PJC LEGAL WRITING WORKSHOP LEARN THE LATEST LEGAL- WRITING TECHNOLOGY: LEGAL RESEARCH TIPS AND TRICKS: EDIT YOUR WRITING BETTER: WRITING WITH OTHERS:

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1 PJC LEGAL WRITING WORKSHOP Winter 2018 Joe Regalia Learn the latest tips and tricks to make your writing smoother, efficient, and easier for your readers to understand. See how other writers are using technology and cognitive science to write better and learn how you can, too LEARN THE LATEST LEGAL- WRITING TECHNOLOGY: Magic tricks for Microsoft Word Robots to write better: Grammarly, Word Rake, and others Brief Catch: your writing coach LEGAL RESEARCH TIPS AND TRICKS: Tricks for finding more useful authority, faster Free and low-cost legal research tools Organizing your research so that it s writing-ready EDIT YOUR WRITING BETTER: How to catch more mistakes Checklists and writing process to make all your writing better Train to be a better editor and writer WRITING WITH OTHERS: Writing with younger generations Doing writing feedback right Building your writing team in chambers LEGAL WRITING TIPS: Openers that capture readers Telling a story that people will read Cutting the clutter from your rules Tips for writing elegance: words, sentences, paragraphs, and punctuation

2 PROFESSOR JOSEPH REGALIA, after graduating first in his class at the University of Michigan Law School, Joe Regalia clerked for several years in federal district courts and at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He has taught advanced legal writing at UNLV s School of Law since 2014, and has been recognized as Visiting Professor of the Year. Joe now teaches legal writing at the Loyola School of Law, Chicago. Joe s teaching experience includes judicial writing, appellate advocacy, and other writing classes. He is also a frequent speaker and consultant on legal writing and test-taking for lawyers and law students. Visit his legal writing website (which contains hundreds of free, interactive legal writing lessons) at: Aside from loving to talk about legal writing, Joe founded and runs the Pro Se Bootcamp a nonprofit aimed at teaching at-risk folks about navigating the legal system. You can learn more at:

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5 PACIFIC JUDICIAL COUNCIL 2019 Judicial Writing January 18, :00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. Hilton Guam Resort & Spa Micronesian Room SELF-PAY REGISTRATION FORM Please complete this form and send by or fax before January 10, Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ms. June Bells Cariño. Tel: Fax: Personal Information (Please type or print clearly in CAPITAL LETTERS) First name: Middle: Last (Family) name: Date of Birth: Gender: Male Female Law Firm: Court/Agency: Address: City:, Guam ; Postal code: Tel: Fax: address: Registration Fee: $75.00 Registration Fee includes all training materials. Please make check payable to the Pacific Judicial Council.

6 GUAM BAR ASSOCIATION 284 West Chalan Santo Papa Hagatña, Guam Tel: (671) Secure Fax: (671) Website: CLE CERTIFICATION FORM 2019 PACIFIC JUDICIAL COUNCIL LEGAL WRITING WORKSHOP Hilton Guam Resort & Spa Micronesian Room Presenter: Professor Joseph Regalia Friday, January 18, 2019, 1 p.m. 5 p.m. 4.0 CLE Credit Hours Available ************************ CLE Credit Hours Attended: 2019 PACIFIC JUDICIAL COUNCIL LEGAL WRITING WORKSHOP TOTAL CLE CREDIT HOURS EARNED AND REQUESTED: I HEARBY CERTIFY UNDER THE PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT I ATTENDED, THAT INDICATED COMPONENTS OF THIS CLE EVENT, AND THAT THIS INFORMATION IS TRUE AND ACCURATE. Attendee s Name: Attendee s Signature: Contact Number: Please complete this form and retian it in your records for later reference and audit purposes. Submit the original form to the Supreme Court of Guam. A copy must also be submitted to the GBA. Both forms will need to be sumbmitted by January 31 of the following year to certify completion of these CLE hours.