Legal Writing Primer for New Lawyers

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Legal Writing Primer for New Lawyers

Legal Writing Primer for New Lawyers
Thursday, February 06, 2025 | 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
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Format: Webinar

Program Fee:
Students or Alumni of Sponsoring Schools: Free
Members: Free
Non-Members: $25

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Description:
An essential job of all lawyers is creating professional work product: written work that does not require substantive editing. Lawyers must be able to organize thoughts into cogent and clear written work free of typographical, syntax, and citation errors. So, it is essential that you become a master of the art of self-editing. But editing yourself is very difficult. As the author, you often lack the mental distance necessary to distinguish between what’s on the page and what’s in your head. This program will discuss developing a systematic approach for assessing and editing your own work so that you can find and correct weaknesses and see your work from the reader’s eye.

Speaker:
Catharine Du Bois, Professor of Law from Practice, New York Law School

Introduction:
Brian Farkas, ArentFox Schiff LLP

Sponsoring Committee:
New Lawyer Institute, Gregory Brown Jr. & Mary Walsh Fitzpatrick, Co-Chairs

Thank you to our sponsoring law schools: