BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:be8f6ebf2be0dcde4c2d882ffaa7add518 CATEGORIES:Events SUMMARY:Effective Legal Writing for Attorneys DESCRIPTION:
Effective Legal Writing for Attorneys: How to Easily Improve Y our WritingWednesday, November 9, 20224:30 t o 6:00 p.m.Via ZoomPresenters:Don Bartell and Lara GressleyBartell, Hensel & Gressley< /span>MCLE: < /div>1.0 credit (60 minutes of content) PRESENTER: DON BARTELL Donald Bartell is in private practice in Riverside, Californi a. He enjoys writing.
P RESENTER: LARA GRESSLEYLara received her undergraduate degree at the University of California, Santa Cruz and attended law school at Santa Clara University . In private practice, Lara still practices criminal de fense and has also become one of the preeminent criminal appellate attorney s in California. Lara has written appellate briefs filed in the California Court of Appeal, California Supreme Court, and in the United States Supreme Court. She regularly handles petitions for writ of habeas corpus in state and federal courts where actual innocence and ineffective assistance of cou nsel are issues.Lara lectures lawyers across the state with respect to research and writing, appeals, wr its, motions, and trial work. She has lectured for California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, California DUI Lawyers Association, California Public De fenders Association, and National College for DUI Defense. Lar a is the past President of the California DUI Lawyers Association and a sel ected Southern California Super Lawyer in Appellate Law for 2020, 2021, 202 2, and 2023. Lara is a Christian, a vocalist, and speaks conve rsational Spanish.WEBIN AR DESCRIPTIONThis webinar will demonstrate specific legal-writing techniques that will help attorneys make their writing more concise and direct, and therefo re more persuasive. Through specific examples of typical legal-writing pro blems and their solutions, the webinar will help participants improve the c larity and focus of the briefs, letters, and other written work that is cru cial to any legal practice.In this webinar pre sented by CDLA attorneys Donald Bartell and Lara Gressley, you will learn the basics of legal writing, a lawyer's most important tool, in cluding tips and techniques for drafting briefs, pleadings and memos. Parti cipants will also understand the most common mistakes and prob lems lawyers encounter in their writings -- and how to avoid them. div>R EGISTRATION: All CDLA members must register via the CDLA we bsite or using this link:DTSTAMP:20240329T143250 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221109T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221109T180000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR