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Powerful Writing Techniques to Help You Persuade Judges and Win Clients

The ability to write forcefully and effectively is critical to your success as a lawyer. In this webinar, lawyers will learn to write more persuasively by using the same powerful techniques that copywriters have relied on for years. Discover what these techniques are and how to apply them in both briefs and client-focused writing.

Attorneys who attend this webinar will learn about:

The greatest challenge your writing must overcome to persuade readers to take a desired action

Basic concepts underlying all effective persuasive writing--ignore these and you're sunk

How to write a compelling brief that the judge just can't put down

The role of emotion in jurisprudence and how to trigger the reader's emotions

The things readers absolutely hate--and how to avoid them

How to deal with objections to your position

Closing the deal: conclusions and calls to action

This webinar is part of a series of complimentary webinars from Avvo, a website that offers ratings and profiles for 90% of U.S. lawyers, as well as client reviews, peer reviews and attorney disciplinary records. The website currently covers all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Once again, that's Thursday, October 7 at 1 p.m. (EDT). To register, click here.

If you're in the New York City area and would like to get CLE credit for attending this program, I'll be presenting it live at the New York County Lawyer's Association (downtown at 14 Vesey Street) on Monday, October 4 from 7:45-9:00 p.m. The program (part of a four-credit Bridge the Gap session) is suitable for both new and experienced lawyers. To register, click here.

Complimentary CLE about Hot to Reap the Benefits of Working With Contract Lawyers

How to Work With Contract Lawyers to Save Your Firm Money, Increase Profits and Get Your Life Back

On Thursday, September 23 at noon Eastern, Lisa Salmon, legal research and writing professional, will be presenting a 1-credit CLE webinar called How to Work With Contract Lawyers to Save Your Firm Money, Increase Profits and Get Your Life Back.

Outsourcing is the wave of the future. But it doesn't necessarily mean sending work overseas, and it's not just for big firms. Solos and small firms can garner many benefits by outsourcing substantive legal work to independent, US-based contract (a/k/a freelance) lawyers.

Topics covered in this course include:

Benefits of outsourcing work to a contract lawyer

How to find a contract attorney to work with

What a good contract lawyer should bring to the table

Ethical issues in the outsourcing relationship

This program will carry 1 CLE credit. (CLE accreditation will be supplied for Florida lawyers. A certificate of completion will be provided for lawyers in other states. Click here for information about obtaining CLE accreditation for this course in your state.)

The webinar is part of a series of complimentary practice-building and legal productivity webinars from RocketMatter, the leading online legal practice management and time tracking software solution for small to mid-size law firms.

Once again, that's Thursday, September 23 at noon (EDT). To register, click here.

"Taming the Social Media Tiger"

August NAFLP Telecoffee

August 11, 2010

8:45 am Pacific (11:45 am Eastern)

Telephonic Conference

Social media has been lauded as the ultimate free marketing tool for business owners. However, without a focused plan and approach, social media can become the ultimate time-waster. In this TeleCoffee Melody A. Kramer, founder of National Association of Freelance Legal Professionals, will discuss with you plans for creating a focused social media marketing plan that fits you and your freelance business.

This event is FREE to all NAFLP Members. Not yet a Member? Join Now.

You must register for this event to receive dial-in information. Please register by 3pm Pacific the day before the TeleCoffee. Dial-in instructions will be emailed to all registrants the evening before the TeleCoffee.

"Associates? I Don't Need No Stinkin' Associates! Why and How to Work with Contract Lawyers"

Presented by Lisa Solomon, Esq.

3rd Annual Law Practice Management and Development Institute: Strategic Solutions for Solo to Mid-Size Firms

August 19-20, 2010 at Lancaster County Convention Center, Marriott Lancaster at Penn Square, Lancaster, PA

Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute

This event is intended for solos and small firms, but can also be useful for legal freelancers.

Outsourcing is the wave of the future, but it doesn't necessarily mean sending work overseas, and it's not just for big firms. Solos and small firms can garner many benefits by outsourcing substantive legal work to independent, US-based contract (a/k/a freelance) lawyers.

Topics covered in this course include:

Benefits of outsourcing work to a contract lawyer (including making your practice more profiltable, gaining work/life balance, and increasing professional satisfaction by outsourcing tasks you don't like to do)

How to find a contract attorney to work with

What a good contract lawyer should bring to the table

Ethical issues in the outsourcing relationship

If you are a FreelanceLaw member or affiliate and want to post an educational event, please contact educ@freelancelaw.com with your event information.

"Strategic Solutions for Solo & Small Firms Conference"

August 2-3, 2010

Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center, Duluth, Minnesota