There is a misconception that legal writing and legal drafting are the same but there is a substantial difference between the two. While legal writing typically deals with persuasive documents such as court briefs and legal letters, legal drafting involves creating documents such as contracts. They are both equally important in legal practice.
Legal writing is an important skill needed in every practice area of law. Words are used to advocate, inform, persuade, and instruct. Are you giving the right impression? Are your clients receiving the right message?
This course focuses on clear legal writing for a global audience. Effective communication with English speaking lawyers is about more than simply words. It entails understanding the unique way these speakers think and approach the legal, political, and business world.
Apply plain English style of writing to all legal documents
Recognize the need for legal clarity in different types of legal documents: legal letters, emails, memorandum and opinions
Apply good legal writing practice
Demonstrate the register of legal writing
Correct common mistakes in legal writing
Dispense and deal with pitfalls and issues relating to the use of legal jargon
Proofread effectively
Lawyers
Legal secretaries
Commercial managers
Contract managers
Anyone who must draft, amend or update contracts, legal letters, and legal opinion
Non- native English speakers looking for a better understanding of English legal terms
Signs of a well-drafted contract: The simple rules!
The language of drafting: Will vs. Shall vs. Must
Identifying the legal formalities for a binding contract
Structure and formation of a commercial contract: follow the formula and you won’t go wrong
The importance of Boilerplate clauses: overlooking them can cost the business billions of pounds.
The preliminary documents- using Heads of Terms effectively
Vague words and expressions in commercial contracts- know the pitfalls!
Overview of cross border contracts: Distribution vs. Joint venture vs. Agency agreements
Share Purchase Agreements: allocating risks between the buyer and seller
Troubleshooting: trace and correct errors in your contract
Good legal writing practice
Moving from legalese to Plain English
Unnecessary archaic and meaningless phrases
Collocations
Pitfalls and issues relating to the use of legal jargon in legal writing
Writing short emails
Writing long emails
Writing formal emails
The layout of a letter
Body of a letter
Putting a letter together
The register of letter writing
Typical sentences in legal letters
The letter writing clinic: looking at the ten most common problems
Rewriting letters
Rewriting informal sentences to modern alternatives
Correcting common mistakes in letter writing
The problem of English idioms
Rephrasing English idioms
Easily confused words
Cutting unnecessary words
Use of consistent terminology
Ambiguity: how to avoid it
Vagueness: how to avoid it
Misuse of the preposition in dates
Problem words
Constantly litigated words
Personal pronouns
Choosing the right words
Rewriting sentences to remove gender-specific language
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You will learn vital skills for managing and creating content in this course. To help you establish a social media presence, you'll learn how to craft compelling social media posts and how to develop a powerful brand. Additionally, you'll discover how to create an ongoing procedure for handling your content. A content calendar should be created, postings should be managed and moderated, data should be analyzed for insights and iteration, and post effectiveness should be increased.
Are you under pressure from an ever-growing task list, conflicting demands and constantly changing priorities? Productive working practices are valuable skills in today’s work environment. Competition is intense and companies need people who can organize their time effectively, collaborate with others to achieve goals, and who constantly strive to better meet customer and stakeholder needs.
This popular course will support you to develop practices and techniques to manage this pressure proactively, allowing you to meet deadlines and deliver against your objectives. You will also develop skills in working well with others to ensure success.
The 5-Day Mini MBA is a unique distillation of the skills that need to be acquired in order to be considered successful in modern business. Not everyone is able to devote a year or two of their time to studying for a Masters in Business Administration, but in an age of rapid change in a highly competitive environment, it is crucial to have a thorough understanding of the issues involved in the smooth and successful running of a business. The 5 Day Mini MBA Leadership & Management Masterclass is a highly intensive training course covering all the usual subjects associated with an MBA. In 5 days, a delegate will learn what normally takes a year of full-time study. The Mini MBA course is designed to provide delegates with comprehensive knowledge of fundamental, proven strategies taught as both an academic and practical exercise. As a result, the course will provide a comprehensive understanding of the skills and knowledge that will be required for any person to further develop their business knowledge and skills and even to prepare them for actual formal study for an MBA. The course is designed to be delivered either as an “In House” class for an organization’s directors and senior management or as a public class where delegates from a number of companies can learn both from the course and from one another and exchange ideas and best practice.
Large capital-intensive projects in the oil and gas industries require substantial - and mostly risky - investments in the acquisition, exploration, and subsequent operation and maintenance of new organizational assets.
The decision of whether or not to invest in new capital projects in the oil and gas industry starts with critical decisions during the exploration phase of new development or the expansion of an existing field. The decision-making tools used to analyze project risk under conditions of uncertainty will help companies to determine the probability of success or loss and will drive the decision to develop or abandon the well.
Crisis management is concerned with responding to, managing, and recovering from an unforeseen event. Risk management is concerned with identifying, assessing, and mitigating any activity or event that could cause harm to the business. Risks can be strategic or operational in nature. A business continuity plan (BCP) is a process that outlines the potential impact of disaster situations on business operations. It creates policies that respond to various situations to ensure a business is able to recover quickly after a crisis.