This program has been accredited by the Law Society for 4.5 New Member CPD Hours and 4.5 Professionalism Hours.
This two-part writing program is designed to help junior lawyers and paralegals compose and organize legal prose more efficiently and proficiently.
The first part of the program is a half-day practical and interactive writing workshop focused on developing and refining participants’ fundamental legal writing skills. Participants examine and analyze samples of their own writing, work on current writing projects, and receive constructive writing feedback from both Shelley and their colleagues. The second part of the program is a 45-minute private writing consulting session tailored to each participant’s unique writing needs.
Sample Program Agenda
Program Overview
♦ Good writing matters in law
♦ Good legal writing is more than mastering a few simple rules
♦ Writing warm-up
Thinking on Paper: Generating and Composing Ideas
♦ Stages of the writing process
♦ Composing early and revising late
♦ Focused free writing
♦ Developing a purpose statement
Break
Expressing and Presenting Ideas on Paper
♦ Reader-centred writing
♦ Shaping and organizing ideas
♦ Making every word count
Private Writing Consulting Sessions
This program has been accredited by the Law Society for 1.0 Professionalism Hour.
This one-hour interactive writing workshop is designed to help junior lawyers and paralegals write effective legal correspondence. Through a series of practical writing exercises, participants learn how to write concise, well-organized, and professional correspondence for a variety of readers.
Sample Program Agenda
Fundamental Principles
♦ Know & capture your readers
♦ State your main point as early as possible
♦ Watch your tone
♦ Write concisely
Organizing Your Correspondence Effectively
♦ The three-part structure
♦ Writing effective openings
♦ Building effective paragraphs
Recognizing & Eliminating Common Word Wasters
♦ Bulky phrases
♦ Glue words
♦ Passive voice
♦ Nominalizations
♦ There is & it is constructions
♦ Throat-clearing
Please contact us for detailed fee information.