Legal education : simulation in theory and practice

The importance of simulation in education, specifically in legal subjects, is here discussed and explored within this innovative collection. Demonstrating how simulation can be constructed and developed for learning, teaching and assessment, the text argues that simulation is a pedagogically valuable and practical tool in teaching the modern law curriculum. With contributions from law teachers within the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, South Africa and the USA, the authors draw on their experiences in teaching law in the areas of clinical legal education, legal process, evidence, criminal law, family law and employment law as well as teaching law to non-law students. They claim that simulation, as a form of experiential and problem-based learning, enables students to integrate the 'classroom' experience with the real world experiences they will encounter in their professional lives. This book will be of relevance not only to law teachers but university teachers generally, as well as those interested in legal education and the theory of law.

Simulation and technology in legal education : a systematic review / by Paul Maharg and Emma Nicol -- Simulation and the learning of the law : constructing and using an online transactional assessment in employment law / by Caroline Strevens & Roger Welch -- Shaping the future lawyer connecting with clients in first year / by Nicola Ross, Ann Apps, and Sher Campbell -- Setting the stage : using a simulation as a first day of class exercise / by Susan Marsnik -- A large scale simulation, practitioners, their feelings, and the verfremdungseffekt / by Jane Ching -- Using interviewing and negotiation to further critical understanding of family and child law / by Maebh Harding -- Virtual learning for the real world; using simulation with non-law students / by Karen Counsell -- Faking it and making it? using simulation with problem-based learning / by Richard Grimes -- From trials to simulations : learning and teaching law and ethics using famous cases / by David Mcquoid-Mason -- Re-visiting the law of evidence : a case study on the practicalities of simulation-based learning and teaching / by Edward Phillips -- Adding realism to professional legal education at the University of Hong Kong / by Wilson Chow -- Ill-structured simulations in two American law classes : labor law and administrative law / by Roberto L. Corrada.