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September 29, 2006

You’ve got mail!

Have you noticed that your telephone rings less frequently than your email program alerts you to incoming messages? Are you amazed with the amount of communication you conduct by way of email today? Verbal communication has in great part been replaced with the written word. Are your writing skills up to the challenge?

Dr. Terri Mester of Case Western Reserve University's English Department will address communicating by e-mail, letter and memo writing in "Legal Writing in the Twenty-First Century" on Friday, Oct. 6 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

This seminar intersperses lecture and discussion with small group exercises and individual work allowing you to practice what you are learning. Attendees will learn how to generate ideas with pre-writing techniques; write coherent and unified paragraphs; revise sentences for clarity, emphasis and conciseness; learn effective ways of writing letters, memos and email; and use words with precision and power.

Included in the course is a comprehensive self-study manual that will serve as a reference for continuing personal development. Register online at www.cbalaw.org or phone 614/221.4112 for event # 3613. The cost is $85 prepaid/$95 day of for members, $125 prepaid/$135 day of for non-members and $55 prepaid/$65 day of for paralegals.