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Commonwealth Legislative Drafting distance training programme.
Drafting abilities certainly come with experience. However, in many parts of the Commonwealth, the only drafting training junior staff get is of the impromptu variety at the office, with widely varying levels of senior support. Providing full time, formal training has a hefty overseas education price tag many governments are increasingly unwilling or unable to afford. A distance education course on the side while staff keeps their day jobs up, and consequently costs to the government down, is a likely cost-effective alternative. Recognizing this, The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) began developing a distance-training programme for legislative drafters in 1992, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat's Legal and Constitutional Affairs Division (ComSec).
