Clarity in Legal Writing: Five Techniques to Avoid Ambiguity - Write to Excite

Speaker

Ryan Standil Related Seminars and Products

Founder

Write To Excite

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Ryan Standil practiced law until 2015, at which point he became a legal-writing instructor. For the past 10 years, Ryan has owned and operated Write To Excite, a company that provides legal-writing seminars at law firms and through bar associations.

In Ryan's local province of Ontario, he is the legal-writing instructor for the bar organization, known as the Law Society of Ontario. Ryan’s recent programs for the Law Society are viewable here: Ryan's Law Society Programs.

In addition to speaking engagements at home, Ryan has been invited to speak at organizations such as the Tennessee Bar Association, the Oregon State Bar, the State Bar of Georgia, the Alaska Bar Association, the Law Society of Saskatchewan, CLEBC, the American Bar Association, and Lawline. The following link displays one of Ryan's programs at Lawline, which has received 700 positive reviews: Ryan's Lawline Program.

Ryan is also a regular speaker at major conferences in the legal industry, including the ACLEA Annual Conference and the NALP Annual Education Conference.

Over the years, Ryan has taught legal writing to thousands of lawyers and legal support staff. As a resident of the fourth-largest city in North America, Ryan is relied upon by major Toronto law firms to train their associate lawyers, through both group workshops and individual coaching.

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CONTACT
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanstandil/
 

REFERENCES
Michael Johnson – J.D., Harvard Law
Founder of Clear Law Institute (which has been sold to Traliant)
(202) 550-1460
michael.johnson@traliant.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-johnson-5a55b7/
 
Michael Bloom – J.D., Yale Law
Founder and CEO of Praktio
(248) 376-3007
bloomich@praktio.com
https://praktio.com/pages/about-us

Suzanne Thomas – LLB, University of Alberta
Director of Talent (Learning) of Dentons Canada
(780) 423-7395
suzanne.thomas@dentons.com
https://www.dentons.com/en/suzanne-thomas
 

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