Legal Skills

Legal Skills

by Emily Finch (Author), Stefan Fafinski (Author)

Synopsis

Legal Skills encompasses all the academic and practical legal skills essential to the law student in one manageable volume. It is an ideal text for first year law students and is also a valuable resource for those studying law at any level. Clearly structured in three parts, the book covers the full range of legal skills including finding and using legislation, writing essays, answering problem questions, mooting, and more. The book contains many useful features designed to support a truly practical approach to legal skills. Self-test questions and diagrams are set in a user-friendly colour design. Longer activities with step-by-step guidance provide a grounded, 'hands on' experience of tackling a variety of legal skills from using cases to negotiation. Each skill is firmly set in its wider academic and professional context to encourage an integrated approach to the learning of legal skills. Online Resource Centre The book is accompanied by an innovative online resource centre offering a range of resources to support teaching and learning. Video clips of good and bad 'real life' moots in action bring the subject to life for students. Lecturers can track student progress using an online bank of 300 multiple choice questions offering immediate answers and feedback that can be customised and loaded on to the university's VLE.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Edition: 2
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 14 May 2009

ISBN 10: 0199554404
ISBN 13: 9780199554409

Author Bio

Dr. Emily Finch is a Lecturer in Law at Brunel University. She is an experienced lecturer and teacher of legal skills, criminal law, criminology, criminal justice and evidence and has written extensively for undergraduate law students. She won an award for Teaching Excellence at the University of Reading in 2003 and was also nominated in the 'Rising Star' category of the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme of the Higher Education Academy. In 2003 she led a team to victory in the National Client Interviewing Competition of England and Wales who went on to represent England and Wales in the international final. She is an accomplished author and has published extensively in the areas of stalking, drug-assisted rape and identity fraud.
Stefan Fafinski has written extensively for undergraduate law students and was formerly a law lecturer at University of Leeds, University of East Anglia and Middlesex University. He has published a number of articles in a broad range of academic and practitioner journals on technological and legal issues. He won the 2006 British Association Joseph Lister Award for his work on computer misuse. He also undertakes expert witness work for the legal profession.