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501 Words of Excessive Pontification

Chris Hargreaves - August 9, 2017 3

Let's see how it goes. 501 Words While I was consuming my evening beverage I began to contemplate (as I regularly do) regarding, in particular, the...

Communication

Legalese – Everything you Need to Know

Chris Hargreaves - January 14, 2017 3

If you're going to be a lawyer then at some point you're going to have to come to grips with legalese. Hopefully that's not because...

Communication

5 Simple Strategies to Write Legal Letters

Chris Hargreaves - September 23, 2016 0

Have you ever drafted a letter only to find that your partner or supervisor picks up a series of problems that you wished you had...

Communication

7 Communication Techniques for Writing a Great Letter

Chris Hargreaves - October 18, 2015 5

Letter writing is one of the most important skills a lawyer can develop, since we are writing letters (or something resembling them) basically every...

Communication

4 Ways your Legal Drafting Sucks

Chris Hargreaves - August 6, 2014 8

One of the things people can't stand about lawyers is the way we communicate. In particular, the way legal writing shapes up is often...

Communication

Doing the Two Step

Chris Hargreaves - July 29, 2014 2

I am a habitual reader of Mitch Jackson's Communication Tips, and recently Mitch posted an article that I thought you might find interesting about...

Communication

Recurrent Writing is Really Relevant

Chris Hargreaves - March 14, 2014 5

How much do you write in a day? What is it that you produce, and how do you go about planning it? Today I...

Communication

Write an Article that isn’t terrible

Chris Hargreaves - November 20, 2013 0

Very quickly in your legal career you will likely be asked to help write an article for distribution to clients or contacts of the...

Legal Practice

How to Catch an Egg without Breaking It

Chris Hargreaves - November 18, 2013 0

Knowing how to go about approaching your first legal file (or files) with a minimum of risk, especially if your first file is inherited, can be...

Communication

Legal Drafting – The Ultimate Guide to Writing like a Lawyer

Chris Hargreaves - November 18, 2013 13

Why is legal writing so hard? For anybody who is not a lawyer and doesn't have to do legal drafting, you'll just have to trust...

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Legal Career

Or… We Could Just Fire You Instead

Chris Hargreaves - July 26, 2020 1

Recently I took a bit of a shot at law firms trying to pretend that their COVID-related pay cuts came with associated reduced working...

Legal Practice

40% Pay Cut, 140% Full Time Load

Chris Hargreaves - June 8, 2020 0

It's been fascinating watching law firms react (in advance) to what they believed was going to be the horror story of COVID-19.

Continuing Legal Education

How to Make the Most of Your CLE

Chris Hargreaves - May 8, 2020 0

Attending any kind of continuing legal education can feel like it was largely a waste of time - even if it came with a...

Legal Career

Legal Careers Are Awesome

Chris Hargreaves - December 5, 2019 4

Recently I mentioned what I thought was a fairly self-evident concept: being a lawyer is actually pretty challenging. If...

Communication

Earning the Right to Speak

Chris Hargreaves - April 28, 2019 0

When I was a younger lawyer, I tended to speak my mind more often than was appropriate. Thankfully, I had (mostly) patient...

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