Clients, Judges, and Opposing Counsel Are Running Your Work Through BriefCatch. Are You?

You’ve been writing for hours. The clock is ticking. You know your substance cold, but you aim for more than that. You also want your writing to impress clients, judges, and others. And you hope to earn and keep their trust.

Now imagine that with just one click, you could get dozens of suggestions on tightening your draft. As you choose your best options, your sentences become more concise and your prose more polished. And your confidence boosts: The suggestions come from one of the world’s most in-demand writing consultants for both lawyers and judges.

You’re using BriefCatch, a Word plug-in for lawyers and judges developed by Ross Guberman, the Legal Writing Pro. He’s the author of the bestselling book on brief-writing and the writing trainer for new federal judges.

 

BriefCatch is like nothing else on the market. In fact, one reviewer declared that it “exceeds” all other editing tools that lawyers use.

That’s in part because BriefCatch flags issues you rarely have enough time—or editorial distance—to spot: a citation error here and “statue” for “statute” there. A heavy-handed phrase here and a needless passive construction there. A punctuation inconsistency here and a term that many judges dislike there.

“This product is sublime,” says a partner at an AmLaw 100 firm. “Each time it gives me a couple dozen great notes, making a big difference in flow and punchiness.”

Case analysis strengthens. Weak verbs morph into stronger ones. And legalese yields to fresh, modern prose.

Did you know you’d used the same transition five times? Now that BriefCatch spots that for you, breeze through menus of connectors that the top lawyers and judges favor. And is that sentence really more than 55 words long? It sure is. But now you know to break it in two.

Take it from a court of appeals judge: “So many of these briefs would have been so much better had the lawyer used [BriefCatch].”

Twenty minutes later, you’re proud to submit your work. What BriefCatch flagged and why made so much sense, but it’s hard to catch everything on your own, especially with deadlines looming.

Your renewed confidence isn’t just a feeling. BriefCatch’s novel scoring system rewards your improvement. Its five unique formulas measure your writing against that of the best judges and lawyers. Do you write like Elena Kagan? Or like Paul Clement? Spot-check your readability at different stages and watch your scores soar.

Says an AmLaw 100 appellate counsel: “Even already-excellent legal writers will benefit from BriefCatch. Download the free trial and run three or four of your documents through it. That’s all it’ll take to convince you.”

All of this can be fun—at least nerdy fun. “A fun source of motivation,” says one user. “Slightly addictive” says another.

People you respect are already benefiting from BriefCatch. Since BriefCatch launched in January, its users have included top law firms, prominent judges and justices, state and federal courts, lawyers of every type, students and academics, corporations, trade associations, public-interest groups, and both prosecutors and public defenders.

“It reinforces better writing over time,” says one BriefCatch fan.

Clerks are running drafts and filings through BriefCatch. Corporate clients are using it to check outside counsel’s work. Lawyers are even staging BriefCatch contests and competitions.

BriefCatch never saves a thing. No one would even know you were using it. And it works on all sorts of legal and nonlegal documents.

Writing is tough. Writing under pressure is even tougher.

Have you done all you can to put your writing in the best light? Get your free trial of BriefCatch today and find out.