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counseling / Global Legal Skills / law school / Lawyering / legal advice / Legal Communication / Legal Skills November 3, 2017
READ MOREThe emphasis on competence-based learning in today’s law school curriculum has enriched experiential courses and clinical programs for law students. My law school has designed its curriculum in first and second year to reinforce four competences: legal analysis, legal advising, legal representation and decision-making. Admittedly, some lecturers struggle to differentiate advising from representing. That […]
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exam preparation / Global Legal Skills / law school / Lawyering / test taking skills October 30, 2017
READ MOREEvery law exam has an essay prompt and/or a short answer section. First year students sometimes struggle with what to write for their exam essay. Often, the written law school exam responses contain information and discussions that are not pertinent to what is asked in the prompt. Here is a three-step exercise for answering essays […]