Information Session: Editing for Lawyers
Elevate your legal writing and achieve greater impact. Join this online session to learn about this standalone editing course and take advantage of this opportunity to have your questions answered live by industry professionals.
Date
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Location
Online
About the Event
Join us for a special online event to explore our standalone editing course, Editing for Lawyers. Designed for professionals who write within the legal industry, this seven-week course will help you enhance the effectiveness of your work by teaching advanced editing techniques tailored to legal documents—including briefs, contracts, and correspondence—while also learning how to leverage appropriate AI tools. The information session will be held on Wednesday, September 17 at 6:00 p.m. (CST).
Why Attend?
- Gain insights from industry expert and instructor Leah Carter, and program director, Karine Bravais.
- Benefit from a detailed overview of the course content, structure, administration, and enrollment options.
- Understand the essential role of editing skills in legal writing.
- Take advantage of this opportunity to ask questions tailored to your profile and professional goals.
- Gather necessary information to make an informed decision on career development and course registration.
Who Should Attend?
Designed for professionals in the legal field who are responsible for creating or reviewing documents that support a broad range of critical industry needs.
Excellent opportunity for:
- Paralegals
- Administrative Staff
- Clerks
- Lawyers
- Freelance writers and editors
This specialized standalone editing course will teach you how to:
- Refine legal language and structure to ensure clarity, precision, and professionalism.
- Apply legal style guides such as The Bluebook and jurisdiction-specific standards.
- Edit for impact by enhancing structure, concision, and the use of plain language.
Strong writing is the foundation of effective legal advocacy. Learn more about the course to prepare for this event.
* All registrants will be sent a recording of the session within two business days after the event has passed.
Speaking at the event
Leah D. B. Carter, JD, MS
Assistant State's Attorney
Leah Carter is an assistant state's attorney. She began her regulatory career in the early 2000s and has focused on FDA law, ethics, and the intersection between regulatory compliance and access to healthcare for the past ten years. Her published work discusses interventional cures, stigma...
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Karine Bravais, MA, MS
Director of Professional Development Programs, UChicago Professional
Karine manages the portfolio of non-credit professional certificate programs at UChicago Professional, where she leads the programmatic strategy of new program development, and oversees the curricular growth and performance of existing offerings. Karine was most recently the humanities program...
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