About the Seminar
After 25 years of teaching, writing, and editing, Professor Joseph Kimble has distilled his experience and expertise into a writing seminar for judges and lawyers. The seminar is brisk, lively, practical, and effective. No matter how good the writing in your firm or agency may be, this seminar will help you improve it.
The best endorsement comes from participants. On a scale of 1 to 5, they have rated the seminar at 4.6. Some typical comments from a recent seminar:
- Excellent materials; outstanding, practical tips.
- Speaker was lively, class was interactive, materials were well done; excellent examples to work on.
- Great workbook; good pace.
- Kimble was very thorough and knowledgeable.
Participants will receive a 100-page workbook that is full of guidelines, examples, and exercises. The workbook is organized into 14 parts, such as these: Combatting Wordiness, Shortening Sentences, Sharpening Sentences in Other Ways, Connecting the Parts, Providing Effective Summaries, Avoiding Quirks, and Punctuating Effectively. The longest part focuses on drafting (rules, contracts, and the like) for transactional lawyers. And all the parts are broken down into multiple subparts.
The seminar can be offered for three, four, five, or six hours; that is, it can last half a day or a full day. CLE credit is pending in many states and should be available.
