About the Centre and facilities

The Ian Malkin Centre for Legal Academic Skills is the hub for student support and resources relating to legal writing, legal research and study skills.

About the Centre

We have a virtual presence by way of this website and we can be found in person if you come to our offices on the third floor of the Law Library - come through the main entrance and look to your right for the glassed-in area with the sign Ian Malkin Centre for Legal Academic Skills.

Our team

  • Dr Chantal Morton (legal writing and academic skills workshops and individual consultations)
  • Samantha Hinderling (legal writing advisor)
  • Johanns Commins (legal writing advisor)
  • Toerien van Wyk (legal writing advisor)
  • Cassandra Seery (legal research advisor)

Programs

The Centre runs several programs designed to facilitate your professional and academic development with respect to study, research and writing skills.

We run workshops for JD students on:

  • legal research and writing;
  • study skills;
  • professionalism;
  • teamwork skills; and
  • a bootcamp for practice skills before you graduate.

We run workshops for MLM students on:

  • the fundamentals of legal research and writing for students from civil-law and non-law backgrounds;
  • advanced legal research; and
  • advanced legal writing clinics.

We run workshops for GRD students on:

  • planning and structuring a dissertation; and
  • editing a dissertation.

Booking a consultation

You can book an appointment with someone in the Centre to discuss drafts of essays and academic skills.

How to book