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Effective Legal Writing

A Practical Guide

Nichola Corbett-Jarvis

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English
LexisNexis Butterworths Australia
19 December 2025
This practical, student-focused text introduces writing skills essential for successful study in law and explains how to apply them in a legal context. Although designed for first year law students as they learn key skills for success at law school, it has ongoing relevance throughout law school and beyond. 

Basic literacy, legal literacy and writing skills are explored in a way that is fully integrated into legal content, reflecting current pedagogical best-practice. The text assists students to develop sound legal writing skills, providing a solid foundation to enhance performance in professional legal writing tasks. It includes many examples, case studies and exercises and is supported by extensive online resources for lecturers. 

The fourth edition has been updated throughout and includes considerations about the use of Artificial Intelligence in legal writing.  

Features

Integrates basic literacy, legal literacy and writing skills into working with legal content

Includes many examples, case-studies, questions and exercises

Includes discussion on writing in the digital age

Supports achievement of Australian Teaching and Learning Council (ALTC) threshold learning outcomes (TLO) for law, in particular TLO 5: Communication and collaboration

Extensive lecturer and student resources on Lexis Learning

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Imprint:   LexisNexis Butterworths Australia
Country of Publication:   Australia
Edition:   4th edition
Weight:   2.850kg
ISBN:   9780409360509
ISBN 10:   0409360503
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Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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