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Answering Legal Problem Questions In A Grid Format, Alex Steel, Dominic Fitzsimmons
Answering Legal Problem Questions In A Grid Format, Alex Steel, Dominic Fitzsimmons
Alex Steel
The development of legal reasoning skills is a fundamental aspect of legal education. What has sometimes been called “learning to think like a lawyer” is a threshold competency that students must acquire before they can progress to more complex analysis of broader legal issues. This chapter discusses the use of problem-based scenarios to both engage students and to develop legal analysis. It outlines the threshold difficulties students must overcome in order to read texts as a lawyer and explains how use of a grid format answer – rather than an essay format – can both assist students to overcome these …
Criterion Rubric For Class Participation, Alex Steel
Criterion Rubric For Class Participation, Alex Steel
Alex Steel
A criterion based rubric for assessing class participation in law.