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Why our approach to student engagement might be determined by our answer to the question: is law merely a business?
with student (and lawyer) motivation and engagement in legal education (and practice). We have observed from our practice that legal clinic and pro-bono projects are effective educational motivators. Students (and lawyers) are susceptible to the attraction of professional s…
Mismatches between student expectations and reality: a problem for student engagement
that such mismatches work against student engagement in a multitude of ways. Given the significance of good student engagement for success in higher education, the implications for universities such as LSBU must be examined. Particular focus was given to the mismatches between s…
Meaningful student engagement? Student perceptions towards voluntary external activities within their legal education.
experiences that lead to meaningful student engagement and critical thinking skills. As Nurse (2010) notes in his research into the development of critical thinking amongst students: Focus groups undertaken so far indicate that students favor the use of practical teaching a…
Opportunities for interaction: improving student engagement in the law school setting
the issue of how we can improve student engagement. Presentation Short biographies of panel members Bonnie McAlister is currently at Elon University School of law, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. Prior to joining the Elon faculty, McAlister was a faculty member a…
Indebted to the experience: community engagement and the inspired law student
contributors | abstract | presentation | biographies Contributors Susan Prince (University of Exeter) Format Paper presentation Abstract This paper considers how a law school can create innovative and engaged learning opportunities for students to both…
Use of reflection as a method of improving student engagement
improve their learning experience and their engagement with the course. It was also intended to encourage students to relate their learning at this early stage to skills required in legal practice and to enable students to start early in self-recording evidence of skills develop…
The focus on skills for improving students’ engagement: the Tuning educational structures approach
contributors | abstract | presentation | biographies | posters Contributors Maria Pilar Canedo Arrillaga, Luis Gordillo Pérez, Paula Comellas and Naiara Arriola Echaniz (University of Deusto) Format Paper and poster presentation Abstract 1. Contextual…
What do employers want?
Employer preferences and engagement in legal education What do employers expect – and what do they want – when the take on a law graduate? Julian Webb, UKCLE Director, put together a review of the research evidence, summarised here, for the Higher Education Academy’s pro…
An exploratory study into the use of interactive technology to teach law
(clickers) in enhancing lecture interactivity, engagement and ultimately progression in a large year one LLB cohort. The session was blogged on Zeugma. Catherine (now Easton) presented a later version of the paper at BILETA 2009, subsequently published in JILT 2009 (3) as An e…
Back to the blackboard? Learning how to learn and teach in the ‘shifting sands’ of technology
student enthusiasm about collaboration and engagement and neutrality about technology. We saw that our focus must shift to articulate our implicit teaching practice, to identify the best of it and to find a way of sharing and coordinating this across the programme. For staff use…
Images of law, law schools and legal education
One influential factor on positive student engagement is a good match between student, course and institution from the outset. The literature on retention and non-completion (especially the work of Mantz Yorke) cites wrong choice of course, institution and location as three sign…
Tuning in not zoning out: teaching students legal skills via a multimedia learning hub
Rowlands, 2008). The depth of the student engagement with resources is in question, with Brabazon (2008), suggesting only surface learning is taking place, and Nicholas Carr (2010), who in his latest work looks at the effect of the internet on the brain, concurring by stating th…
Engaging students through electronic voting – clickers and mobile phone systems
has been shown that EVS increases student engagement in the classroom environment and enhances learning. EVS is becoming increasingly popular within the disciplines of science, information technology, and maths. Within the social sciences there is less use and within law only sp…
Developing research skills
integration, application, teaching, and engagement). The LLM/Diploma in Legal Practice fits particularly well into this model – a key outcome of the course is to develop a “critical awareness of the factors which shape legal practice in (a) chosen area of practice…
A few of my favourite things: three rules of thumb for module design informed by self-determination theory
specifically designed to encourage student engagement through an approach that encourages student reflection upon personal values it makes sense to give attention to factors that psychological research has indicated can improve student motivation and well-being. If successful su…
Access to legal work experience and its role in the (re)production of legal professional identity
factors are likely to shape direct employer engagement in the undergraduate curriculum? In the second year of the project, the two cohorts of students will be tracked into their third year. Questionnaire surveys will be conducted with both cohorts towards the end of the firs…
The personalisation of the curriculum: the Programme Overview Browser on the City Law School Bar Professional Training Course
case analysis, written and interpersonal engagements, together with the deliberate vagueness of instructions on tasks help to immerse students into the complexity of professionals’ work.See Schön, DA (1993) The Reflective Practitioner – How Professionals Think in Action. Ba…
Understanding good teaching: what do students say?
contributors | abstract | presentation | biographies Contributors Jessica Guth and Edward Mowlam (University of Bradford) Format Paper presentation Abstract This paper reports on the first phase of an empirical research project examining the idea of ‘…
Enhancing and promoting student skills: pro bono and CV development
contributors | abstract | presentation | biographies | paper Contributors Lydia Bleasdale-Hill and Paul Wragg (University of Leeds) Format Paper presentation Abstract This paper discusses the extent to which students engaged in extra-curricular activit…
The firm as a new actor in legal education: implications for lawyers' identity formation
James Faulconbridge and Andrew Cook (Lancaster University) presented insights from empirical research into the way lawyers’ identities are formed by regulated education and also increasingly by law firms. James and Andrew’s slides are embedded below, and you can…
Facing the challenges of transition to legal education while engaging the learner
In her paper Alison Bone (University of Brighton) discussed some of the issues involved in successful transition into legal education, addressing in particular those aspects which can result in students deciding to leave the course. Alison’s slides are embedded below.…
Multilateral negotiations as a forum for student role play
In his paper Darren Calley (University of Essex) described a series of student workshops which have proved successful in getting first year students to participate in class. The session was blogged on Zeugma. Can role play in a slightly less formal than normal environment…
Can portfolios support learning and assessment of substantive law?
obliges students to provide evidence of engagement with the course or module as a process of learning, not just engagement with the assessment. Example A portfolio for a substantive law course could include: notes and evidence of reading (for example a bibliography or p…
Funding & other support
Sustainable Development (ESD) and/or Student Engagement. Student Engagement for this purpose is defined as any activity in which students are working as active partners in shaping their learning experience. The current call has now closed (closing date 25 November 2010). Thank …
How do you encourage use?
However, this does not lead to productive engagement and is for the most part not going to be true! Including discussion board activities as part of the required format for a module – as in the ‘e-tivity’ example described above – means the students wil…
Chair's report: Kim Everett
expectations and reality: a problem for student engagement This paper firstly identified mismatches between student expectations and reality as a possible cause of lack of student engagement and secondly sought to explore ways in the problem might be resolved. These mismatche…
Chair's report: Sefton Bloxham
Education) Opportunities for interaction: improving student engagement in the law school setting Bonnie McAlister‘s presentation provided a very interesting illustration of how the law programme at Elon University, USA, develops students’ leadership, communication and p…
An evaluation of the effectiveness of problem based learning as a method of engaging year one law students
Abstract Student engagement is the product of motivation and active learning. It is a product rather than a sum because it will not occur if either element is missing. — Elizabeth F. Barkley (2010) T…
Employability and work-related learning in legal education
in exploring employability and employer engagement? UKCLE supports the development and dissemination of innovative approaches to learning and teaching law by providing seedcorn funding – if you would like to investigate, evaluate or develop academic practice in these emerg…
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From Northumbria to Bologna: Alternative routes to qualification in law
The professional bodies are aiming to encourage alternative and more flexible routes to qualification as a lawyer. Employers in general are becoming more vociferous about the expectations that they have of graduates. Law schools, in the light of increasing student numbers and dwi...…
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