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Writing to Win: The Fundamentals of Legal Writing

Lorman Education Services
Training Provided by Lorman Education Services nLawyers and other legal professionals are paid to communicate. Your success depends on your words - and now, more than ever, on our written words. This teleconference, taught by a litigator, novelist and screenwriter, will provide you with the insights, skills and confidence needed to write with clarity and precision. Douglas E. Winter's practical, easy-to-implement strategies will improve your writing after only 90 minutes.
This is primarily teleseminar training
instructor led trainingThis class may be available at a classroom in Milwaukee, WI,
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Duration:1 days
Training Presented in:English
Writing to Win: The Fundamentals of Legal Writing Agenda

  1. The Myth of Legal Writing
    1. The Crucial Secret of Legal Writing
    2. Why Clarity Is King
    3. The Medium Is the Message - Using Form, Structure and Style to Communicate
    4. What Readers Want - and How to Fulfill Their Expectations
  2. 10 Simple Steps to Creating Clear, Precise and Persuasive Prose
    1. Tell the Truth
    2. Write for the Reader
    3. Be Brief
    4. Master the Form
    5. Impose Page Limits
    6. Take out the Trash
    7. Eliminate Legalese
    8. Use Plain English
    9. Use Active Voice
    10. Say It Once
  3. Self-Editing Made Simple
  4. You Are What You Write
    1. How to Motivate Yourself and Your Readers
  5. Questions and Answers
About The Training Provider: Lorman Education Services
Lorman Education Services - Lorman Education is dedicated to providing cost-effective training opportunities that meet the needs of our members and enhance their skills, knowledge, and competencies. Please use Priority Code 16175 when registering. Lorman Education Services began offering continuing education seminars in 1987. Lorman Education is dedicated to providing cost-effective training opportunities that...
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