Fluff is for Pillows, Not Legal Writing
Total Credits: 1.0 General
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- Categories:
- General | Legal Writing
- Faculty:
- Stuart Teicher, Esq.
- Duration:
- 1 Hour
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Fluff is for Pillows, Not Legal Writing
Building Better Legal Writing, One Program at a Time
1.0 General CLE Credits
CLE# 2026002
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Registration fee: $45.00
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Lawyers have been passing down bad writing habits from generation to generation. In this program, the “CLE Performer” Stuart Teicher, Esq. teaches a new, more concise way of persuasive legal writing — a paradigm he calls the “Surgical Strike.” Stuart explains how lawyers can make their writings clear, concise, and direct by using Plain English.
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Faculty:
Stuart I. Teicher, Esq.
CLE Performer
Stuart I. Teicher, Esq. is a professional legal educator and author who focuses on ethics law and writing instruction. A practicing lawyer for 30 years, Stuart’s career is now dedicated to helping fellow lawyers survive the practice of law and thrive in the profession. Mr. Teicher teaches seminars, provides in-house training to law firms and legal departments, provides CLE instruction at law firm client events, and also gives keynote speeches at conventions and association meetings.
Stuart helps lawyers get better at what they do (and enjoy the process) through his entertaining and educational CLE “performances”. He speaks, teaches, and writes— Thomson Reuters published his book, Navigating the Legal Ethics of Social Media and Technology. His latest book is available now, entitled, How to Stop Hating the Law: A Path to Hope for Miserable Lawyers.
Mr. Teicher is a Supreme Court appointee to the New Jersey District Ethics Committee where he investigates and prosecutes grievances filed against attorneys. Mr. Teicher also served on the New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics Fee Arbitration Committee. Mr. Teicher is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law where he teaches Professional Responsibility Mr. Teicher is also an adjunct professor at Rutgers University in New Brunswick where he teaches undergraduate writing courses. He also taught legal writing at St. John’s University School of Law in New York City.
Mr. Teicher is the recipient of the Charles Fahy Distinguished Adjunct Professor Award from Georgetown Law, and the “Distinguished Contributions to the Writing Program” Award from Rutgers University.
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The CLE Performer
Stuart I. Teicher, Esq. is a professional legal educator who focuses on ethics law and writing instruction. A practicing attorney for over two decades, Stuart’s career is now dedicated to helping fellow attorneys survive the practice of law and thrive in the profession. Mr. Teicher teaches seminars, provides in-house training to law firms and legal departments, provides CLE instruction at law firm client events, and also gives keynote speeches at conventions and association meetings.
Stuart helps attorneys get better at what they do (and enjoy the process) through his entertaining and educational CLE Performances. His focus is on the ethical issues in social networking and other technology. Recently, Thomson Reuters published a book he wrote on the topic entitled, Navigating the Legal Ethics of Social Media and Technology. Stuart also speaks about “Practical Ethics”-- those lessons hidden in the ethics rules that enhance a lawyer's practice.
Mr. Teicher is a Supreme Court appointee to the New Jersey District Ethics Committee where he investigates and prosecutes grievances filed against attorneys, Mr. Teicher is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law where he teaches Professional Responsibility. He also taught PR as an adjunct at Rutgers Law School in Camden, New Jersey, and he is an adjunct professor at Rutgers University in New Brunswick where he teaches undergraduate writing courses.