Programa | Plain English Skills for Lawyers - Facultad de Derecho

Fecha3/08/2022

Duración9 clases

Online, vía streaming

Miércoles de 18 a 21 h. (GMT-3)

Próximas Actividades

Autoridades

Mariano Vitetta
Head of the Law and Language Area
Joanna M. Richardson
Program Director

Good legal writing is plain English. Before the Plain English movement began over forty years ago, legal writing tended to confuse clients and alienate the public. The purpose of plain English is to write with more clarity and precision, always with the reader in mind, without sacrificing meaning and content. There is a commonly held assumption that legal writing cannot help being complicated. However, it should not differ, without good reason, from ordinary well-written English, readily understood by the lay person.

The Plain English Writing Skills for Lawyers course will give lawyers the tools to communicate their expertise clearly, concisely and effectively, using the language of a modern lawyer.

Target audience

This course is for Spanish-speaking corporate lawyers with an upper-intermediate level of English who use the English language to communicate with their clients, whether native or non-native speakers of English.