LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

Overview

Effective individual and organisational performance requires conducive legal environments, supported by reliable legal documents. Legal functionaries saddled with the responsibility of producing and providing the documents need to know and apply the principles underlying the production of the documents. This course has been structured to teach the participants contemporary principles of legal drafting.

Who to Attend

Legal Directors, Legal Officers and Legal Advisers of organisations and Para-Legal Staff involved in the production of legal documents.

Objectives

The objectives of the course are, to:

1. Introduce participants to contemporary principles of legal drafting.
2. Encourage participants to imbibe and be guided by the principles in the discharge of their duties after the course.

Outline

• The Nature and Types of Legal Documents.
• Rules of General Correspondence.
• Principles of Legal Drafting.
• Plain (English) Language in Legal Drafting.
• Planning Letters and Documents.
• Brevity, Concision, and Accuracy.
• Negotiating and Recording Deals.
• Structuring and Writing Contracts.
• Legal Writing in Civil Practice.
• Writing for Publication.
• Judicial Writing.
• Legal Writing in Complex criminal Trials.
• Practical Drafting of Documents.
• Use of ICT in Legal Writing.

Booking Information

Fee: £ 2,597