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Write On: Effective Legal Writing 2021

Product ID: CA3241D
Presented By: State Bar of Wisconsin PINNACLE

Word up

You already know that writing is fundamental to your job, regardless of what kind of law you practice. Are you ready to take your written communication skills higher? Write On: Effective Legal Writing 2021 will introduce you to new ideas as well as proven methods to improve your legal writing, and even your career.

Toy around with new ideas

The 1995 film Toy Story became an instant classic due to the writers’ unparalleled ability to tell an emotional, funny, and deeply impactful story via digital animation. As the trial and appellate benches inevitably welcome younger generations, lawyers now find themselves writing for judges who grew up with texting, laptops, and iPads. The Toy Story generation isn’t impressed with boring legal jargon or antiquated writing styles. Learn how to combine traditional, tried-and-true writing techniques with a few new tricks to make your writing appeal to younger audiences.

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Word up

You already know that writing is fundamental to your job, regardless of what kind of law you practice. Are you ready to take your written communication skills higher? Write On: Effective Legal Writing 2021 will introduce you to new ideas as well as proven methods to improve your legal writing, and even your career.

Toy around with new ideas

The 1995 film Toy Story became an instant classic due to the writers’ unparalleled ability to tell an emotional, funny, and deeply impactful story via digital animation. As the trial and appellate benches inevitably welcome younger generations, lawyers now find themselves writing for judges who grew up with texting, laptops, and iPads. The Toy Story generation isn’t impressed with boring legal jargon or antiquated writing styles. Learn how to combine traditional, tried-and-true writing techniques with a few new tricks to make your writing appeal to younger audiences.

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Chad Baruch
Johnston Tobey Baruch
Dallas, TX

Dylan O. Drummond
Gray Reed
Dallas, TX

Malinda J. Eskra
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren, S.C.
Milwaukee

Anne Berleman Kearney
Appellate Consulting Group
Milwaukee

8:30 a.m. : Facts with an impact: Put snap, crackle, and pop into your legal writing

Anne Berleman Kearney

9:20 a.m. : Legal Citation and Typography: Making Your Briefs More Readable, Credible, and Persuasive

Dylan O. Drummond

10:10 a.m. : Break

10:25 a.m. : Writing for the Toy Story Generation

An engaging look at how to adapt tried-and-true writing techniques to reach a younger generation of judges

Chad Baruch

11:15 a.m. : Win the Easy Ones

Most common mistakes made when drafting briefs in Wisconsin's appellate courts and a primer on Wisconsin's new appellate e-filing rules

Malinda J. Eskra

12:05 p.m. : Program Concludes

Following program start times, webcast replay schedule will vary slightly from above listed times.

  • Gain tips for improving your legal writing that you can implement right away
  • Learn how to write more engaging and persuasive arguments
  • Know how to make your writing appeal to the “Toy Story generation” of judges
  • Make your legal writing come alive with proven techniques as well as a few new tricks
  • Polish your storytelling and advocacy style
  • All lawyers
  • Paralegals
  • Legal assistants
  • Law students

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Wisconsin Guide to Citation

Save 20% on Wisconsin Guide to Citation .* Plus, all seminar attendees receive a free two-week trial of the Books UnBound® version. Discover how to properly format Wisconsin citations and ensure you’re in compliance with court standards.

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*Discount applies to both print and digital Books UnBound editions of this title and cannot be applied to previous purchases. Offer valid as long as CLE credit is available for this program. For Books UnBound users, discount may be applied to purchase of individual Books UnBound title only and may not be used on purchase of full library.

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