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Login to watch this video if you have a subscription. Learn more about subscriptions.Students and new lawyers are frequently asked to write memoranda of law for lawyers and/or their clients The purpose is to answer one or more questions based on a specific set of facts. A memo thoroughly analyses the germane law and applies it to those facts. The ability to write an effective legal memorandum is an essential skill early in one’s legal career.
Anyone can write a memo. But writing an effective one is more challenging and presents an opportunity for you to excel and stand out. Learn how to improve your memo-writing skills in this hands-on program. You are encouraged to submit in advance your writing samples. (You may remain anonymous and all confidential information must be removed.) Parts of some samples will be used as a teaching tool.
Professionalism Content: 90
Participants will be encouraged to submit in advance writing samples and parts of the samples will be used as a teaching tool to demonstrate:
Mark Gannage, previously of Goodmans, McCarthy Tétrault, Stikeman Elliott, and Torys, is a deputy judge, certified adjudicator and mediator. He is the author of Gannage’s Ontario Civil Litigation Commentary and Checklist (Thomson Reuters), three chapters in Bullen & Leake & Jacob's Canadian Precedents of Pleadings (Thomson Reuters), published articles in the Annual Review of Civil Litigation, The Advocates’ Quarterly and elsewhere, and two federal law reform works. He is a Contributing Editor of the Toronto Law Journal. A former full time and adjunct law professor, Mr. Gannage conceived, designed and taught U of T Law School’s first course in Advance Legal Research, Analysis and Writing. Mr. Gannage was the first (and last!) Head of Legal Research and Analysis of the now deceased Bar Admission Course.
Neil Guthrie is Director of Professional Development, Research and Knowledge Management at Aird & Berlis LLP. Neil teaches legal research and writing at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, and in the LPP at Ryerson University. His writing tips appear regularly on slaw.ca and have been collected, revised and expanded in Guthrie’s Guide to Better Legal Writing (Irwin Law, 2017).
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