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Enabling Lifelong Learning For Law Students: In Class, Out Of Class, After Class, Kylie Fletcher, Louise Parsons
Enabling Lifelong Learning For Law Students: In Class, Out Of Class, After Class, Kylie Fletcher, Louise Parsons
Kylie Fletcher
There is little doubt that, to ensure success both at law school and after law school, students must develop and practice both generic and law-specific study skills and engage in independent learning. Students come to law school from different educational backgrounds and experiences. Although some have well developed study skills before commencing their legal studies, many lack a clear understanding of what is involved in independent learning. Early semester law students in particular lack these basic skills, and some do not have access to the same learning support opportunities as their peers. Some important questions arise. First, should law schools …
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 …
Does Law Have A Heart? A Comparison Of Australian And Japanese Law In Post-Disaster Recovery, Leon Wolff, Kylie Fletcher
Does Law Have A Heart? A Comparison Of Australian And Japanese Law In Post-Disaster Recovery, Leon Wolff, Kylie Fletcher
Kylie Fletcher
Less than a year has passed since floods placed 70% of the state of Queensland under water and the triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear fallout devastated north-eastern Japan. This paper compares how Australia and Japan have invoked law in response to their separate disasters. Typically, in large-scale tragedies, law is invoked to allocate blame, determine entitlement and amount of compensation and regulate future conduct. Unsurprisingly, this formed a significant element of the Australian and Japanese legal responses. However, this paper looks at the deeper – and less well-understood – therapeutic role of law in community healing, drawing on …
Offshore Petroleum Resource Access And Regulation In Canada, Kylie Fletcher
Offshore Petroleum Resource Access And Regulation In Canada, Kylie Fletcher
Kylie Fletcher
Extract: Canada is one of the world’s leading petroleum producers. It claims significant proven reserves of oil and natural gas. Canada’s reserves are estimated to be in the order of 173 billion barrels of oil and 70 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Canada’s provinces, listed in order of entry into confederation, are Ontario (1867), Quebec (1867), Nova Scotia (1867), New Brunswick (1867), Manitoba (1870), British Columbia (1871), Prince Edward Island (1873), Saskatchewan (1905), Alberta (1905) and Newfoundland and Labrador (1949). Its territories are the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut. Canada has an extensive coastline, and lays claim to significant …