“Like many people in many trades and professions – authors, journalists, advertising copywriters, politicians, priests and others – the legislative draftsman, is, or must aim to be, a craftsman in the use of language. It has sometimes been said that words are the tools of his trade but this metaphor is unacceptable. Words are more than this. They are the raw material with which the draftsman works, inextricably bound up with his thought processes and quite lacking in the passivity, stability and fixity of purpose recognised in a chisel or a hammer.” (Thornton, Legislative Drafting)
Designed by Professor Keith Patchett, Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Wales in Cardiff, and facilitated by Roger Rose, formerly First Parliamentary Counsel in Kenya, this programme will put great emphasis on the individual development of your practical skills as a legislative drafter, and equip you with the means and knowledge required for the effective drafting of legislation.
Centred on twice-weekly exercises that gradually increase in scope and complexity, this highly practical and world-renowned programme will provide you with the opportunity to put into tangible effect, the techniques and knowhow of legislative preparation that have been introduced in class seminars.