Advanced Legal Writing for Associates & Paralegals
From Grammar to Winning Strategies – Elevate Your Legal Writing Skills for Success in the Courtroom.
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Jack Luellen
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Buchalter
Jack Luellen is a Special Counsel in the Firm’s Denver office and a member of the Energy & Natural Resources practice group. He concentrates his practice on energy law, with a particular emphasis on o...
About this course
Our legal expertise goes beyond courtroom battles and case law. We understand that precision in legal writing is paramount. Our comprehensive training sessions cover a range of critical topics for associates and paralegals, including a deep dive into common grammar and proofreading errors that can make or break a case. We equip you with the skills to employ effective interrogatives and craft impeccable interrogatory responses, ensuring your clients' interests are protected. Moreover, we explore the creative use of requests for production to unearth crucial evidence that can sway the outcome in your favor. You'll also gain invaluable insights into drafting well-pleaded and functional complaints and answers, a foundational skill in any legal practice. Lastly, we delve into the key concepts for drafting and opposing motions, empowering you to navigate the complexities of the legal landscape with confidence. Join us to elevate your legal writing prowess and provide your clients with unparalleled representation.
Drafting legal documents doesn’t have to involve reinventing the wheel for every case, but it does require attention to detail and thoughtful use of template content. A bare minimum template will at least be formatted properly with placeholders for case-specific information. Another method of generating legal documents is using case management or document generation software that requires filling in a few fields on a form and then submitting it to the software engine which produces a draft document based on the information provided. In any event, templates or auto-generated drafts will need to be proofread and edited with care to produce a final draft suitable for attorney review and revision.
Recycling documents from existing cases to form new drafts presents its own set of risks. Any information related to a different case that is not removed would pose a potential breach of confidentiality. A second issue would be the potential that the case from which you are recycling has different issues and could require even more editing than starting with a blank form.