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Legal Writing: Structure, Persuasion, and Editing
Contains material from May 2016 to Jun 2016
Legal Writing: Structure, Persuasion, and Editing
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Excellent presentation on writing generally and on legal writing particularly. Well done.
Would have been better with a video
Very good
Enjoyed the legal writing tips, thought the .75 credit for the Q&A session was a little long for those not in attendance and only listening online.
Really enjoyed this course. Very useful for all technical writing, and very good update on trends in legal writing. I would like to take it live sometime.
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Session 1: Organization: Giving the Reader a Roadmap - Sensibly ordering your writing is important, but not as important as ensuring that your reader knows the order you’ve chosen. Convey that order by using up-front conclusions and summaries, headings (both topical and explanatory), bullets, transitions, and connectors.
Session 2: Point/Counterpoint - Enjoy an enthusiastic and informative debate on three writing topics:
Session 4: Looks Matter - Learn to:
Session 6: You've Got Questions - Attendees anonymously submit a question related to writing, and the presenters answer them.
Session 2: Point/Counterpoint - Enjoy an enthusiastic and informative debate on three writing topics:
- Practical: How detailed should your pleading be—general or specific?
- Persnickety: Can we and should we avoid the default male pronoun (he, him, his) in legal writing? Are we sexist if we don’t? And can we use the singular they?
- Passionate: Legal citations for practitioner documents—in footnotes or in text?
Session 4: Looks Matter - Learn to:
- layout a legal document so it welcomes readers—even those who read it on a screen;
- use Microsoft Word to enhance outlining and document navigation;
- generate a Table of Contents in 5 seconds; and
- make Microsoft Word’s grammar checker useful instead of laughable.
Session 6: You've Got Questions - Attendees anonymously submit a question related to writing, and the presenters answer them.
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Organization: Giving the Reader a Roadmap (May 2016)
Kamela Bridges
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Session 1
—33 mins
Organization: Giving the Reader a Roadmap (May 2016)
Sensibly ordering your writing is important, but not as important as ensuring that your reader knows the order you’ve chosen. Convey that order by using up-front conclusions and summaries, headings (both topical and explanatory), bullets, transitions, and connectors.
Originally presented: May 2016 Legal Writing: Precision and Persuasion
Kamela Bridges,
The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX
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Point/Counterpoint (May 2016)
Kamela Bridges, Wayne Schiess
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Session 2
—28 mins
Point/Counterpoint (May 2016)
Enjoy an enthusiastic and informative debate on three writing topics:
- Practical: How detailed should your pleading be—general or specific?
- Persnickety: Can we and should we avoid the default male pronoun (he, him, his) in legal writing? Are we sexist if we don’t? And can we use the singular they?
- Passionate: Legal citations for practitioner documents—in footnotes or in text?
Originally presented: May 2016 Legal Writing: Precision and Persuasion
Kamela Bridges,
The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX
Wayne Schiess,
The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX
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Lawyers are Editors (Jun 2016)
Kamela Bridges
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Session 3
—19 mins
Lawyers are Editors (Jun 2016)
Bad writing becomes good and good writing becomes great only through editing. Get advice for improving your editing techniques, creating and using an effective editing checklist, implementing a thorough editing process, and editing in a time crunch.
Originally presented: May 2016 Legal Writing: Precision and Persuasion
Kamela Bridges,
The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX
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Looks Matter (May 2016)
Wayne Schiess
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Session 4
—33 mins
Looks Matter (May 2016)
Learn to:
- layout a legal document so it welcomes readers—even those who read it on a screen;
- use Microsoft Word to enhance outlining and document navigation;
- generate a Table of Contents in 5 seconds; and
- make Microsoft Word’s grammar checker useful instead of laughable.
Originally presented: May 2016 Legal Writing: Precision and Persuasion
Wayne Schiess,
The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX
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Beyond Commas (May 2016)
Wayne Schiess
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Session 5
—30 mins
Beyond Commas (May 2016)
Legal writing is professional writing. Legal writers should master not only basic writing mechanics but also advanced skills. Learn the fine points of grammar that will add credibility and precision to everything you write. In addition, get to know the most reliable sources to consult when you need to answer a question that goes beyond commas—and when you need advice on commas, too.
Originally presented: May 2016 Legal Writing: Precision and Persuasion
Wayne Schiess,
The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX
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You've Got Questions (May 2016)
Kamela Bridges, Wayne Schiess
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Session 6
—38 mins
You've Got Questions (May 2016)
Attendees anonymously submit a question related to writing, and the presenters answer them.
Originally presented: May 2016 Legal Writing: Precision and Persuasion
Kamela Bridges,
The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX
Wayne Schiess,
The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX