Lawyers encouraged to use plain English

The Queensland Law Society has engaged an academic to help lawyers write clearly.Peter Butt, emeritus professor, Sydney University Law School and a consultant with Mallesons Stephen Jaques, will…

Lawyers Weekly • 27 April 2011 • NewLaw

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Peter Butt, emeritus professor, Sydney University Law School and a consultant with Mallesons Stephen Jaques, will be presenting a workshop on 4 May entitled 'Plain English for busy lawyers: 10 lessons in clear legal writing'.

The workshop will review the basic techniques for writing in plain English and help practitioners make their legal writing accurate and comprehensible.

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It costs $380 for Law Society members to attend the workshop and $605 for non-members. Attendance also provides three points towards CPD.

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