As a lawyer or financial professional, you depend on writing to communicate your position to judges, clients and other lawyers. In this two-part session, you learn why it is important for you to shed any bad habits that you may have formed in law school or throughout your career. Judge Painter shows you how to make your legal writing more concise, understandable and effective by stripping away unnecessary legal jargon and other clutter that distracts your readers. You then put your new skills to practice during Part II — and see immediate improvements in your legal writing.