| ISBN13: | 9781035302307 |
| ISBN10: | 1035302306 |
| Kötéstípus: | Keménykötés |
| Terjedelem: | 326 oldal |
| Méret: | 234x156 mm |
| Súly: | 638 g |
| Nyelv: | angol |
| 627 |
How To Include Employability in the Law School
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This accessible How To Guide provides practical guidance on how to successfully include employability into the law school. Innovative ideas are shared on how to establish effective independent employability initiatives and embed employability within the law curriculum itself.
Bringing together a team of highly experienced legal educators, this book focuses on providing hands-on tips and advice for both new and seasoned teachers. Contributors present a diverse range of case studies, from small employability initiatives within law modules to authentic methods of teaching and assessment that mimic the workplace. Looking beyond employability solely in the legal sector, they explore how to support the development of students? transferable skills and attributes. The book also highlights important developments in legal education such as including employability considerations in academic tutoring and targeting support towards underrepresented groups of students.
How to Include Employability in the Law School will prove an invaluable guide for legal educators seeking to enhance their teaching. It will also be an important resource for educational developers, providing practical examples of successful employability initiatives tailored to their educational context.
?As a former Head of Law Schools in both Canada and the United Kingdom, I can say that this book is so timely given the increased focus on preparing law students for the job market. It is essential reading for any law school academic. This excellently crafted book provides excellent tools and approaches to embedding employability skills into the academic programme.?
1 Introduction to including employability in the law school 1
Amanda Millmore
PART I HOW TO EMBED EMPLOYABILITY INTO
THE LAW SCHOOL CURRICULUM
2 Sowing the seeds ? introducing employability from day
one of a law degree 8
Amanda Millmore, Aileen K Ho and Sharon Sinclair-Graham
3 A practical guide to embedding commercial awareness
into your curriculum 22
Andrea Todd and Elizabeth Conaghan
4 Enhancing law student employability through authentic
learning and assessment in civil litigation and dispute resolution 36
Sadie Whittam
5 Embedding employability and authenticity into
assessment by running a mock case 48
Amanda Millmore and Annika Newnham
6 Employability in practical skills modules: negotiations 61
Matthew Parry, Henrietta Gilchrist and Alexandra Hill
7 Embedding skills into the curriculum via a practical
skills-based unit 73
Vicky Martin
PART II HOW TO EMBED EMPLOYABILITY INTO
THE CURRICULUM VIA PLACEMENTS
8 Volunteering at the university?s legal advice centre ?
a reflective practice-based approach 86
Beverley Rizzotto
9 Developing a law placement programme 102
Charlie King
10 Using a professional training degree pathway to embed
a Professional Training Year module in a law curriculum 118
Katy Peters and Claire Lillywhite
PART III HOW TO EMBED DIGITAL EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
11 Innovative ways of developing communities and
enhancing students? employability skills in the online
university environment 133
Emma Curryer and Carol Edwards
12 Embedding the skill of digital literacy in legal education 147
Sharon Sinclair-Graham
13 Embedding existing and emerging legal technologies in
curriculum design 162
Katy Peters and Elizabeth Williams
PART IV HOW TO INCLUDE EMPLOYABILITY
THROUGH PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMMES AND TUTOR SYSTEMS
14 The ?Value Me? framework: increasing self-awareness
and career confidence for law students 178
Charlotte Harrison
15 Personal tutoring: A gateway to co-curricular
employability engagement 192
Vicky Martin and Helen Chalk
16 Building the employability journey 205
Adam Shaw-Mellors and Daniel Cash
PART V HOW TO INCLUDE CO-CURRICULAR
EMPLOYABILITY SUPPORT FOR SPECIFIC
GROUPS OF STUDENTS
17 The Fairness Project 218
Rachel Nir and Tina McKee
18 Practice makes perfect? The role of a law school practice
interview scheme in enhancing student employability 233
Siobhan McConnell
19 Professional legal skills: building in and feeding forward -
a client interviewing skills programme 252
Jeanette Ashton and Paven Basuita
20 Supporting the employability of international law students 265
Paul McConnell
21 Career building for women postgraduate and early career
researchers in law schools in Germany 278
Victoria Barnes, Alice Margaria, Ezgi .zlu?, Kritika
Sharma, Jennifer Trinks, Zeynep Yaz?c? Ça?lar and Sarah Fuchs
Bibliography 290
Index 297
