others
Advocacy is something that is integral to being an attorney. Attorney's have clients, and the rules of conduct that govern lawyers require them to zealously and vigorously advocate for the best interest of their clients. In my time at UCF I've learned the value of written advocacy just as much as oral advocacy. While society thinks the majority of what lawyers do happens in the courtroom, the truth that I've found is that most of it is written. This could include briefs written to the court, motions, wills, contracts, or any of the other countless documents that a lawyer could write or read on a day to day basis. That's why in my time in college, I've focused on targeting my writing to practical things that lawyers may encounter in the course of their work. In my classes I've learned the importance of knowing the audience that you're presenting to, whether it's a jury of your peers in a trial court, a panel of judges in appellate court, or a single judge in the filing of a motion. The presentation style and the substance of the presentation changes drastically depending on the audience being encountered. In the examples I've provided, I have crafted documents that are very practical in the legal field, while being based off of fictitious fact patterns, that resemble the work that lawyers do in order to demonstrate my acumen for legal writing.