Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Understand the fundamental differences between administrative drafting and legal drafting

Draft administrative procedures and decisions

Draft legal sentences: status and legal ruling

Principles of legal drafting and the objectives of the legal drafter

Legal interpretation and analysis

Technical and legal structure of legal rules

Understand what to consider in drafting and what not to do

Evaluate and review the final drafting of legal documents

Principles of good legal drafting

Apply the rules and methods of legal drafting in a comprehensive manner

Methodology

This course utilizes a variety of group discussions along with individual and group exercises. A number of written exercises will also be used throughout the course.

Target Audiences

Legal advisors, legal department employees, and lawyers in government and private institutions, as well as candidates for these positions

Directors of legal departments, administrative affairs, and personnel affairs

Members of legal departments

Legal researchers in various entities

Legal advisors in specialized agencies and offices

Target Competencies

Drafting letters

Linguistic proofreading

Writing in simplified English

Understanding legal terminology

Legal writing practices