VdAcademia sponsors Clarity 2010. The event in Lisbon took place between the 12^th and the 14^th October, and brought together experts on clear writing, information

designers and lawyers from all over the world. The aim of this movement is to discuss ways through which to clarify legal and public language. The conference aimed at alerting the Portuguese and international society for clearer writing as a means to reach better efficiency, namely in public and legal areas.

Speaking at the conference were, among others, State Secretary of the Ministers Council Presidency, João Tiago Silveira and Eleanor Sharpston, General lawyer at the European Court of Justice.