Skills for Law Students is an innovative online resource which covers all of the skills that law students need to understand and develop during the course of their law degree. It includes clear, practical advice on how to develop key skills as well as over 170 interactive activities to test progress and to help put the theory into practice.

Chapter 1 Introduction

I. Study skills

Chapter 2 Managing your time
Chapter 3 Writing good English
Chapter 4 Taking notes
Chapter 5 Working in groups
Chapter 6 Contributing to seminars and tutorials
Chapter 7 Avoiding plagiarism
Chapter 8 Thinking critically
Chapter 9 Thinking creatively
Chapter 10 Reflecting on your work

II. Research and technical skills

Chapter 11 Embarking on research
Chapter 12 Using a law library
Chapter 13 Sources of law
Chapter 14 Citing legal authorities
Chapter 15 Using law books
Chapter 16 Using legal journals
Chapter 17 Using legal databases
Chapter 18 Using reference materials

III. Legal method

Chapter 19 Reading statutes and the legislative process
Chapter 20 Understanding judicial interpretation of statutes
Chapter 21 Reading cases I: the basics
Chapter 22 Reading cases II: the rule of precedent and the operation of ratio decidendi
Chapter 23 Reading cases III: developing a strategy for reading judgments
Chapter 24 Reading cases IV: a complex case

IV. Academic and assessment skills

Chapter 25 Writing essays
Chapter 26 Writing extended essays and dissertations
Chapter 27 Answering problem questions
Chapter 28 Revising for and succeeding in exams

V. Practical skills

Chapter 29 Making presentations
Chapter 30 Mooting
Chapter 31 Interviewing
Chapter 32 Negotiating and alternative dispute resolution