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Take the Next Step to Becoming
an Effective Transactional Drafter
Not long ago, we surveyed groups of both young and experienced lawyers.
Both groups agreed almost universally on one point: Lawyers want more
training in effective transactional drafting.
Building on Chicago-Kent's
expertise with its renowned writing program, we have designed an innovative
one-day workshop for 30 participants who will work directly with faculty
from our writing program.
Join us for a unique one-day
hands-on experience where you will learn:
»Tips on audience analysis
– how to meet your client's needs, your boss's needs, and deal with
lawyers for the other party to the deal
»Tools for effective
transactional writing, including Plain English
»Tips to speed your drafting
Unlike other programs, where you
listen while someone else talks, you will spend much of the day working
in small groups with a faculty "Drafting Coach."
You will come out of the workshop
with work you have negotiated, written, analyzed and edited, with input
at every step of the process from your Coach.
There will be plenty of opportunity
for questions and discussion of strategies.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
8:30 Registration
9:00 Overview & Audience
Analysis
How to translate your expertise
on facts and financing into the results your audience needs
Your client: wants it
plainly written, wants it quickly, wants it cheaply, wants it "right"
Your boss: wants a happy
client, wants a product she can show off and reuse, wants to be informed
Lawyer for the other guy:
should want the deal to go through, probably wants specific language on
her client's key points, wants to be treated like a professional (but
may be too busy to focus, wedded to a standard "form," or just
a lousy writer)
9:30-10:30 Small group session
Using a sample form contract,
you will identify common elements of transactional work, client objectives,
and the pitfalls of cookie cutter forms.
10:45-12:00 Small group
session
Using Plain English, you will make your document more readable for your
client, less ambiguous, and concise and straightforward. You will create
and use checklists, and work in pairs to draft provisions.
12:00-1:00 Box Lunch
You will hear from an expert
on using simple tech tools to enhance your writing.
1:15-2:00 Small group session
Using a document from your practice, you will edit yourself using your
new tools, and then pair up with a colleague for peer-editing.
2:00-2:30 Plenary
Hear from an expert on how
to edit your boss (or your boss's form) without getting fired.
2:45-4:00 Final small group
Editing the other lawyer's
work and drafting to get the deal done.
4:00 Q & A
Refreshments & Hors d’Oeuvres
PROGRAM FACULTY
Elizabeth De Armond
Professor De Armond is a visiting assistant professor of Law at Chicago-Kent,
where she has taught courses in legal writing and real estate transactions.
After completing a federal appellate court clerkship she practiced for
several years in Dallas, Texas, where she advised clients in a variety
of real estate and other transactions. She received a J.D. from the University
of Notre Dame Law School and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School.
Douglas Godfrey
Professor Godfrey practiced for twelve years before joining the Chicago-Kent
faculty full-time. He has a graduate degree in English and Rhetoric from
the University of Illinois and a J.D. from the University of Michigan.
He brings a practitioner’s sense of the need to write quickly, clearly,
and concisely.
Joseph F. Morrissey
Professor Morrissey began practicing corporate and securities law at Mayer,
Brown & Platt (now Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw) in Chicago and later
ran Mayer, Brown's office in Tashkent,Uzbekistan. He then was based in
Geneva and Moscow, where he co-managed a Russian asset portfolio for UniFund
Inc. Prior to joining the Chicago-Kent faculty in 2001, Professor Morrissey
practiced corporate law with Kirkland & Ellis. He teaches international
business transactions, business organizations and legal writing. Professor
Morrissey received his A.B. from Princeton University in 1989 and his
J.D. from Columbia University in 1993.
Mary Rose Strubbe
Professor Strubbe is director of the Legal Research and Writing Program
and assistant director of the Institute for Law and the Workplace at Chicago-Kent,
where she teaches courses in legal writing and research, employment law,
and estates and trusts. She received her J.D. from Chicago-Kent, where
she served as an editor of the law review, in 1981 with high honors. Prior
to joining the Chicago-Kent faculty, she focused her practice on civil
litigation, with an emphasis on employment law.
Register Early! Only 30
spaces available.
Click
here to register online or print registration information.
Registration Fee (per person)
Early Registration Fee . . . . . .$345
After May 21, 2004 . . . . . . . . $375
Program Location
The conference will be held at Chicago-Kent College of Law, 565 W. Adams
Street in Chicago.
Cancellations and Refunds
Written notification of cancellation is required. A full tuition refund
is available if notification is received prior to May 14, 2004; 25% will
be charged if notification is received between May 14 and June 4, 2004.
No refunds will be granted after June 4, 2004.
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