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Reasons why law students should have access to learning law through a skills-based approach

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posted on 2023-06-09, 20:56 authored by Juliet Turner, Alison Bone, Jeanette Ashton
The Legal Education and Training Review identified gaps in law students’ key skills development and this paper considers how skills training in three key areas of mooting, negotiation and client interviewing can bemaximised so that law students have a sense of themselves as lawyer as well as law student from the beginning of their legal education. The research identifies numerous benefits to learning law through skillsbased activities, but also discovers some possible apprehensions about participating from a student perspective. This paper draws on data taken fromstudents who engaged in short-term optional courses in client interviewing, negotiation and/or mooting and considers the responses to a survey conducted prior to participation, a reflective survey post-completion and a focus group exercise. In total 64 students responded to the questionnaire. The research explores the expected and actual benefits of participating in the courses, discusses how these impact on students’ perceptions of their employability and the types of activities considered most valuable. The article considers how, in light of the research, experiential learning can be put to best use within the law curriculum.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Law Teacher

ISSN

0306-9400

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Volume

52

Page range

1-16

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  • Law Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2020-03-26

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2020-03-26

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2020-03-26

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