Learn practical strategies for developing and honing your legal writing skills as an immigration law practitioner.  Our expert speaker, Ronald Poulton, will provide insightful tools and strategies on:

• Fundamentals of written advocacy:  "Point first writing"- Making it clear to the decision makers what you want them to decide at the outset of your argument, through the use of an overview, the structure of sentences and other techniques
• Strategies for written advocacy to the IRB, CIC and CBSA based on numerous cross examinations of immigration officials conducted
• Understanding why writing for the Federal Court on leave applications differs from a factum to the Federal Court of Appeal or Supreme Court of Canada, and approaches for tackling each

PROGRAM CHAIR

Daniel Simonian, PBSC, UofT Faculty of Law

SPEAKER

Ronald Poulton, Poulton Law Office