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Moving from lectures to transactional learning: simulating probate
simulation replaced six face to face probate lectures, with students working in groups of four or five as firms of solicitors on a case study simulating the process of dealing with the estate of a deceased individual. The simulation was supported by a virtual environment as real…
An exploratory study into the use of interactive technology to teach law
suggest that some students find attendance at lectures particularly stressful. Nevertheless, resource implications are likely to prohibit moving significantly away from a lecture-based model on the law programme, given its high recruitment. Previous small scale studies in the la…
It's Land Law, Captain, but not as we know it: using drama to enhance large group learning
storytelling, role play and even song can be used in lectures to facilitate learner engagement and make complex material more accessible. Tracey Varnava (UKCLE) reports: I think I am correct in saying that UKCLE has never had a presenter singing to the audience before! Mark an…
Pot luck for students: tutor A or tutor B?
into their own pattern of tutorials and lectures, a handful feel they lack the attention and dedication they deserve. Concerned with the number of student complaints the presenter asked her cohort how they felt about sharing two very different lecturers who interpreted the law…
Learning about law lecturing
bibliography Sections cover the law lecture in context, how lectures can help students learn, preparation and delivery, interactive and experiential learning and using the equipment. A review section outlines how to get feedback on your lectures, including questions and a…
Teaching business students law by virtual means
details her experience introducing video lectures to first year business students studying the English legal system as part of a business law pathway. The motivation for my decision to transfer lectures to video format as the primary mode of delivery was borne out of concerns…
Producing sound recording with Audacity
to record – and re-record – lectures. Many tutors are experimenting with making sound recordings of lectures, freeing up valuable contact time for higher level activities and bringing the advantages of portability and repeatability. (The largest number of my stude…
2007 competition
become a great excuse to not attend the lectures. If law is your passion and truly the course for you, then do not do this. From what I have seen, some people take this course with the thought that a law degree is of great value, but not actually in order for them to work in t…
From traditional lecture to block teaching in EU law: the student and lecturer experience
Bournemouth University). From traditional lectures to block teaching in EU law: the student and lecturer experienceView more presentations from UK Centre for Legal Education. …
General transferable skills: Staffordshire University
critique module offers advice on what to do in lectures, tutorials, assignments and study techniques including time management. All core modules have collaborative learning groups of students. Specific skills Students get the opportunity to practice the following skills;…
Using problem-based learning to teach constitutional and administrative law
with students in dedicated interactive lectures delivered towards the end of the autumn semester. In essence the semester’s work comprises the consideration of three separate problems. Solutions to these problems are developed by students working in groups. These …
What makes a good law lecturer?
viewed below. How do you prepare for your lectures? Do you try to incorporate humour into your lectures? What’s the worst thing a lecturer could do? Do you need to have been a legal practitioner? How was your first experience of being a lecturer? …
Teaching family law
family law – planning the course, lectures, small group teaching, constructing questions, other small group sessions, assessment. Chapter 4: teaching family law at Leeds – course development, advantages and disadvantages of seminar-only delivery, study guides, runn…
The Scottish legal education context
traditional teaching and assessment regimes: lectures, seminars (both used by 98% of respondents) and tutorials (90%) were the commonest methods used, while 77% of staff asked students to carry out presentations essays (96%) and examinations (94%) were easily the commones…
Beyond dead trees and defining the university 'experience'
content. This is still largely delivered via lectures, seminars, tutorials and workshops but increasingly involves a form of e-learning; an approach we’ve come to term ‘blended’. Yet, if we provide lectures via podcasts, would students still choose to physicall…
The voice of law: lessons from practical podcasting experience
relative effectiveness, including recorded lectures, assignment guidance and feedback, module descriptions and student guidance, as well as to examine the pedagogical implications of implementing podcasting within law modules. About MartinMartin Belgrove is Learning Technology…
An introduction to problem-based learning
implications Unit Timetable Week Lectures Seminars 1 problem 1 workshop 2 overview of judicial review 3 problem 1 moot 4 review of problem 1 5 problem 2 workshop …
General transferable skills: University of Essex
barristers’ chambers into court. They receive lectures from members of all branches of the legal profession which give accounts of their day to day lives. The course is assessed by an advocacy exercise, for which training is given, and by a report or an independent vi…
Developing critical thinking: student perspectives
retaining information. They argued that lectures and seminars need to be interactive so they can gain practical experience develops their problem solving skills, favouring the use of practical workshops over lectures. They indicated that the method of teaching impacts on their a…
Leading today's people towards tomorrow's law school
relevant. Using technology to deliver revision lectures in a virtual chat facility was so successful that the number logged on to the system caused it to crash! The feedback was excellent and the module results were good – the key seemed to be that students were comfortabl…
Learning in Law Annual Conference 2008: (Dis)integration...designs on the law curriculum
‘strange opinion’: replacing lectures and integrating i-tutorials – Scott Slorach (College of Law) read report below Responding to expectation? Student perceptions and motivations for studying law – Kathryn Dutton and Philip Hunter (University of Cheste…
Meaningful student engagement? Student perceptions towards voluntary external activities within their legal education.
retaining information. They argued that lectures and seminars need to be interactive so they can gain practical experience develops their problem solving skills, favoring the use of practical workshops over lectures. They indicated that the method of teaching impacts on their at…
Open educational resources in simulation learning
simulated employment exercise | Moving from lectures to transactional learning: simulating probate Simshare was UKCLE’s open educational resources (OER) project, aimed at creating a repository of simulation resources. The project was part of the Academy/JISC Open …
Introduction of sustainability literacy into a company law module
2-3) Pre-requisites: Legal System and Method Cohort: 50 (lectures); 10-20 (tutorial groups) Summary: introduction of sustainability concepts into the study of company models Contact: Nigel Firth, University of Plymouth (e-mail: nigel.firth@plymouth.ac.uk) The company law modu…
Challenging Ginsburg: the clicks and mortar route to education
pre-prepared customised manuals and soundfile lectures, together with worksheets detailing tutorial topics and questions, and periodic assignment questions, in advance for the entire course. There are few permanent staff to pay either, since the high quality specialist lecturers…
Humanising legal education through valuing and nurturing multiple intelligences
addition to directing the skills programme. She lectures and publishes in the fields of legal pedagogy and law and psychology. …
Absorbing the shock: early findings from a project on first year success
of the early experience occurs in large lectures uncertainty regarding workload weighting, assessment criteria and level lack of timely and meaningful feedback on assignments experiencing lack of timely support for disability and dyslexia requirements As is often the w…
General transferable skills: Aston University
foreign guest speakers producing video lectures which students are required to attend. …
Is legal education working?
that the traditional emphasis on didactic lectures and examinations as a form of assessment, based on the behaviourist approach, in fact has very little credibility. Do prevalent learning, teaching and assessment practices actually promote ‘superficial learning’? M…
Portfolio-based learning and assessment in law
skills. It is delivered through a series of lectures and seminars over 13 teaching weeks. It is assessed wholly by portfolio tasks, which, with the exception of the final multiple choice examination, are on a competent/not competent basis. Students are not required to draf…
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