Our diaries were packed with face-to-face training sessions. Rather than cancel these, many clients have asked us to deliver these remotely, and it’s working well. Here’s some of the feedback:
“I thought this worked very well, and feel I took as much away from the session as I would have done whilst being physically present.”
“Cathy is an excellent trainer – she’s very engaging, always sets the session at the right level, and gives really good practical examples to help drive points home.”
“I really enjoyed today’s webinar – it really opened my eyes to mistakes I make regularly. The workbook and slides worked really well together and added a practical element, which is rare in online training sessions!”
“The online format was very successful. Cathy Wilcox has a very stimulating training style that worked well by video conference. She made the session interactive by using the workbook, the chat box and polls, and the balance between lecture and personal participation was just right.”
“Today’s session was a great value-add. Cathy Wilcox’s material was excellent, and she conveyed it very engagingly. The online academy is a real asset, and will continue to be after coronavirus. It would be great if there were more courses like this!”
“The course was great (and the trainer too!) And, actually, this course should be mandatory for all lawyers. Thank you very much!”
As a result, we’re now offering a series of public webinars on our normal range of topics:
07 September : 10.00–11.00 GMT+1
Brush up your grammar and punctuation
£50.00 Excluding VAT
The webinar will be on Zoom; we’ll email you joining details before the session.
Meeting details
Why should you attend?
Mistakes in grammar and punctuation are embarrassing, create a poor impression and can cost your business money. This course is for you if you:
- need to write clearly and professionally
- lack confidence in your grammar and punctuation
- perhaps worry about the impression that your written work creates
- would like a refresher to ensure that your knowledge is up to date
What will it cover?
We will:
- ensure you know the key grammatical terms
- clarify some tricky areas
- debunk some myths
- give you clear guidance on correct grammar and punctuation
You’ll also receive a grammar guide with the theory on the topics covered and plenty more.
Why should you attend?
Mistakes in grammar and punctuation are embarrassing, create a poor impression and can cost your business money. This course is for you if you:
- need to write clearly and professionally
- lack confidence in your grammar and punctuation
- perhaps worry about the impression that your written work creates
- would like a refresher to ensure that your knowledge is up to date
What will it cover?
We will:
- ensure you know the key grammatical terms
- clarify some tricky areas
- debunk some myths
- give you clear guidance on correct grammar and punctuation
14 September : 10.00–11.00 GMT+1
Writing with impact
£50.00 Excluding VAT
The webinar will be on Zoom; we’ll email you joining details before the session.
Meeting details
Why should you attend?
- Do your emails get the response you expect within the timeframe you wanted?
- Are your reports clear, client focused and persuasive?
- Do your proposals and client alerts impress the reader and stand out from the crowd with their insight and practical application?
Writing concise, user-friendly emails, memos, reports and proposals is a core skill for businesses, including law firms. We need to balance commerciality and strategic insight with clarity and rigour. This session will give you the confidence that your writing will impress colleagues and clients and have the desired effect.
What will it cover?
- The importance of a clear aim
- Focusing on your audience
- A four-stage approach to planning your work
- Six principles of an impactful writing style
Why should you attend?
- Do your emails get the response you expect within the timeframe you wanted?
- Are your reports clear, client focused and persuasive?
- Do your proposals and client alerts impress the reader and stand out from the crowd with their insight and practical application?
Writing concise, user-friendly emails, memos, reports and proposals is a core skill for businesses, including law firms. We need to balance commerciality and strategic insight with clarity and rigour. This session will give you the confidence that your writing will impress colleagues and clients and have the desired effect.
What will it cover?
- The importance of a clear aim
- Focusing on your audience
- A four-stage approach to planning your work
- Six principles of an impactful writing style
21 September : 10.00–11.00 GMT+1
User friendly legal drafting
£50.00 Excluding VAT
The webinar will be on Zoom; we’ll email you joining details before the session.
Meeting details
Why should you attend?
Clients expect their law firms (and businesses expect in-house legal teams) to deliver high-quality advice and documentation on ever-tighter budgets. As a former dispute resolution partner in a global firm, Cathy is well aware of the need to manage legal risk by drafting clearly, succinctly and unambiguously. Come along if you:
- are a lawyer or otherwise regularly involved in drafting agreements
- want to take a fresh look at your legal drafting
- hope to avoid pitfalls and confusion in the way you draft
What will it cover?
- What does client-focused legal drafting look like?
- Structuring an operative clause
- Six principles of a user-friendly drafting style (with short but difficult exercises on each)
- Improving poor drafting
Why should you attend?
Clients expect their law firms (and businesses expect in-house legal teams) to deliver high-quality advice and documentation on ever-tighter budgets. As a former dispute resolution partner in a global firm, Cathy is well aware of the need to manage legal risk by drafting clearly, succinctly and unambiguously. Sign up if you:
- are a lawyer or otherwise regularly involved in drafting agreements
- want to take a fresh look at your legal drafting
- hope to avoid pitfalls and confusion in the way you draft
What will it cover?
- What does client-focused legal drafting look like?
- Structuring an operative clause
- Six principles of a user-friendly drafting style (with short but difficult exercises on each)
- Improving poor drafting
Virtual training, tailored to your business and at a time to suit you
If you like the sound of our webinars, but would prefer sessions tailored to your business’s specific needs, we’re happy to help. We prefer Zoom, but can work with any VC or webinar software.
Here’s some feedback from recent tailored sessions:
“I want to say a massive thank you for the brilliant training session on Wednesday. I knew it would be great based on agenda and workbook, but it truly exceeded our expectations and the consensus is that we all gained so much from the session! You delivered the session in a clear and engaging way, and I enjoyed the interaction and working through the workbook. I came across a number of things that I do day-to-day such as using the passive voice and using wordy sentences – I am more conscious of this and I’m really thinking about it in my drafting (I removed a couple of “in the event that…” yesterday). The duration was perfect; the time actually flew by a little too quickly!”
“I just wanted to say thank you so much for hosting the drafting training yesterday morning. It was extremely helpful and I have taken away lots of tips to perfect my drafting going forward… It was one of the best trainings I have attended. I felt extremely engaged and it was very relevant to what we do every day.”
“I have already put the drafting training to good use, and had positive feedback from a partner as a result!”
If you’d like to discuss a tailored session on any writing-related topic for your team, please get in touch.
