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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alison C" data-source="post: 83907" data-attributes="member: 3943">Exactly. For each section where you consider it relevant, you just do a short few sentences summarising your approach and/or findings. That way a busy person can know your thinking before they have to look through your reasoning. It keeps it accessible and efficient, and if you do it after the main activity it will crystallize your own thoughts before you proofread.'I've addressed these issues by presenting a bullet-pointed list of my findings, which lead me to suggest that.....""The X Press is known for blah blah and I've reflected that in my answer, keeping the tone polite but firm, and noting that there is already funding for this ...." (those are not great examples but you can see what I mean).Remember, the idea is that you are working for Ministers. They are really busy people. Your role is to advise them what is legal and what is not, though they can still ignore you (think Prorogation). As long as you've told them clearly what the legal position is, they can decide how close to the wind they want to sail. You have to clearly express what the data (in the table you may have been given in your exercise) shows, and why that's important for this town in Yorkshire/N Ireland/Cornwall. Which category does it actually fall in? What does that mean, now that it has just stopped getting its development funding? How might the decision impact ongoing local projects, such as HS2? You can explain how defining something in one category rather than another might have implications they haven't previously considered.Govt lawyers also draft legislation. Sometimes they have to publish updates or improvements, all of which need to be properly worded and be approved by Parliament. But, for example, you could be asked how to improve on a piece of legislation or to update it post-pandemic. Is the legislation fit for purpose? Does it no longer work for some reason, that can be assessed and modified? How can you suggest it might be improved on?Govt lawyers also make statements. Whenever you read 'a govt spokesperson said that....', even if it's been written by PR, it will have to be approved by Legal. So you have to be aware of the press's agenda. Also note conflicts of interest - I think in my task I had to advise on some lobbying by a newspaper, and there was a hint that some MP's cousin was involved or something??But really, don't worry too much about the written task, just read it really carefully and think about the issues I've tried to touch on. Make sure you don't just think about London. Know a little about the NI protocol. Know that even though it's political, it can't be political.  Etc etc....Enjoy!</blockquote>

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