Writers & Writing Mentors Workshop

2011
December 15  San Francisco

Writers
Good writing is writing that communicates, writing that changes minds. Whether authoring briefs, e-mails or letters, competent advocacy demands that we know how to write and how to write well. This workshop will help you learn about the writer's craft and yourself as a writer so that you will write more, write better and even write with pleasure.

This hands-on, interactive workshop is intended for people who want to improve their writing skills and become more lucid and powerful writers.

You will leave with the outline of a plan and strategies to pursue to improve your writing.

Writing Mentors
Writing is central to the craft of good advocacy and the skill that legal advocates use most frequently. For mentors the tension lies in representing the client well when presented with a below standard piece of writing. Under deadline pressure, rewriting seems faster and easier than giving feedback, allowing the author to rewrite and learn from the process. Yet the best way to learn how to write is to write when the final result matters, under the tutelage of experienced writers. This workshop shows you how to take this situation and turn it into a powerful learning experience.

This hands-on, interactive workshop is intended for supervisors, colleagues and others who are mentoring staff on ways to develop their writing skills.  It focuses on the tools that can assist mentors and mentees as well as key skills involved in mentoring.

You will leave with the outline of a plan and strategies to pursue with your mentee as well as a plan for yourself as a mentor.