{"id":3812,"date":"2016-06-11T16:18:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T15:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writehouse.org\/?p=3812"},"modified":"2016-06-11T16:18:48","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T15:18:48","slug":"learned-writing-sense-nonsense-26-28-oct-2016-oriental-hotel-victoria-island-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/learned-writing-sense-nonsense-26-28-oct-2016-oriental-hotel-victoria-island-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Learned Writing: Sense &#038; Nonsense, 26-28 Oct 2016, Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good writing is the most critical and yet the rarest skill in law.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to Bryan Garner: &#8220;Writing is one of the two great skills that will advance your career in law. (The other is people skills.) If you can write well, you must necessarily do other things well: analyze cogently, organize logically, distill accurately, argue persuasively, cite knowledgeably, punctuate skillfully, and phrase smoothly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Boost your writing skills by taking part in our legal-writing workshops. Learned Writing: Sense &amp; Nonsense is an intensive and interactive 3-day workshop, with exercises, group tasks, and expert guidance.<\/p>\n<p>Target Participants<br \/>\n\u2022 Advocates<br \/>\n\u2022 Court and Tribunal Clerks, Registrars, Deputy Registrars, and Officials<br \/>\n\u2022 Customs &amp; Excise Lawyers<br \/>\n\u2022 Espionage Lawyers<br \/>\n\u2022 General Counsel and Heads of Legal Departments<br \/>\n\u2022 In-House Counsel<br \/>\n\u2022 Intelligence &amp; Security Lawyers<br \/>\n\u2022 Legislative aides, drafters, and staff<br \/>\n\u2022 Judges and Justices<br \/>\n\u2022 Judicial Assistants and Clerks<br \/>\n\u2022 Judicial and Legal Correspondents, Editors, and Journalists<br \/>\n\u2022 Justice Ministry staff<br \/>\n\u2022 Law Officers and lawyers in ministries, departments, and agencies<br \/>\n\u2022 Law Reporters<br \/>\n\u2022 Law Students<br \/>\n\u2022 Law Teachers<br \/>\n\u2022 Legal personnel in banks, corporations, debt recovery agencies, and oil companies<br \/>\n\u2022 Legal personnel in intelligence, law enforcement, prosecutorial, security, and tax enforcement agencies<br \/>\n\u2022 Legal Practitioners<br \/>\n\u2022 Legislative Drafters<br \/>\n\u2022 Magistrates<br \/>\n\u2022 Military Lawyers<br \/>\n\u2022 Paralegals<br \/>\n\u2022 Prosecutors<br \/>\n\u2022 Solicitors<br \/>\n\u2022 State Counsel<\/p>\n<p>Dates: Wed 26-Fri 28 Oct 2016<br \/>\nTime: 9am-5pm each day<br \/>\nVenue: Oriental Hotel, Lekki Lagos<br \/>\nFees-:<br \/>\nBefore 27 Sept 2016: N150,000<br \/>\nFrom 27 Sept 2016: N200,000<\/p>\n<p>Please pay to The Write House, 0153954433, GTBank.<\/p>\n<ol>If you pay by online transfer, enter your full name in the Reference or Remarks column of your bank\u2019s online platform, or email transfer advice to info@writehouseng.com.<\/ol>\n<ol>If you deposit cash or cheque, add your name to the deposit slip, and email it to info@writehouseng.com.<\/ol>\n<ol>Once we confirm your payment, we shall register you and prepare your certificate in advance.<\/ol>\n<ol>If you\u2019re unable to attend, you can defer or transfer your registration.<\/ol>\n<p>Enquiries:<br \/>\nSenator 0806 735 1417<br \/>\nKome 0806 092 6746<br \/>\nOlolade 0806 261 4730<\/p>\n<p>The Write House<br \/>\nwww.writehouseng.com<br \/>\nEmail info@writehouseng.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/writehouse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/The-Write-House-Briefwriting-Masterclass-HB-April-2016-nu.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3670\" src=\"http:\/\/writehouse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/The-Write-House-Briefwriting-Masterclass-HB-April-2016-nu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1240\" height=\"1754\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good writing is the most critical and yet the rarest skill in law. 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