Description: What should a lawyer think about before putting pen to paper? This handbook provides examples and exercises to guide the reader through the process of learning how to communicate persuasively. The chapters deal with such topics as legal writing as project management, principles of legal writing, and good and bad habits.
Brief description: John Hollander, LLM, Queen's University (1976), called to the Ontario Bar in 1978. John has a passion for mentoring and teaching young lawyers. He offers seminars and workshops on advocacy skills -- see www.advocacyclub.ca. Recently, John has started to interview leading Ottawa lawyers for his podcast series, www.chatwithlawyers.ca.