Volunteering opportunity
Settled is seeking a volunteer trainer with drafting experience to run a short session for their advice volunteers on basic legal drafting skills including structure, clarity and professionalism.
The session would ideally include some 'interactive' elements, for example as asking volunteers to analyse good and bad examples of writing, or to identify the necessary elements of an email, or to correct an example piece of writing.
This session will address writing skills only and not the legal content of letters/emails, so no knowledge of immigration law is necessary.
Time commitment
Settled would like to run the session once or twice per year but if the trainer preferred, the session could be recorded and re-played to new volunteers.
Settled are flexible about the date of the session(s) but ideally they would like it to take place during lunchtime or in the evening. Ideally the session would last for approximately 1 hour (90 minutes maximum).
Person specification
A legal professional with legal drafting skills experience. No knowledge of immigration law is necessary as the session will only address writing / drafting skills rather than legal content.
Next steps
If you are interested in supporting Settled with this request, please contact Rebecca Howell, Head of Clinics Programme at LawWorks: rebecca.howell@lawworks.org.uk