ODW2530 – Advocacy Letter Writing for Paralegals
This session covers effective advocacy letter writing, client interviewing techniques, building client trust, and clearly defining the paralegal’s role.
Course Category: On-Demand Webinars
Course Level: Basic
CLE Credit: Non-substantive
CLE Hours: 2.0
Fees: $59 for Members and $80 for Nonmembers
Course Materials: Recording and PDF of the power point slides.
Description: This session will review the following:
- How to Write Winning Advocacy Letters for Clients (30 min)
- How to Interview a Client to Gather Information (30 min)
- Building Trust with a Client (20 min)
- Defining the Paralegal’s Role (it is not the office translator) (25 min)
- Q&A (15 min)
Instructor Biography: Leah Goodridge is an award-winning tenants’ rights attorney with over a decade of experience fighting against gentrification and displacement in New York courts. She is best known for her work advancing the tenant movement and her writings on workplace equity. Leah has received two bar association awards for her impact on the legal profession and is the author of the widely influential UCLA Law Review article, Professionalism as a Racial Construct. She lectures nationwide on housing rights and workplace equity and her work has appeared in USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Teen Vogue, Dame, Forbes, and The Appeal.
Course Year: 2025