Our Legal Proofreading Skills course trains anyone working in the legal profession to proofread effectively.

The course begins with a review of proofreading principles and techniques. It then goes through a review of English usage, ending with a lesson on legal definitions and another on checking citations.

Your course includes pre- and post-tests for the course and each lesson, plus assignments, practice activities, and written competency exams. Similar to how college classes work, you do your assigned work on your own, then submit it to your instructor, who grades, comments upon, and returns the assignment to you. The instructor will coach you in this way until you master the skills. FYI, you instructor is also available via email or phone.

Course Outline:

• Proofreading principles
• Proofreading techniques
  Practice diagnostic test
• Omissions, additions, typos
• Number accuracy
• Transposition errors
• Abbreviations
• Word division
• Number expression
• Capitalization
• Commas
• Other punctuation
• Special punctuation
• Spelling
• Confusing words
• Subject/verb agreement
• Pronoun agreement
• Using defined terms consistently
• Citations

How To Access Your Course:

This course contains 18 lessons and approximately 16 to 24 hours of study. All lessons must be completed within four months. Instructions for accessing your course materials, plus your Instructor's contact information, will be emailed to you within two business days of registration.