Invisible Style: At LawProse, we tend to think that the best style is invisible to an experienced reader: the words disappear into the thought. They shouldn’t be so ostentatious that they draw attention to themselves. They shouldn’t be pretentious or eccentric, and they shouldn’t be semiliterate—or worse.
Writing should be like an absolutely clean windowpane of high-grade glass, so that readers ignore the glass and see only the view. Editorial flaws are like smudges and grime and fingerprints. They mar the scene and make readers wonder who is to blame for neglecting or messing up the glass.
Attend the most popular CLE seminar of all time. More than 215,000 people—including lawyers, judges, law clerks, and paralegals—have benefited since the early 1990s. You'll learn the keys to professional writing and acquire no-nonsense techniques to make your letters, memos, and briefs more powerful.
You'll also learn what doesn't work and why—know-how gathered through Professor Garner's unique experience in training lawyers at the country's top law firms, state and federal courts, government agencies, and Fortune 500 companies.
Professor Garner gives you the keys to make the most of your writing aptitude—in letters, memos, briefs, and more. The seminar covers five essential skills for persuasive writing:
framing issues that arrest the readers' attention;
cutting wordiness that wastes readers' time;
using transitions deftly to make your argument flow;
quoting authority more effectively; and
tackling your writing projects more efficiently.
He teaches dozens of techniques that make a big difference. Most important, he shows you what doesn't work—and why—and how to cultivate skillfulness.
