Level Up Series: Legal Writing Basics

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Level Up Series: Legal Writing Basics

This two-hour Legal Writing Basics seminar with Deborah E. Bouchoux, Esq.,  begins with a brief review of some of the “mechanics” of legal writing, namely, grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Flaws in this technical area distract readers from your message, making them doubt your abilities, and reflect on your carelessness.

The seminar proceeds to address the critical components of effective legal writing: precision, clarity, accuracy, brevity, and order and provides tips and strategies to enliven your writing and ensure your communications are read and understood. Strategies to improve your proofreading skills will also be addressed.

The way you communicate, communicates information about you. Make sure you’re right not only with regard to the big issues, such as legal analysis and your conclusions, but also with regard to the smaller issues, including punctuation, word choice, and editing and proofreading.

About Deborah Bouchoux

Ms. Bouchoux has been in private practice as a licensed attorney and has had experience in legal education for 25+ years. She has specialized in corporate and intellectual property law. Additionally, she has served for years as in-house counsel in northern Virginia for a high-tech company. Ms. Bouchoux is well-known as a speaker on a variety of legal topics and has spoken at private law firms, Fortune 500 companies, for the National Capital Area Paralegal Association, and various government agencies and independent organizations, including the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Financial Institution Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), and the U.S. Tax Court.She is also a long-term adjunct faculty member of Georgetown University and has taught at various universities, including The George Washington University and the University of San Diego. Ms. Bouchoux is the author of various books and publications: Business Organizations Law in Focus; Fundamentals of Business Organizations for Paralegals; Business Organizations for Paralegals; Intellectual Property: The Law of Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents, and Trade Secrets; Protecting Your Company’s Intellectual Property; Concise Guide to Legal Research and Writing, Legal Research Explained; The Aspen Handbook for Legal Writers; and several other textbooks adopted by universities across the nation.

This webinar will not be recorded as this is copyrighted material to our speaker.