Improve your practice by sharpening your legal writing skills with Justia Webinars! Write Like the Best Legal Writers discusses the craft of legal writing, how lawyers can improve their legal writing skills, and why writing matters. Attendees will examine various examples that illustrate the five main strategies for improved legal writing: writing for non-lawyers, building a story arc, using shorter sentences, words, and smaller ideas, eliminating passive voice, and reading the final draft out loud.
- Introduction to Improving Your Legal Writing
- What are the common issues in poor or passable legal writing?
- What are the characteristics of strong legal writing?
- How to Write Like the Best Legal Writers
- Write for a non-lawyer audience
- Build a story arc
- Use shorter sentences and smaller ideas
- Eliminate passive voice and wordiness
- Finalize by reading aloud
- A study of three passages by three renowned legal writers
- Legal Writing Resources
- Ross Guberman, Point Made: How to Write Like the Nation's Best Advocates
- Bryan A. Garner, The Winning Brief
- Stephen V. Armstrong, Timothy Terrell, et al., Thinking Like a Writer: A Lawyer's Guide to Effective Writing and Editing
- Using spell check, grammar check, Grammarly, and ChatGPT
- ChatGPT and Legal Writing: Round Table Discussion
- Can ChatGPT and AI make writing more efficient?
- Are there ethical issues in using AI for legal writing?
- What are some other AI tools for legal writing beyond ChatGPT?
- Identifying sentences written by ChatGPT
- How will AI affect law practice?
- Questions & Answers
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Status: Approved
Credits: 1.0 General
Earn Credit Until: June 30, 2026
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.0 General
Difficulty: All Levels
Earn Credit Until: December 31, 2024
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.0 General
Earn Credit Until: February 28, 2025
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.0 General
Earn Credit Until: January 31, 2025
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