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Professional Skills Course
PSC Elective - Writing and drafting
Synopsis
This course contains some of the key elements of the business writing elective and the drafting skills elective.
Outcomes
As a result of attending the course, you will:
- use effective techniques for planning letters, emails and documents
- organise the flow of ideas in paragraphs and sentences
- improve clause construction and drafting from scratch
- deal confidently with common English usage problems
- add emphasis, set the right tone and write persuasively
- review your own work effectively before sending it out
Content
- Making the change from writing for examiners to writing for clients
- How to focus on the reader
- How to set objectives before writing and drafting
- Structural tools for writing and drafting
- How to organise paragraphs and sentences for easy reading
- Techniques for low risk drafting
- Choosing the right words when drafting
- Using precedents safely
- How to write persuasively
- How to add emphasis and set the right tone
- How to review and repair your work
- Dealing with delegated work
| Format
Short presentations, writing and drafting exercises including drafting from scratch, peer reviews and discussion. Duration 3 hours Delegates Trainee solicitors Maximum 20 per course Tutors |
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