ELEMENT 1: APPROPRIATE USE OF MEDIA
1. e-mails, letters, memoranda
2. appropriate medium, form and style
3. tailor communication

ELEMENT 2: WRITING STYLE
1. accurate, straightforward and modern language
2. spelling/grammar/syntax/ punctuation
3. relevant information
4. structure and format
5. checked and edited.

ELEMENT 3: CONTENT
1. advances the matter
2. legal and factual issues, costs, benefits and risks
3. clients' objectives and priorities,
4. appropriate records
5. client care matters
6. professional conduct issues
7. future action

Taught within one designated 1 hour whole group session and two x 2 hour workshop sessions. Also taught pervasively throughout the LPC. Additionally, for students following a blended-learning mode of delivery there will be on-line activities.

Assessment by a 1.5 hour written assessment in the context of Wills and Administration of Estates. Assessed on a competent/not yet competent basis.

Lecture and workshop materials, Blackboard and Library resources

Skills manual and on-line resources

1. DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRINCIPLES AND CRITERIA THAT UNDERPIN GOOD PERFORMANCE IN THIS SKILL BY EVALUATING COMPLEX ISSUES SYSTEMATICALLY AND SHOWING AN ABILITY TO ANALYSE AND SYNTHESISE THE INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE ATTAINED.
Knowledge & Understanding

2. UNDERSTAND METHODS OF COMMUNICATION AND BE ABLE TO CHOOSE AND TAILOR THE COMMUNICATION FORM AND STYLE TO SUIT THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMUNICATION AND NEEDS OF DIFFERENT RECIPIENTS AND TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY AND RELEVANTLY.
Analysis

3. DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE IN WRITING AND DRAFT AND AMEND DOCUMENTS IN A FORM, STYLE AND TONE APPROPRIATE FOR THE RECIPIENTS AND THE CONTEXT
Analysis

4. DEMONSTRATE ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND DEMONSTRATE SELF-DIRECTION AND AN ASSUMPTION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN WORK AND PREPARATION
Problem Solving

5. UNDERSTAND THE PRACTICAL, COMMERCIAL AND PERSONAL CONSIDERATIONS WHICH SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
Commercial Awareness and Professionalism

6. DEMONSTRATE A SYSTEMATIC UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE ISSUES ARISING AND SHOW AN ABILITY TO COMBINE THAT UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS WITH APPROPRIATE ADVICE OR RESPONSE
Knowledge & Understanding

7. DISPLAY ORIGINALITY, WHERE APPROPRIATE AND NECESSARY, IN SOLVING PROBLEMS
Problem Solving

8. IDENTIFY AND ASSESS AND APPROPRIATELY DEAL WITH RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT ISSUES Commercial Awareness and Professionalism

9. DEMONSTRATE SENSITIVITY TO ISSUES OF CULTURE, DIVERSITY AND DISABILITY IN COMMUNICATION WITH CLIENTS, COLLEAGUES AND OTHERS
Communication

10. DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO USE THE SKILLS IN COMBINATION WHERE APPROPRIATE.
Application

The Solicitors Regulation Authority demand students have a standard of letter writing appropriate for legal professional. Writing skills are taught throughout the workshops in all subjects and assessed in the context of a real client scenario arising in Wills and Administration of Estates.