Module Descriptors
DRAFTING SKILLS
LAWS70670
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 7
1 credits
Contact
Leader: Giles Gater
Email: giles.gater@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities:
Independent Study Hours:
Total Learning Hours:
Pattern of Delivery
- Occurrence B, Stoke Campus, PG Semester 1 to PG Semester 2
Sites
- Stoke Campus
Assessment
- 1 HOUR WRITTEN ASSESSMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Indicative Content
ELEMENT 1: DRAFTING AND AMENDING DOCUMENTS
1. legal, factual and procedural issues
2. legal or other requirements
3. select/adapt, templates/precedents
4. legal conventions
ELEMENT 2: STYLE OF DRAFTING AND AMENDING
1. straightforward language
2. spelling/grammar/syntax/ punctuation
3. consistent, free of ambiguity
4. recitals and definitions
ELEMENT 3: EXPLAINING AND EDITING
1. meaning and effect of basic documents
2. evaluate, review and edit drafting
1. legal, factual and procedural issues
2. legal or other requirements
3. select/adapt, templates/precedents
4. legal conventions
ELEMENT 2: STYLE OF DRAFTING AND AMENDING
1. straightforward language
2. spelling/grammar/syntax/ punctuation
3. consistent, free of ambiguity
4. recitals and definitions
ELEMENT 3: EXPLAINING AND EDITING
1. meaning and effect of basic documents
2. evaluate, review and edit drafting
Module Additional Assessment Details
Assessed in one 1 hour written assessment. Assessed on a competent/not yet competent basis.
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None
Module Texts
Skills manual and on-line resources
Module Resources
Lecture and workshop materials. Blackboard
Module Learning Strategies
Drafting Skills are taught within two designated 1 hour whole group sessions and two designated 2 hour small group sessions. It is also taught pervasively throughout the LPC subjects. Additionally, for students following a blended-learning mode of delivery there will be on-line activities
Web Descriptor
Drafting legal documents is a critical skill for the aspiring lawyer, students get to draft conveyancing documentation, draw detailed plans and understand the implications of precedents and how to adapt them to meet the client's needs.