Legal Writing and Plain Language

In this special two-hour seminar, plain language and document writing expert, Bob Milstein (Words and Beyond), offers guidance on how plain language writing can increase your performance as a professional communicator.

Whether you are writing advice to a client, a memo to a colleague, or an email to an opposing party, this seminar offers you tips, tricks, and examples of how you can maximise your communication and avoid misunderstandings, loss of audience attention, or further clarification.

 This session will discuss:

• Why clear writing and plain language matters for lawyers more than ever
• The harmful myth of the so-called "professional" writing voice
• How and why email and web-based communications differ from "conventional" paper-based legal writing
• Reflecting on the common writing habits that sometimes make life hard for your client reader — and undermine the lawyer-client relationship.
• Tips and traps on language, structure, and design that will work for you and for your client – be it a letter of advice or other documents.
• A plain English writing refresher – key guidelines on generating clarity and reader focus in your documents.
• Many examples and demonstrations of exceptional and poor professional writing

This is a seminar not to be missed!