Tuesday, December 9, 2014 | 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
PROGRAM
CO-INSTRUCTOR
Dianne Rosky
Rosky Legal Education LLC
PROGRAM
CO-INSTRUCTOR
Mary Campbell Gallagher
BarWrite® and BarWrite Press
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In this hands-on workshop, you will learn strategies for writing more efficiently and effectively, including how to organize memos clearly and provide useful roadmaps. We will cover techniques for quickly eliminating common writing weaknesses, including lack of organization, weak paragraph structure and convoluted sentences.
You will learn strategies for drafting:
- effective introductions
- powerful headings
- concise, clear sentences
This workshop is geared toward junior attorneys but provides a useful review for attorneys at all levels.
Live Program (includes materials):
Member: $199
Nonmember: $299 -
9:00 – 9:25 a.m. I. Document Organization
- Effective introductionsLink to the reader
- State the conclusion
- Provide a roadmap
9:25 – 9:45 a.m. II. Paragraph Structure
- Topic sentences
- CRAAC Method
- Mini-roadmaps
- Block quotations
9:45 – 10:45 a.m. III. Efficient Memos, from Outline to Execution
- Introduction
- Matrix outlining
- Drafting
- Examples and exercises
10:45 – 11:00 a.m. IV. Sentence Structure
- Highlight actors and actions
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New York Credit: 2.0 skills
This program provides transitional/non-transitional credit for all attorneys.
California Credit: 2.0 general
New Jersey Credit: 2.4 general MCLE credits
Pennsylvania Credit: 2.0 general MCLE credits -
Save $$ on DVDs & CDs
*DVDs – (includes materials):
$199 Member
$299 Nonmember
*CDs – (includes materials):
$149 Member
$224 Nonmember
*Materials Only (no CLE credit):
$99 Member
$129 Nonmember
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Can’t make it to the program in person? Now you can attend this program from your office or home. Register and view by clicking on the Casemaker or WestLegalEdcenter logo below:
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Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
Ann Rappleye, Director, City Bar Center for CLE | (212) 382-6606 | ARappleye@nycbar.org or
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Darianne De Leon, Program & Sponsorship Coordinator, City Bar Center for CLE | (212) 382-6731 | ddeleon@nycbar.org