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The First-Semester Student: The Legal-Problem-Solving Apprentice, Kylie Fletcher
The First-Semester Student: The Legal-Problem-Solving Apprentice, Kylie Fletcher
Kylie Fletcher
Students are asked to answer hypothetical legal problems very early in their studies. They are typically introduced to legal-problem-solving processes (eg IRAC, FILAC, MIRAT and CLEO) very early in their first- semester subjects. An ability to answer hypothetical legal problems is critical to the student’s success at law school. In my role as a teacher in a firstsemester subject (Principles of Contractual Liability), I observe that some students remain confused about the process that they adopt to answer hypothetical legal problems well into their first semester. Further, many students fail to understand that the process they adopt can be applied …