Hello Civil Trial Bar Section and Family Law Section members,
The New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education is presenting Steven Stark on...Speaking and Writing to Win on Friday, June 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Wilshire Grand in West Orange.
NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 7.8 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 2.4 qualify as hours of credit for ethics/professionalism.
The general tuition for this course is $279. Door registration is $289.
Are you looking for the opportunity to increase your written and verbal communication skills while earning CLE credit?
Join nationally renowned author and lecturer Steven D. Stark to learn how you can improve your communication skills. Using a series of proven techniques and simple tips that you can apply right away, Steven will provide you with the groundwork you need to excel in written and verbal legal communications!
Part 1: Writing to Win
You can expect to find out:
• The do’s and don’ts of legal prose
• How to write and edit more efficiently
• How to apply storytelling to your writing of statements of fact
• How studying advertisements can help your arguments
• Ethical issues relevant to legal writing - RPC1.1 (Competence); 1.3 (Diligence);
1.4 (Communication); 3.1 (Meritorious Claims and Contentions)
Part 2: Speaking to Win
You can expect to find out
• How to write a speech or testimony to get your message across
• How to use humor to your advantage
• How to respond to questions without hesitation, and improve your delivery
• How to deal with a hostile or indifferent audience
• Relevant ethical issues - RPCs 3.3 (Candor towards the Tribunal); 3.4
(Fairness to opposing party); 3.5 (Impartiality, and decorum of a trial); 4.1
(Truthfulness in statements to Other);
4.2 (Communication with persons represented by counsel.)
FEATURING
Steven D. Stark
Former Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School
Former Commentator: National Public Radio, Public Radio,
Voice of America, CNN
Author: Writing to Win: The Legal Writer and Meet the Beatles:
A Cultural History of the Band That Shook Youth, Gender, and the World
Click here to register for Steven Stark on ...Speaking and Writing to Win. For questions or to register by phone, please call Member Services at 732-249-5000.
All the best,
Barb
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Barbara Straczynski
Director of New Media and Promotions
New Jersey State Bar Association
New Brunswick NJ
(732) 937-7524
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