Efficient, Effective and Powerful Legal Writing (OnDemand)
Originally held on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 | 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Program Fee:
OnDemand: $129 for Members | $229 for Nonmembers
Members who are Recent Law Graduates, Newly Admitted Lawyers (earliest
admission 2016-2018 in any state or country), In-House/Corporate
Counsel, Judges (and their staff), or attorneys that practice within the
Government, Academic or Not-for-Profit sectors attend this program for
free.
CLE Credit:
NY: 2.0 Skills
NJ: 2.4 General
CA: 2.0 General
PA: 2.0 General
Please Note: Newly admitted NY attorneys cannot fulfill ethics or skills credits through our on-demand programs under OCA rules. For more information on this, please see http://www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/changes_for_2016.shtml.
Description:
In this hands-on workshop, you will learn strategies for writing more
efficiently and effectively, including how to organize memos clearly and
provide useful roadmaps. We will cover techniques for quickly
eliminating common writing weaknesses, including lack of organization,
weak paragraph structure and convoluted sentences.
You will learn strategies for drafting:
- Effective Introductions
- Powerful Headings
- Concise, Clear Sentences
This workshop is geared toward junior attorneys but provides a useful review for attorneys at all levels.
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Program Instructor:
Mary Campbell Gallagher, BarWrite® and BarWrite Press