Delivering Effective Feedback to Associates
This seminar teaches partners how to give relevant feedback to attorneys to help them become better writers.
Program Overview
While red lining an associate’s work product may be a time-saver in the short run, it’s a time-waster in the long run if the attorney repeats the mistakes.
A meeting that delivers constructive criticism once is a much better use of time than repeated sessions of red-lining, and in this seminar Ben shows partners how to coach attorneys and deliver effective feedback. Ben draws upon his experience as a legal writing coach for ten years and as director of two university writing centers in this popular program.
Sample Topics:
Why environment matters
ensuring that the writer does the work
the importance of the open question
correcting patterns of error
Tips
Be more specific in your comments when evaluating writing. Vague comments such as “be punchier” or “be more concise” are not helpful because each has multiple meanings.
