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NCSL Legislative Video Resource Center

The NCSL Video Resource Center is a collection of recorded webinars accessible for on-demand learning.

Professional Skills

LSPA and RELACS Webinar: Professional Writing for the Public Sector

May 17, 2025

LSPA and RELACS Webinar: The Secret Grammar of Elegant Statutes

May 21, 2025

Writing for a Legislative Audience

Using Rules as Tools

Get a basic understanding of legislative rules of procedure, why you need to know about them, and why they are a building block of legislative institutions. Hear responses to frequently asked questions about the rules, who can answer them and where else you can turn for guidance.

The Art of Legislative Negotiation

Traditional business and legal negotiation practices have centered on an oppositional, zero-sum game approach that seeks clear winners and losers. But negotiation in the legislative realm is different in many ways, with multiple stakeholders, complex interests and both policy and political considerations to balance. In this workshop, legislators will learn to identify their primary interests, and the interests of their negotiating partner, develop creative options to circumvent roadblocks, preserve relationships with their negotiating partners for future interactions and more. The goal of this training is to develop the skills and creativity necessary to engage in successful negotiation practices that produce more optimal outcomes.

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