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12 hours agoSay It So People Hear It - Above the Law
Effective legal communication requires controlling tone, pace, and presence across different audiences while maintaining truthfulness and clarity.
Here's the good news: writing isn't a talent. It's a skill. And skills respond to the same cure as every other skill: reps. Not glamorous reps. Not the kind that gets applause. The kind you do in small rooms, when no one is watching, when you're a little uncomfortable, when you want to quit halfway through because the sentence you just wrote feels like wet cardboard. That's the work.
We've all lost count of the times we've received an email, policy, or memo from a lawyer so "well written" that nobody understands it. It's frustrating, and you want to write back: "Great legal summary - I have no idea what it means." Unfortunately, that's often how legal communications are received by business colleagues and stakeholders: overly complicated, needlessly formal, and disconnected from everyday business needs - not human.