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A book to help you with applications/assessment centres - and some tips
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<blockquote data-quote="Mel Atraghji" data-source="post: 170092" data-attributes="member: 33979"><p>Hi all</p><p></p><p>This is to mention my new book on legal writing and contract drafting skills. It's aimed at trainee solicitors, but it should also help anyone writing CVs/application forms and doing written exercises at assessment centres.</p><p></p><p>(I was a solicitor at a magic circle firm for 26 years and I now teach writing/drafting at several firms.) </p><p></p><p>You can buy the hard copy book <a href="https://www.wildy.com/isbn/9781399959261/legal-writing-and-contract-drafting-a-practical-guide-for-lawyers-paperback" target="_blank">here</a> and there's a Kindle version <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Legal-Writing-Contract-Drafting-Practical-ebook/dp/B0CVBHDTCL/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2W09ISPNL1IWL&keywords=atraghji&qid=1707822920&sprefix=atraghji%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-2" target="_blank">here</a> (free if you have Kindle Unlimited).</p><p></p><p>And here are a few tips:</p><p>1. Have a proper structure: put the most important stuff first, put related issues together and use informative sub-headings that allow your reader to skim-read. </p><p>2. Have short paragraphs and use numbered lists/bullet points. They're much easier to read than long slabs. </p><p>3. Avoid grammar or spelling mistakes. In particular, avoid the 'comma splice', it makes senior lawyers' heads explode. (That was an example of a comma splice.)</p><p>4. Write in short sentences with fewer than 25 words.</p><p>5. Write in plain English. That's how practising lawyers write to each other. Don't try to sound fancy: no-one is impressed. Avoid this kind of thing: 'I endeavoured to orchestrate the strategic direction of Freshers' Committee such that it complied with our stringent budgetary constraints'. Better: 'I ensured that the Freshers' Committee came within budget.'</p><p></p><p>Here's my website - <a href="https://www.staveleyandatraghji.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.staveleyandatraghji.co.uk/</a></p><p>Feel free to link in with me - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/melatraghji" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/melatraghji</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel Atraghji, post: 170092, member: 33979"] Hi all This is to mention my new book on legal writing and contract drafting skills. It's aimed at trainee solicitors, but it should also help anyone writing CVs/application forms and doing written exercises at assessment centres. (I was a solicitor at a magic circle firm for 26 years and I now teach writing/drafting at several firms.) You can buy the hard copy book [URL='https://www.wildy.com/isbn/9781399959261/legal-writing-and-contract-drafting-a-practical-guide-for-lawyers-paperback']here[/URL] and there's a Kindle version [URL='https://www.amazon.co.uk/Legal-Writing-Contract-Drafting-Practical-ebook/dp/B0CVBHDTCL/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2W09ISPNL1IWL&keywords=atraghji&qid=1707822920&sprefix=atraghji%2Caps%2C89&sr=8-2']here[/URL] (free if you have Kindle Unlimited). And here are a few tips: 1. Have a proper structure: put the most important stuff first, put related issues together and use informative sub-headings that allow your reader to skim-read. 2. Have short paragraphs and use numbered lists/bullet points. They're much easier to read than long slabs. 3. Avoid grammar or spelling mistakes. In particular, avoid the 'comma splice', it makes senior lawyers' heads explode. (That was an example of a comma splice.) 4. Write in short sentences with fewer than 25 words. 5. Write in plain English. That's how practising lawyers write to each other. Don't try to sound fancy: no-one is impressed. Avoid this kind of thing: 'I endeavoured to orchestrate the strategic direction of Freshers' Committee such that it complied with our stringent budgetary constraints'. Better: 'I ensured that the Freshers' Committee came within budget.' Here's my website - [URL]https://www.staveleyandatraghji.co.uk/[/URL] Feel free to link in with me - [URL]https://www.linkedin.com/in/melatraghji[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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