{"id":4796,"date":"2018-06-03T10:15:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T09:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writehouse.org\/?p=4796"},"modified":"2018-06-03T10:15:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-03T09:15:24","slug":"uncommon-law-of-learned-writing-9-july-2018-sheraton-hotel-ikeja-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/uncommon-law-of-learned-writing-9-july-2018-sheraton-hotel-ikeja-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Law of Learned Writing, 9 July 2018, Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>As lawyers, we must not desert <strong>cool<\/strong> common sense in our <strong>hot<\/strong> pursuit of common law.\u00a0<i>Uncommon Law of\u00a0Learned\u00a0Writing\u00a0<\/i>promotes common sense in legal language. Plain language, which is commonsensical, broadens access to legal documents, thus democratizing the law.<\/p>\n<p>No democratic society should brook legalese, a dense, verbose dialect known only to lawyers. What then should society do to redress the lawyer-induced obscurity? A Shakespearean character had an alarming proposal: \u201cThe first thing we do, let\u2019s kill all the lawyers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, that proposal was not enthusiastically endorsed, which explains why we\u2019re still here. A milder remedy\u2014enrolling lawyers in language classes\u2014has been muted, which explains why you should attend this course.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/writehouse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Uncommon-Law-of-Learned-Writing-Course-Outline.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to view course outline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><b>Dates<\/b>: Monday 9\u00a0<span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_233580318\"><span class=\"aqj\">July 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><b>Time: <\/b>8.30<span class=\"aqj\">am\u20136.30pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><b>Venue<\/b>: Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"><b>Fees<\/b>:\u00a0N50,000 per participant<\/p>\n<p>Please pay early to secure your registration. Pay to\u00a0<b>The Write House,\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"tel:0153954433\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">0153954433<\/a><b>, GTBank<\/b>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>If you pay by online transfer, enter your name and phone number in the Reference or Remarks column of your bank&#8217;s online platform, or email transfer advice to info<a href=\"mailto:chinua@writehouseng.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@writehouse<\/a><a href=\"mailto:chinua@writehouseng.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a>org.<\/li>\n<li>If you deposit cash or cheque, add your name to the deposit slip,\u00a0and email it to info<a href=\"mailto:chinua@writehouseng.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@writehouse<\/a><a href=\"mailto:chinua@writehouseng.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a>org.<\/li>\n<li>Once we confirm your payment, we shall register you and prepare your certificate in advance.<\/li>\n<li>Fees are\u00a0<b>non<\/b>refundable. If you&#8217;re unable to attend, you may defer or transfer your registration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Enquiries<\/strong>:\u00a0Ruth Abraye\u00a0<a href=\"tel:0806%20752%206583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">0806 752 6583<\/a>; Juwon Adedeji\u00a0<a href=\"tel:0806%20804%208796\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">0806 804 8796<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/writehouse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Uncommon-Law-of-Learned-Writing.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4799\" src=\"http:\/\/writehouse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Uncommon-Law-of-Learned-Writing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"849\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As lawyers, we must not desert cool common sense in our hot pursuit of common law.\u00a0Uncommon Law of\u00a0Learned\u00a0Writing\u00a0promotes common sense in legal language. Plain language, which is commonsensical, broadens access to legal documents, thus democratizing the law. No democratic society should brook legalese, a dense, verbose dialect known only to lawyers. What then should society [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[192,260,114,101,178,261,132,257,272,147],"class_list":["post-4796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-workshop-updates","tag-cle","tag-communication-skills","tag-law-students","tag-lawyers","tag-learned-writing","tag-legal-english","tag-plain-english","tag-professional-writing","tag-uncommon-law-of-learned-writing","tag-writing-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writehouseng.com\/w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}