LN992     
Academic Writing Skills for Law

This information is for the 2025/26 session.

Course Convenor

Requisites

Additional requisites:

For students from the department of Law who are interested in learning more about academic writing to assist with coursework.

The course aims to develop the ability to write more effectively for academic purposes. By the end of the course, students will: (a) be familiar with the conventions of academic writing (b) have improved the accuracy, clarity and coherence of their written English c) have become more familiar with the structure of arguments in legal texts and have practised clear organisation of texts and appropriate paragraphing; (d) have extended their range of lexical and grammatical expression and (e) be able to evaluate their own writing.

9 hours of classes in the Autumn Term.

Classes will be in Weeks 2-5 and Weeks 7-11 of AT. Tutorials will be available in the Week 6 Reading Week.