FREE CLE The Case for Thinking First: Smarter Writing for Legal Professionals

Every lawyer knows the feeling: the research is (mostly) done, the filing deadline is close, and the cursor is blinking on an empty screen. What happens next often determines whether the hours that follow are productive or agonizing. This CLE webinar session argues that much of the real writing work – the thinking, sorting, and shaping of an argument – happens before a single sentence gets typed. We'll look at the habits and mental moves that separate writers who draft with confidence from writers who stall, rewrite, and second-guess their way to a weak draft or a blown deadline.

Join writing coach and former attorney Rick Horowitz as he takes you through the invisible stage of writing: the thinking that happens before the drafting. Explore why short-changing that stage is what often makes first drafts so painful to produce (and to fix!).

Key Takeaways:

✏   How to convert your research and raw notes into a working structure before drafting begins

✏   Practical approaches for deciding what to include, cut, or rework

✏   Strategies for overcoming "blank- screen syndrome” and turning that early thinking into a confident first draft

Devotees will remember that Rick Horowitz presented at the Virtual CLE Summit and was a fan favorite. We are so pleased to be able to team up with him again to bring you valuable, informative content delivered with humor, grace, and everything uniquely Rick.