Legal Writing at the Micro Level: Making Paragraphs and Sentences Coherent and Forceful
Why Attend?
Focus on the “micro” to enhance your legal writing skills!
Taught by a lawyer and legal writing expert who has trained thousands of lawyers across the country, this webcast focuses on important communicative elements within a document below its overall structure. The program will not, however, focus on isolated writing "tips" that somehow magically produce impressive prose. Instead, it will emphasize fundamental principles of writing that will allow editing to become both more effective and efficient. This webcast is therefore a must for all attorneys who want to become better legal writers.
What You Will Learn
Topics include:
The difference between "principles" and "techniques" in writing and editing
The principles of paragraph structure: focus, flow, and emphasis
The principles of sentence structure: chunks and cores
This interactive seminar gives you the opportunity to submit questions in advance and/or during the program for discussion by the instructor.
Who Should Attend
Lawyers and other legal professionals who want to improve their legal writing and editing skills would benefit by attending this unique webcast.
Planning Chairs
Timothy P. Terrell is a Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. For more than a decade, Professor Terrell and his company, LAWriters LLC, have conducted an array of effective legal writing programs for law firms, courts, government agencies, and bar organizations across the country and abroad. He also has served as Director of Professional Development at King & Spalding in Atlanta. He is the co-author, with Stephen V. Armstrong, of Thinking Like a Writer: A Lawyer’s Guide to Effective Writing and Editing (now in its third edition). In addition, Professor Terrell has published books and articles principally in the areas of constitutional theory, jurisprudence, and legal ethics.
Tuition for the webcast includes a set of electronic course materials, access to the webcast, and online access to the archived program after the webcast.
Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 2.0; total 50-minute hours: 2.4
Times
Eastern 12:00 noon. - 2:00 p.m. | Central 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Mountain 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon.
Pacific 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Alaska 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Hawaii 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
