How To Write Better Law Essays: Tools and techniques for success in exams and assignments - Softcover

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Steve Foster is Principal Lecturer at Coventry Law School, where he has taught legal skills for over 30 years and where he runs courses on legal writing and research.

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'If students want to write better essays, then this book will certainly assist. Its guidance will have a very good effect on their writing skills and they will see this reflected in their grades.'

David Hodgkinson, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Derby

'This book helps students to feel empowered rather than daunted. It provides examples with detailed essay answers and evaluations that are easily comprehended and written in a highly approachable style.'

Selina Watts, Lecturer in Law, University of East Anglia

How to Write Better Law Essays is your indispensable guide to succeeding in written law assessments, helping you to research, write and present assignments with the precision and clarity required to achieve the best grades at degree level.

This fourth edition provides:

-    Coverage of all the main types of undergraduate law assessment;

-    Annotated sample writing with commentary to help you understand what makes a strong piece of written work and how to avoid common pitfalls;

-    Example boxes that show how to apply the principles discussed to your own writing;

-    Advice on analytical and critical writing skills, legal reasoning and legal research.

This book is an invaluable companion to those studying law as part of an LLB programme, a GDL course, a joint-honours degree or a professional qualification such as CILEx.

Steve Foster is Principal Lecturer at Coventry Law School, where he has taught legal skills for over 30 years and where he runs courses on legal writing and research. He is the author of Human Rights and Civil Liberties, also published by Pearson.