Professional Certificate
in Legislative Processes

17th - 21st May 2021, London, UK

Agenda

Professional Certificate in Legislative Processes

Day One: Monday

09:00	Registration and Refreshments
09:45	Chair and Delegate’s Introductions Chair’s look ahead to the week Delegates’ introductions, objectives and organisational challenges
10:15	Introduction to Law-Making? Origins of law Types of legislation The Constitution The Rule of Law
11:30	Morning Coffee
11:45	Principles of legislative drafting The role of the draftsman The key skills of the draftsman Key drafting questions Terminology
13:00	Lunch
13:45	Turning policy into legislation Sources of policy How a bill becomes law Stakeholders involved in the legislative process
15:00	Afternoon Tea
15:15	Drafting Instructions The content and form of Drafting Instructions Ethical questions and the legislative process Stakeholders involved in the legislative process
16:15	End of Day Wrap Up and Questions
16:30	Close

Day Two: Tuesday

09:30	Refreshments
09:45	Chair’s Introduction and Delegates’ Recap
10:00	Drafting with clarity Starting points Getting the message across Clarity v accuracy
11:15	Morning Coffee
11:30	Legislative Tools Types of legislative tools Technology and legislation Linguistic Devices
12:45	Lunch
13:30	Sentence Structure The value of short sentences Subject - verb - object Positive v negative / Active v passive Verbs and nouns
14:45	Afternoon Tea
15:00	Language in Legislations Are short sentences the answer? Gender neutrality Positive v negative / Active v passive
16:15	End of Day Wrap Up and Questions
16:30	Close

Day Three: Wednesday

09:30	Refreshments
09:45	Chair’s Introduction and Recap
10:00	Language and style Gender neutral Numbers and dates Consistency
11:15	Morning Coffee
11:30	Facilitated Discussion: Challenges and Constraints to Drafting Legislations
12:45	Lunch
13:45	Visit to the House of Parliament
16:15	End of Day Wrap Up and Questions
16:30	Close

Day Four: Thursday

09:30	Refreshments
09:45	Chair’s Introduction and Recap
10:00	Structuring Legislation Building the basic structure of legislation Types of structure
11:15	Morning Coffee
11:30	Drafting Exercise
12:45	Lunch
13:30	Drafting Exercise cont.
15:00	Afternoon Tea
15:15	Facilitated Feedback
16:15	End of Day Wrap Up and Questions
16:30	Close

Day Five: Friday

09:30	Refreshments
09:45	Chair’s Introduction and Recap
10:00	Amending outdated legislation Types of amendments Turning Bills into legislative amendments Constitutional amendment
11:30	Morning Coffee
11:45	Overview of Chartered Management Institute Assignments and Qualification Structuring a written piece of work for assessment – Generic overview and principles Structuring these two specific pieces of work to demonstrate all the assessment criteria
12:30	Final Discussion and Recap Course recap and discussion Evaluation forms Certificate presentation and group photograph
13:00	Lunch and Close