Legal Writing : A Complete Guide to a Career in Law

Legal Writing: A Complete Guide for a Career in Law is the successor to the legal writing part of Legal Research and Writing in New Zealand. This new, comprehensive volume is an essential companion for those seeking a career in law. The easy to follow content not only addresses and demonstrates legal writing for the law student and law practitioner but also places this in a context of progression from entering university as a law student, undertaking professional legal training, seeking employment and working as a lawyer.

Legal Writing: A Complete Guide for a Career in Law includes chapters on:

This brand new guide has been written by an experienced author team under the general editorship of Richard Scragg, one of the authors of the original Legal Research and Writing in New Zealand. Each contributor brings expertise and a practical understanding of their subject to both academic and professional environments. It will serve its readers from the day they enrol in first-year law right through their first years as law practitioners.