Requirement Specs.docx

Requirement:

Description of the service required:

The Office of Supervision Policy needs a full-day, in-house writing course for its attorney, to be delivered at CFPB’s office located at 1700 G Street, NW, Washington, D.C., during June 9, 2020. “Full Day” is defined herein as 5 hours of instruction plus a morning and afternoon break and a break for the lunch hour. The Office of Supervision Policy currently has approximately 40 attorneys who are required to engage in various kinds of complex legal writing on a daily basis. These staff members are in need of a high quality, comprehensive legal writing and editing course that provides instruction on analytical and persuasive writing, to be used in letters, memos, motions, and briefs. Training must cover development of the following skills:

-How to address complex issues through written memoranda, -How to write effective legal memos that are clear, concise, and well organized, -How to quickly frame issues that get the judge’s attention, -How to achieve a lean style that makes the attorney’s prose stand out from most legalwriting, -How to smooth the transitions between sentences and paragraphs, -How to quote authority most effectively, -How to get written projects down on paper most efficiently, -How to master the prerequisites to professional-level writing, -How to budget time for the different phases of writing, -How to achieve a lucid train of thought for legal writing, -How to write a powerful conclusion, and -How to edit and proof-read for style, structure, and error-free documents.

Instruction should be provided in the form of lecture and written exercises, including at least one exercise requiring participants to produce a detailed outline for a writing project. Instruction should provide a step-by-step approach to framing issues. A course book covering all the topics presented in the course should be provided to each participant.