Drafting Guidelines for Materials for On-Demand Seminars Produced in the ICLE Studio

Please draft a couple of paragraphs for each segment in your On-Demand Seminar. The paragraphs should summarize the main topics based on the outline, script, and what was discussed in the On-Demand Seminar. Feel free to add any other information that you did not have an opportunity to cover during the recording.

Written materials are important to lawyers watching On-Demand Seminars. Viewers may want to refer to them for information beyond what is covered in the video. In addition, we encourage you to provide supplemental resources, such as drafted forms, checklists, and sample documents, as well as links to websites or publicly available online documents.

For On-Demand Seminars produced in the ICLE studio, work jointly with your co-contributors to create one set of materials, beginning after the first conference call. Please note that ICLE is unable to use footnotes, special graphics, photographs, or PowerPoint or other slides in materials for On-Demand Seminars.

Submit your jointly prepared materials by the date set by the ICLE staff lawyer. Most often this will be one week before filming the On-Demand Seminar.

Materials are typically two to three pages.

The ICLE staff lawyer will provide a template to guide you in drafting the materials.

• Use Microsoft Word for your draft if at all possible.
• Do not use footnotes, to support a better user experience.
• Use only two levels of headings if possible. Main headings should be roman numerals, and subsections should be capital letters. If you need another level of subsections, consider using paragraphs with bold, unnumbered headings. Where necessary, use italics instead of underlining.
• Spell out any abbreviations at least once.

Materials are not treatises and should be as practical as possible. Simple, concise, and straightforward language is best. Avoid legalese and the passive voice.

Do not violate copyright law. ICLE cannot republish copyrighted materials without express written permission. It is your responsibility to get any written permissions from the copyright holder. If you want to include copyrighted material, please send it to us as soon as possible along with the following:

• title of the publication from which it is taken
• author’s name
• date published
• a copy of the written reprint permission

Keep in mind that even your own writing may need copyright permission if you assigned copyright to another publisher.

You retain copyright in any original writing you provide to us. By submitting the materials, you grant ICLE a nonexclusive license to (1) publish and sell your materials as part of a collected work or individually, on paper, in electronic form, online, or in any other format or medium now known or later developed; and (2) use all or portions of your materials in derivative works. By participating in the recording, you grant ICLE permission to record, duplicate, and offer for sale your presentation or a portion thereof by on-demand webcast, MP3, or in other formats now known or later developed. ICLE holds the copyright in the video and in the collected work in which your seminar materials appear.