I use a simple conversational style to my classes. My goal is to try to actively discuss content with students to impart knowledge, instead of doing dreary lectures with notes and PowerPoints. I find from personal experience that one does not learn or absorb more than half the content taught in lecture-style classes, and critical thinking through active discussion is always the preferred method o...
I use a simple conversational style to my classes. My goal is to try to actively discuss content with students to impart knowledge, instead of doing dreary lectures with notes and PowerPoints. I find from personal experience that one does not learn or absorb more than half the content taught in lecture-style classes, and critical thinking through active discussion is always the preferred method of learning.
I have a good gauge of how students perform, having taught classes of small to medium sizes, and one-on-one teaching allows me to tailor material to suit each student's pace and needs. Law is abstract, but examples are plentiful, and I use as much as necessary to quantify and qualify just how the law functions.
There will be notes and reading material, that is inevitable in law, but I focus in my classes more on conceptual analysis than remembering cases and statutes. That is not to say that is unnecessary; quite the contrary, but I believe the onus of legal education is how to argue your points with your cases and statutes, something which I find most law courses in A-levels or bachelor level seem to be slightly deficient in.
I will teach all the fundamental areas of the law, including Legal Skills, Contract Law, Tort Law, Criminal Law, Land Law, Public or Constitutional Law, EU Law, and Equity and Trusts. I will default to following the SQE syllabus for those who aspire to be solicitors, but materiel can be tailored for those with different aims.