Webinar Recording
Sep 9, 2020
Webinar Recording: Finishing Touches: Revising, Editing, and Proofreading Your Own Work
About the Program
Many college students write papers at the last minute and turn in their first drafts. That process doesn’t work in law school! In this session, you’ll learn how to review your work so that your final memo demonstrates that you are smart, thoughtful, precise, and careful. This webinar recording will discuss how to approach the editing process so that your organization and analysis are effective, along with your tone and writing style. It will also share some of the most effective proofreading tips.
Speaker
Julie S. Schrager, In-House Legal Writing Coach, Schiff Hardin
Julie is passionate about teaching writing to a wide range of audiences and has worked as Schiff Hardin’s in-house legal writing coach for 12 years. In that role, she works one-on-one with the firm’s summer associates, associates, and partners to improve their writing skills. Julie also hosts workshops addressing a range of writing topics, including writing persuasively, effective writing for business lawyers, grammar and punctuation basics, and revising and editing your own work.
Julie is committed to increasing diversity in the legal profession and hosts writing workshops for 1Ls at law schools around the country and for diverse law student groups. This spring she has spoken to law students at Howard Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Fordham Law, the University of Illinois College of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, and as part of the Diverse Attorney Pipeline Program.
Julie graduated from Harvard College in 1986 and the University of Chicago Law School in 1989. After graduation, she worked as an associate in the litigation and legislation practice areas at Arnold & Porter in Washington, DC, and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division of the US Attorney’s office in Boston. Julie taught legal writing full-time at Chicago-Kent College of Law for several years before she joined Schiff and continues to teach periodically.