A Live Workshop empowering legal professionals to use a modern, direct style of writing that is as precise and legally effective, while making legal communication more accessible, understandable, and effective for the audience! WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES: ✅ Learn how to use the Plain Language framework and techniques to simplify the language used in contracts and legal documents without losing legal precision. ✅ Discover how to benchmark your legal language against international Plain Language Standards. ✅ Use the right tools to ensure your text is accessible and understandable for your audience. ✅ Practice how to apply Plain Language techniques to keep your legal communication to the point. ✅ Develop your Plain Language abilities to make your writing style more direct and concise so that your audience can quickly find what they need, understand the information, and use it with clarity and confidence! WORKSHOP SYLLABUS:  Section 1: Plain Language vs Legalese: Myths & Realities Section 2: Plain language Origin, Theory & Principles Section 3: Plain Language Illustrations & Examples Section 4: Plain Language in action with Exercises FORMAT + DATES The Workshop is a 2-hour highly practical class with supporting material, activities, exercises and a list of resources that was delivered Live and Online twice, on November 4th and 9th, 2022 by Legal Creatives and taught by Tessa Manuello.