Profession legislative drafter

Legislative drafters research pieces of legislations and edit them in order to make them stronger and more clear. Rarely they also add new ideas which have never been incorporated into a law or a bill before.

Personality Type

• Social / Enterprising

Knowledge

• Legislation procedure

  The procedures involved in the making of laws and legislation, such as which organisations and individuals are involved, the process of how bills become laws, the proposal and reviewing process, and other steps in the legislation procedure.

• Legal research

  The methods and procedures of research in legal matters, such as the regulations, and different approaches to analyses and source gathering, and the knowledge on how to adapt the research methodology to a specific case to obtain the required information.

• Public law

  The part of law which governs relationships between individuals and the government, and the relationships between individuals which concern society directly.

• Constitutional law

  The regulations dealing with the fundamental principles or established precedents which govern a state or organisation.

Skills

• Structure information

  Organise information using systematic methods such as mental models and according to given standards in order to facilitate user information processing and understanding with respect to the specific requirements and characteristics of the output media.

• Analyse legislation

  Analyse the existing legislation from a national or local government in order to assess which improvements could be made and which items of legislation could be proposed.

• Provide written content

  Communicate information in written form via digital or print media according to the needs of the target group. Structure the content according to specifications and standards. Apply grammar and spelling rules.

• Draft legislation

  Undertake the drafting of pieces of legislation in order to make areas of law which need reform more harmonized and clear.

• Use communication techniques

  Apply techniques of communication which allow interlocutors to better understand each other and communicate accurately in the transmission of messages.

• Provide legal advice

  Provide advice to clients in order to ensure that their actions are compliant with the law, as well as most beneficial for their situation and specific case, such as providing information, documentation, or advice on the course of action for a client should they want to take legal action or legal action is taken against them.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB