8.1 Introduction

This chapter provides some advice on writing law reform submissions. These are documents that argue that particular changes to the law ought to be made. This is another common form of assessment in law school.

In this chapter we cover:

• the nature of law reform
• the nature and role of law reform submissions
• law reform submissions as a form of assessment
• writing on your own behalf or on behalf of an organisation
• what format should your law reform submission take
• what should go into a law reform submission.