Listen "Persuasive Legal Writing: The Importance of Document Design and Typography"
Episode Synopsis
What does the seminar cover?Lawyers are in the business of producing persuasive writing, but they often neglect a key dimension: document design and typography. Legal documents are professionally published materials and their readers—clients, judges, or the public—expect them to be of the same standard as other professionally published materials. And while a well-designed document cannot rescue a bad piece of writing, it can make good writing clearer and more compelling.Drawing on personal experience and professional typography texts, the presenters will demonstrate the importance of document design and typography to persuasive legal writing. They will cover the key text-level, paragraph-level, and document-level considerations, and will dispel the myths and bad habits that pervade this area. Sample documents will illustrate the difference that good design and typography makes to the inherent persuasiveness of a document.Who should listen?Litigation lawyers with across all areas of law will leave with tips for improving the persuasiveness of their legal document writing. PRESENTERSThe Hon. Justice John Bond (Judge, Queensland Court of Appeal)Justice Bond began his career as a lawyer 34+ years ago, having set his sight on a legal path from an early age. Prior to being called to the Bench, he practised as a barrister. He was called to the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2015. Matthew Hickey OAM (Barrister, Level Twenty Seven Chambers)Matthew has considerable trial and appellate experience in diverse practice areas, particularly in high-profile, reputation-sensitive litigation. He typically appears for or against multi-nationals, public companies, external administrators and government entities. He is named by Best Lawyers® in commercial law, insolvency & organisation, litigation, and construction & infrastructure law. Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession ranks him as a leading counsel in commercial litigation & dispute resolution, insolvency & restructuring, and building & construction (Qld and Australia). Mohammud Jaamae Hafeez-Baig (Barrister, Level Twenty Seven Chambers)As a commercial and public barrister, Jaamae's practice encompasses equity and trusts, civil fraud and asset recovery claims, contract law, administrative law, corporations law, consumer law, insolvency, and succession law. He has authored or co-authored 17 publications in international and domestic peer-reviewed law journals spanning private and commercial law topics. He is co-author of The Law of Tracing. Christopher Doyle (Barrister, Level Twenty Seven Chambers)Chris has a broad commercial practice. Building on his time as a solicitor in commercial litigation and dispute resolution at a national Australian law firm he has an attuned sense of each client’s needs. He combines this client-centric approach with legal expertise drawn from acting for clients in a variety of industriesDid you miss previous seminars? Check out the seminar archive on Level Twenty Seven Chambers' website for the video recordings and associated materials produced by the speakers.Want to join future seminars live, in person or online? Register your interest.Website: www.level27chambers.com.au
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