Learn to develop effective and accurate legal communications through the use of critical thinking and legal authorities to support conclusions.
Instructor(s):Self-Study
Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.
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Lesson 1
- Importance of legal writing in the legal field
- Goal of legal writing
- Drafting documents in legal writing
- Constructing effective sentences in legal writing
- Precision and simplicity
- Sound structure
- Using active voice
- Using defined terms in legal writing
- Word usage in legal writing
- Redundancies
- Commonly misused words in legal writing
- Reviewing legal documents
- Using FIRAC in legal analysis
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