Legal Written Work

What is Required

Depending on the role you are applying for, you will be asked to submit one or more pieces of legal written work for which you have been responsible.  Bearing in mind the role and jurisdiction you are applying to, you should consider how it demonstrates your knowledge of the law, and your skills and competence in the interpretation and application of the law. Please do check the word count for the answers.

Examples of written work could include:

• advice given to clients in the form of letters or memos, opinions or notes; written submissions or other written legal argument;
• reports, opinions, judgments, stated cases or decision letters given in a judicial (courts and tribunals) or similar capacity;
• written advice given internally in a firm or other institutional environment; or
• any other written explanation of the law, and how that applies in the circumstances of a particular case or other factual situation.

The example(s) you choose should be recent and clearly demonstrate the legal competence criteria of the role you are applying to.
Choose your written work carefully, making sure that it is concise and to the point. If your written work contains a lengthy narration of the facts, you should specify in the description which paragraphs contain the analysis and application of the law that you want us to consider.
 

Although we will treat all written work in the strictest confidence, it is imperative that you delete or redact any references to the identity of clients or others in such documents. 
 

You must upload your written work in PDF format. The system will only allow one attachment, therefore you should save all your written work into one PDF document.