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Live webinar: May 14, 2013
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST
Faculty: Dianne Rosky, of Rosky Legal Education, LLC
This program will be available on-demand starting May 28, 2013. [add_to_cart item=”PLI – 45700″ quantity=”user:1″ ]
Why You Should Attend
For attorneys at all levels and in all practice areas, email communication is now the norm: most attorneys use email to communicate a significant portion of their legal advice, argument, and analysis. But most lawyers have not been formally trained in the art of writing effective, polished emails. This program covers concrete strategies for writing clear, professional emails to colleagues, clients, adversaries and others.
What You Will Learn
By reviewing examples of both effective and ineffective emails by lawyers, we will identify best practices for writing emails that avoid the most common mistakes lawyers make in their email correspondence. You will take away concrete strategies for drafting clear, polished emails and for avoiding common pitfalls.
- Treating emails as documents
- Avoiding common grammatical mistakes lawyers make in emails
- Striking the right tone of formality
Who Should Attend
This program is appropriate for attorneys at all levels and in all practice areas.
Outline
I. Organizational issues in lawyer emails
- Start with your main point
- Provide clear roadmaps for law and facts
- Use signposts and headings to organize information
- Use short paragraphs
- Remember: Issue, Rule of Law, Analysis, Conclusion (IRAC)
II. Avoiding common grammatical mistakes in in lawyer emails
- Focus on concrete actors and actions
- Use commas correctly.
- Make referents clear: don