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Goal:     Participants are taught to improve their writing and editing skills through a series of presentations, demonstrations, and exercises.  Participants are shown how to “think like an editor” by grasping basic principles and then applying them in different situations.

Length: 1 day

Format

• Presentation
• Demonstration
• Exercises

Skill Development

• Establishing clarity in document revision
• Creating organizational clarity out of complexity
• Curing convoluted, murky sentences
• Adding flair and grace to a dull style

Program Coverage

• Deals with expository and persuasive writing
• Covers ethics and professionalism in the context of legal writing
• Does not focus exclusively on brief writing or other genre
• Does not cover drafting of contracts