Effective Legal Writing

This practical, student-focused text introduces writing skills essential for successful study in law and explains how to apply them in a legal context. Although designed for first year law students as they learn key skills for success at law school, it has ongoing relevance throughout 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 sound legal writing skills, providing a solid foundation to enhance performance in professional legal writing tasks. It includes many examples, case studies and exercises and is supported by extensive online resources for lecturers. 

The fourth edition has been updated throughout and includes considerations about the use of Artificial Intelligence in legal writing.  

Features

• Integrates basic literacy, legal literacy and writing skills into working with legal content

• Includes many examples, case-studies, questions and exercises

• Includes discussion on writing in the digital age

• Supports achievement of Australian Teaching and Learning Council (ALTC) threshold learning outcomes (TLO) for law, in particular TLO 5: Communication and collaboration

• Extensive lecturer and student resources on Lexis Learning

Related Titles

• Butt, Legal Usage: A Modern Style Guide

• Talbot-Stokes, Nemes and Coss' Effective Legal Research, 9th edition

• Hamer et al, Laying Down the Law, 12th edition

• Meehan & Tulloch, LexisNexis Guides: Grammar for Lawyers, 3rd edition

• Stuhmcke, LexisNexis Guides: Legal Referencing, 5th edition