The text language is connected to:

• To whom you are writing the text: Who is you your audience determines the language you use.
• The objective of the text: In legal writing the objectives are more obvious (cf. slide 5)
NB. It is a di erent task when you’re writing for a judge compared to when you write a thesis that will be graded. It’s
a combination of two above elements.

Treating with feedback:

• Be humble
• If your work has been understanded wrongly, assume that you did not explain your ideas in enough details. Next
tiem, try to be more explicit and precise about your ideas to prevent the occurance of these misunderstandings.

How to use assumptions:

• Always be clear enough about your assumptions: The part in approach or methodology is a good place to make
your assumptions clear.

*** Assessment criteria (cf. slide 8)

**** Originality tricks (cf. slide 8):

• Old problem, but with new ‘scene’
• Problem by negation (using opposite of what has been written)
• Old problem, new subject

Transferring the thesis to a journal article and/or a Ph.D thesis:

• Formulate the research question as original as possible
• Discuss the thought of further publication with the thesis supervisor in the very early stages of your research. (S)he
can then take this idea in consideration when guiding you in structuring your thesis
• For Ph.D speci cally: Originality and publicability matters, but consider funding options and the country you want
to conduct your Ph.D

• Each argumentation is usually a separate paragraph. If your paragraphs are short, either your argumentations are
weak or your structure is wrong. Try to combine paragraphs, BUT make sure they can be combined.

• Lack of footnotes for further explanation and references, or further sentences in the text (cf. slide 18)

*** To avoid dealing with methodology you can cite a few articles in the footnote that used the same method you
want to implement.