COURSE CATEGORY
Skills
A Recipe for Clear Legal Writing
Western Australia Customers
Please note this course has not been updated in the last twelve months and does not satisfy the requirements for CPD in WA.
Updated December 02, 2020
A Recipe for Clear Legal Writing will give you the essential ingredients for clear legal writing. The method covered in the training gives you a practical framework to start making changes to your writing, without losing your personal style.
How is clear legal writing different to plain language?
It isn’t. Clear legal writing is one way to look at the way that legal professionals write. In this course clear legal writing incorporates plain language as part of a broader method, but often the terms are used interchangeably.
Course Features
This course will focus on 4 key areas of clear legal writing:
- language
- tone
- sentence structure
- layout and design.
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TARGET AUDIENCE
All lawyers
CPD POINTS
1
TYPE
Text-based interactive module
Course Author: Bree Williams
Bree Williams completed her Bachelor of Laws in 2002. She has worked as a precedents solicitor and as a Knowledge Support Lawyer with a focus on clear legal writing and legal research.
