Join barrister Paul McDonald for a 2-part in-person workshop to hone your legal drafting skills for litigation matters. Held over two half days at the Law Society, attendees will have the opportunity to learn in a small group environment and put their knowledge into practice with drafting activities. 

Day 1 Drafting Affidavits 
The first part of the course will focus on drafting affidavits that accurately and effectively represent your witness’s evidence in writing. The session will explore best-practice tips for drafting affidavits, including referencing documents and incorporating the current guidelines for expressing conversations in affidavits. Practical exercises will include drafting parts of affidavits to comply with current best practice, and re-drafting affidavit evidence to avoid common errors. 

Day 2 Written Advocacy 
The second part of this course will give you an enhanced understanding of drafting and structuring submissions and help you to apply the relevant rules and procedures to your drafting. During this session you will critique submissions, look at ways to plan submissions, and practice drafting submissions. Although the course will focus heavily on written submissions, you will learn drafting skills that you can apply across any type of written advocacy. 

Please note there is pre-course work required prior to attending the Day 2 workshop. This should take most people approximately 30-60 minutes. 

Places are limited, so register now.