Legal Academic Skills Centre Workshops

Workshop Series: Legal Analysis and Skills for Writing Essays and Exams

Topics include:

1.Strategies for reading legal materials

2.Critical engagement with your material and taking effective notes to prepare for class discussion, exams, and essays

3.Reading case law

4.Reading case law continued

5.Common law legal reasoning

6.Strategies for Writing Legal Research Papers – setting a research question and structuring your argument

7.Paraphrasing and referencing (Footnotes)

8.Weaving your sources into your document

9.Formatting your document according to the Australian Guide to Legal Citation

10.Preparing for weekend take-home exams and writing an answer to a hypothetical problem

You need to register if you want to attend.

Information on dates and registration links are in our Canvas community.

Writing Camp

8-Session Series

The new and improved (I hope!) Writing Camp runs every winter and summer.

Each session includes an opportunity to socialise with your colleagues, an explanation of a grammar principle and how it is important for clear legal writing, and an opportunity to practice and get some feedback.

Topics:

• • modifiers (how to use them and where to put them)
  • active and passive voice (and when to use these techniques)
  • pronouns and referents/antecedents
  • indefinite and definite articles
  • nominalisations
  • Subject-verb agreement
  • concise writing
  • persuasive writing