Clear legal language now!
Hayley Rogers recently contributed to a conference on clearer legal language hosted by DIFI, the Norwegian Govt department responsible for information and communication. They are spearheading an ambitious project to rewrite 4 key pieces of Norwegian legislation seen as of particular importance to citizens.
Over 200 civil servants and lawyers gathered to hear about the project and the experience of others leading similar initiatives overseas. All of them were keen to learn about our experience and specifically what our research has revealed about users of legislation and clear drafting techniques. They were also very interested to understand what we have tried so far in terms of improving the accessibility of legislation to users.
We hope that our experience will help them to achieve Klart lovsprak na!*
*Norwegian for “clear legal language now!
The Good Law team