Abstract
Today’s transactional lawyers perform myriad tasks for their clients, including structuring, drafting, conceptualizing, negotiating, and executing the complex, risky, and often cutting-edge transactions their clients bring to the table. On the other side of that table, often sits another team of sophisticated transactional lawyers. These opposing counsel are armed for battle over every nuance, every word, every representation, every deliverable, and every obligation their client is poised to undertake or agree to. Therefore, modern transactional lawyers must behave as advocates and explore new modes of persuasion. As a response, scholars have begun to propose that transactional lawyers employ methods of narrative, or storytelling. Narrative is a time-tested tool employed by litigators. Yet, narrative theory can be applied to the various skills performed by transactional lawyers, and can enhance outcomes from both ethical and normative perspectives.
Johnson, Lori D, Redefining Roles and Duties of the Transactional Lawyer: A Narrative Approach (2017) St John’s Law Review, Volume 91, No 4, p 845, Winter 2017; UNLV William S Boyd School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper.
First posted 2018-07-19 02:52:33
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