BASIC WRITING TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR STYLE IN LEGAL ENVIRONMENTS or

How to get your language skills work for you


This course is designed for lawyers and law students that need to gain efficiency in drafting documents and other kind of communications in English to address different audiences (Seniors, clients, colleagues, etc.)

Its purpose is to learn the mechanics to achieve a professional standard so that they can interact more comfortably using English as a second language.

Students will learn the tools necessary how to avoid ambiguity, redundancy and to achieve clarity and concision.


USE WISELY:

 Basic sentence syntax. 

Punctuation. 

Tone in writing. 

Tenses and modal verbs. (May vs. Shall). 

prepositions: (under vs. Pursuant to)

Grammatical structures to avoid.

Abbreviations. Capitalization. Italicization. Numerals.

forms of address

a more original writing style in business letters

Tone and Style for letters, e-mails



GET FAMILIAR WITH :

Principles of Legal Writing 

Plain English for lawyers. 

Simplification of legal language. 

Structure and words. 

Legal affectations and other nasty habits.

Guide to effective writing 

LEARN HOW TO:

Make wise document designs that work

Draft  Client Documents

Revisit legal texts into Plain English.

Use Plain language vocabulary. 


LEGAL CONCEPTS TO HANDLE

General principles of Contract Law. Corporate Law and business in general


Prof. TP Rita Tineo

Plain Language Advocate