This week’s topics
Planning and Structuring Legal Assignments
- Legal essay structures
- Problem question techniques using IRAC
- Breaking down assignment briefs
- Drafting conclusions and balanced arguments
- How to write a law essay - Basic essay structure
- How to Structure Law Essays to Get a First
- Interpreting project briefs
What you will be able to do
- 3.1 Plan and structure various types of legal assignments.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: plan and structure various types of legal assignments.
Study materials
Videos
- How to write a law essay - Basic essay structure · YouTube · Critical Law Tips · 7 min · for registered students
- How to Structure Law Essays to Get a First · YouTube · 1stClassLLB · 5 min · for registered students
- Interpreting project briefs · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 4 (GCSE level) · for registered students
Further resources
- Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
- Writing Guide with Handbook, ch. 10.5: Writing process – creating a position argument · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 327–342 · for registered students
- Training writing skills: A cognitive developmental perspective · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
