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Practice
20 questions- Briefing exerciseWalk me through how you'd structure the evidence section in a brief about a contentious budget reallocation.
- Briefing exerciseWalk me through how you'd write a brief recommending against a course of action the decision-maker is publicly committed to.
- Briefing exerciseWalk me through how you'd cite evidence in a brief when the strongest analysis is from an external advocacy group.
- Briefing exerciseWalk me through how you'd handle technical caveats in a brief without making it feel hedged.
- Briefing exerciseWalk me through how you'd structure evidence when the strongest case is contingent on a fact you can't yet verify.
- Briefing exerciseWalk me through how you'd build a brief on something with both legal and political risk dimensions.