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Legal Systems & Skills is the essential contemporary toolkit for law students, equipping them with the tools they need to thrive in their academic studies and onto employment.
List of contents
- Part I Legal Systems
- 1: Introduction to law
- 2: Legal systems and sources of law
- 3: The court system of England and Wales
- 4: Legislation
- 5: Case law
- 6: Legal services and ethics
- Part II Legal Skills
- 7: Reading cases and legislation
- 8: Research
- 9: Problem solving and case/matter analysis
- 10: Persuasive oral communication and presentations
- 11: Client interviews and meetings
- 12: Negotiation and mediation
- 13: Advocacy and mooting
- 14: Writing and drafting
- 15: Revision and assessment
- Part III Employability and Commercial Awareness
- 16: Making yourself more employable
- 17: CVs, applications, and interviews
- 18: Understanding clients: individuals and businesses
- 19: Businesses and the business environment
- 20: Essential economics and finance
- 21: Law firms as businesses
About the author
Scott Slorach (consultant editor) is a Professor and Director of Teaching & Learning at York Law School, University of York. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde, and has previously held visiting roles in Australia and Singapore. A qualified solicitor with City experience, he is currently co-author of
Business Law (OUP). Scott specializes in the design, delivery, assessment, and review of legal education at all levels; he has held various roles with the SRA, and worked on projects with a range of HE institutions, regulators, and law firms.
Judith Embley recently retired as an Associate Professor at the University of Law. She qualified as a solicitor in 1980, practising in a Lincoln's Inn firm, and began teaching law in 1999 as a Visiting Lecturer at Bellerby's College and then Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. She joined the University of Law in 2001, where she has taught contract, commercial, and business financial law. She now contributes to the design of graduate and postgraduate course materials and assessments as a visiting lecturer. She is joint author of
Commercial and Intellectual Property Law and
Practice and Legal Foundations, two of the University of Law's Legal Practice Guides.
Peter Goodchild is an Associate Professor and National Programme Director for Law Conversion Courses at the University of Law. He read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at St. Anne's College, Oxford, then attended the University of Law and qualified as a solicitor in 1997, into commercial practice. He joined the University of Law in 2000, where he has taught the English legal system, contract, tort, ethics, commercial, IP, and business structures law. Peter is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In addition to over twenty years of teaching experience, he has wide experience of designing programmes and has been an author of texts on tort, commercial law, IP law, and the English legal system.
Catherine Shephard is a Reader in Practice-Informed Legal Education at Manchester Law School. She read law at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and practised as a solicitor in corporate finance. Catherine's work responds to the increasing emphasis on skills and the growing alignment between academic and professional legal education. Drawing on her experience in professional legal practice and leadership in professional and academic legal education, Catherine communicates her ideas through books, journal articles, professional practice publications, conference papers, presentations, and in the classroom. Catherine enjoys working collaboratively with leading law firms, in-house legal departments, legal education providers, widening participation charities, PSRBs, and her colleagues and students.
Summary
Legal Systems & Skills is the essential contemporary toolkit for law students, equipping them with the tools they need to thrive in their academic studies and onto employment.
Additional text
Well-written and structured: Slorach's strength remains the ability to present concisely a variety of topics on content and skills.
