Master professional email strategies to enhance client communication, avoid ambiguity and unlock significant practice growth.
Welcome to "Email Best Practices for Lawyers," a Continuing Legal Education program crafted to refine your essential communication skills. In today’s legal environment, email is more than just a tool: It is often the first impression you make, the permanent record your clients will rely on, and a reflection of your professionalism.
As you move through this course, Legal writing expert Ryan Standil founder of Write To Excite and in-house counsel and executive coach Rebecca Hockin share best practices for drafting emails, choosing subject lines that get noticed, and writing instructions that are impossible to miss.
Upon completing the course, you will be able to craft professional emails that enhance client communication, avoid ambiguity and unlock significant practice growth.
By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
Ryan Standil leads seminars about effective written communication. He is a regular speaker at accounting firms, law firms, corporations, and governmental agencies. Ryan attended Western University, in Canada, where he graduated from the Ivey Business School and the Faculty of Law. After graduating, Ryan worked at a law firm in Toronto, focusing on corporate and commercial matters. Today Ryan owns and operates a seminar company, called Write To Excite. Ryan’s mission is to help professionals grow their income by improving their writing. Ryan is a frequent contributor to the leading newspaper in Canada, The Globe and Mail. Unsurprisingly, his columns can be described as “writing about writing.” To read one of Ryan’s columns, please visit https://www.writetoexcite.com/globeandmail.
Fractional Counsel & Lawyer Coach
Rebecca E. Hockin, JD, ACC, is a Canadian lawyer and executive coach known for her business-centered legal insight and compassionate, high-impact coaching. With significant in-house leadership experience at Graymont and a foundation in corporate and commercial law from DLA Piper’s Vancouver office, she brings both strategic vision and legal rigor to her practice. As a Certified Executive Coach (ACC), Rebecca delivers thoughtfully challenging coaching sessions. She specializes in guiding legal professionals through personal development, role transitions, work-relationship challenges, and team development. Her services bridge practical legal advice with deep professional coaching. Dedicated to meaningful outcomes, Rebecca works with clients to clarify goals and take actionable steps toward success.
