Effective Professional Communication for Lawyers

This program is meant to help junior lawyers communicate more effectively in professional contexts. Learning and analyzing relevant facts and law are critical skills, but attorneys’ understanding must be shared with others to be useful. Moreover, attorneys must analyze the right facts and law and share the correct results in the right way. Effective communication, in both directions, is vital to every part of successful communication for lawyers.

Attendees will learn about the types of professional communication that are most common for junior lawyers, including their specific requirements. Effective techniques for both oral and written communication will be covered, specifically active listening techniques for legal practitioners.

Although the program has been prepared with junior lawyers in law firms in mind, the content is valuable to any lawyer who wants to communicate more effectively.

Learning Objectives:

• Analyze the different contexts for professional legal communication and important considerations for each
• Explore ways to communicate more effectively, both orally and in writing
• Investigate techniques for engaged and active listening