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Skills for Law Students Helen Carr

Skills for Law Students By Helen Carr

Skills for Law Students by Helen Carr


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Skills for Law Students is an innovative online resource covering all the skills that law students need to understand and develop during the course of a law degree. It includes clear, practical advice on how to develop key skills as well as over 170 interactive activities to test progress and to help put the theory into practice.

Skills for Law Students Summary

Skills for Law Students by Helen Carr

Do you ever wish you'd made better notes from a lecture? Do you find it difficult to identify the ratio of a case? Do you feel confident about which sources to use in your research and what constitutes plagiarism? Skills for Law Students is an innovative new online resource which covers all of the skills that law students need to understand and develop during the course of their law degree. It includes clear, practical advice on how to develop your skills as well as over 170 interactive activities to test progress and to help put the theory into practice. Skills for Law Students is unique in its approach to the teaching of legal skills. It is an online resource with an accompanying textbook. This innovative approach encourages blended learning and supports flexible learning and self-directed study. Each of the 32 chapters deals with a separate skill. Each chapter contains two key elements: the text providing an overview of what that skill is; why it is important; and how to develop it and interactive activities which enable students to understand the topic better; to put the skills into practice; and to self-study and receive immediate feedback on their progress. www.oxfordinteract. com/lawskills Key features Interactive activities The site contains over 170 interactive activities which are designed to help students understand the topics better; to put the skills into practice; and to self-study and receive immediate feedback on their progress. There is a wide variety of activity types, including multiple choice; complete a flowchart; identify keywords; and true/false. Video recordings There are over 50 video recordings throughout the site for you to watch. These will not only add more variety and interest to your learning; they will also enable you to see good and bad practice of some of the more practical skills (such as presentation skills and mooting). The video clips also show you current law students and legal practitioners reflecting on the skills they have developed and the skills which are key to their careers. Reflective diary At various points throughout the site you will be encouraged to reflect upon something you have just read or done. You can then click on the reflective diary link (which appears on every page) to log your thoughts. This could then feed into your personal development plan at university. Hyperlinked glossary We have provided definitions for any words or phrases we think you might not be familiar with. Simply hover over the word to see the definition before continuing with your reading. Cross references Whatever you undertake in your studies, you will realise that a combination of different skills are required for most tasks. Some skills are very closely related to others and we highlight links between topics throughout the resource with numerous hyperlinked cross-references. This will enable you to navigate your way around the site and to see how various topics interlink. Your scores Your scores are recorded on the 'my scores' page. This page will be updated every time you complete an activity and you can re-take the activities as many times as you like. Why not use this page to evaluate where your strengths and weaknesses lie and which areas you may want to focus on for development? Activating an account Access to the online site is via a unique access code which is printed in a sealed card inside every book.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; I. STUDY SKILLS; 2. Managing your time; 3. Writing good English; 4. Taking notes; 5. Working in groups; 6. Contributing to seminars and tutorials; 7. Avoiding plagiarism; 8. Thinking critically; 9. Thinking creatively; 10. Reflecting on your work; II. RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL SKILLS; 11. Embarking on research; 12. Using a law library; 13. Sources of law; 14. Citing legal authorities; 15. Using law books; 16. Using legal journals; 17. Using legal databases; 18. Using reference materials; III. LEGAL METHOD; 19. Reading statutes and the legislative process; 20. Understanding judicial interpretation of statutes; 21. Reading cases I: the basics; 22. Reading cases II: the rule of precedent and the opertation of ratio decidendi; 23. Reading cases III: developing a strategy for reading judgments; 24. Reading cases IV: a complex case; IV. ACADEMIC AND ASSESSMENT SKILLS; 25. Writing essays; 26. Writing extended essays and dissertations; 27. Anwering problem questions; 28. Revising for and succeding in exams; V. PRACTICAL SKILLS; 29. Making presentations; 30. Mooting; 31. Interviewing; 32. Negotiating and alternative dispute resolution; Glossary; Key abbreviations; Index

Additional information

GOR003243714
9780199532193
0199532192
Skills for Law Students by Helen Carr
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
20090903
552
N/A
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