Book Description

Effective Legal Writing: A Practical Guide introduces law students to essential writing skills and explains how they are applied in a legal context. It is designed as a course book for first year law students with ongoing relevance as a resource in subsequent years at law school and beyond. Basic literacy, legal literacy and writing skills are explored in a way that is fully integrated into legal content, reflecting current pedagogical best-practice. The text assists students to develop their legal writing skills in their first year of law study and supports their transition to university life. The book also provides a useful reference for ongoing development as students progress through their degree and face a wide variety of legal writing tasks. The skills developed by this text will provide a solid foundation to enhance performance in professional legal writing. The text contains various examples, case-studies, questions and exercises in addition to a range of online ancillary materials designed for both lecturers and students. This review was first published in ETHOS oÂeÂ" ACT Law Society Journal Issue 235 - March 2015 Features oÂeo Basic literacy, legal literacy and writing skills are explored in a way that is fully integrated into legal content oÂeo Contains many examples, case-studies, opportunities for revision, questions and exercises oÂeo Contributes the achievement of the attributes identified by the Australian Teaching and Learning Council (ALTC) threshold learning outcomes (TLO) for law, in particular TLO 5: Communication and collaboration oÂeo Extensive suite of lecturer and student online ancillary resources Related LexisNexis Titles Bott and Talbot-Stokes, Nemes and Coss' Effective Legal Research, 5th ed, 2012 Meehan & Tulloch, LexisNexis Guides: Grammar for Lawyers, 3rd ed, 2013 Stuhmcke, Lexis Nexis Guides: Legal Referencing, 4th ed, 2013