The New York City Bar Presents Semicolons Are Stupid, and Other Legal Writing Myths: Next Level Legal Writing Skills

You’re a good legal writer. But to be great, you need to focus on the details. That’s why Stuart Teicher, Esq. thinks that things like semi-colons are super-critical. Join him as he explains how small elements like punctuation and grammar take a lawyer’s writing skills to new levels. Plus, Stuart believes there are a host of punctuation and grammar rules that aren’t really rules. So… do you have to follow them? He says no!
In this engaging program, Stuart explains:

• How starting a sentence with a conjunction is critical in legal writing
• A fool-proof rule for knowing when to end a sentence with a preposition
• Why it’s time for lawyers to let go of Latin
• How splitting an infinitive is good for lawyers

Stuart will also address several other bad legal writing habits that should be banished from the profession!