Chad Baruch
Johnston , Tobey, Baruch PC
Dallas, TX
Ian A. Pitz
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Madison
Christopher L. Ashley
The Research Foundation for SUNY
Albany, NY
8:00 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. A Bit of the Ol’ Razzle-Dazzle: Tips for Better Legal Writing
- Compelling Introductions
- Theme Development
- Using Cultural References
- Powerful Verbs for Powerful Writing
- Learning to Use Sentence Structure to your Advantage
Chad Baruch
9:30 a.m. Horror Stories: How to avoid embarrassing yourself
- Proofreading
- Cite-checking
- Know your audience
- Make it easy for the Judge
Ian A. Pitz
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. You Can’t Always Get What You Want (from Outside Counsel) – Help Clients get what they Need
- Making opinion letters, legal memoranda and other objective writing effective for your client – including in-house counsel
- Making legal updates, newsletters, etc. stand out
- Briefs, position statements, and other persuasive writing – one general counsels’ perspective
- Making your clients complex business and legal issues understandable and compelling
Christopher L. Ashley
12:00 p.m. Program Concludes
- Discover ways to improve your legal writing that you can implement right away
- Know what verbiage will resonate with your audience
- Understand what in-house counsel needs from outside attorneys
- Receive tips for proofreading and cite-checking
- Avoid common legal writing mistakes
- All attorneys
- Appellate counsel
- In-house counsel
- Law clerks
- Law students
- Paralegals
- Legal assistants
- Lobbyists
BOOK BONUS
Wisconsin Guide to Citation
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*Attendees will receive information to access the free trial and discount via email after attending the program. 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.