KIMBLE WRITING SEMINARS

Surefire Ways to Improve
Your Legal Writing

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A Typical Four-Hour Program

20 minutes: Simplifying Inflated Diction (covering three principles) 

25 minutes: Combatting Wordiness (five principles) 

40 minutes: Shortening and Strengthening Sentences (six principles) 

[15 minutes: Break] 

30 minutes: Shortening and Strengthening Sentences, continued (four more principles) 

35 minutes: Connecting the Parts (five principles) 

30 minutes: Focusing on Briefs (seven principles) 

[15 minutes: Break] 

10 minutes: Formatting Documents (ten principles) 

20 minutes: Avoiding Quirks (nine principles) 

30 minutes: Punctuating Effectively (ten principles) 

 

This same material can, with some adjustments, be taught in three hours. And an additional hour or two can be devoted to transactional drafting. In short, the time and coverage are both flexible.