Legal writing is the backbone of the legal profession. It is a critical skill that justifies proper consideration in the legal education curriculum. However, until the introduction of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) in undergraduate degree programmes by the Nigerian Universities Commission, legal writing was not given prominence in the legal education curriculum. It was only taught in skeletal form as part of the legal research methodology curriculum for postgraduate programmes. With the introduction of English for Legal Writing as a core course in the legal education curriculum for undergraduate degree programmes in Nigerian universities, there is need for standard teaching and learning material on legal writing for both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. It is against this backdrop that this paper examines the types and structure of legal writing. In particular, it examines the types of legal writing and the development of legal arguments using various predictive and persuasive paradigms with practical examples. It also examines the structure of legal writing using review articles and research articles as case studies.