Learning Legal Skills and Reasoning

Ben Waters is Visiting Senior Research Fellow in Law at Canterbury Christ Church University. He is also a qualified Solicitor (non-practicing) and an accredited Mediator. He has a particular interest in dispute resolution and specifically mediation, areas in which he has active teaching, scholarly and research interests.Dr Tobias Kliem is the Academic Dean and Head of EP Germany at English Path. Previously, he worked as Head of Berlin Campus at Arden University, Programme Lead in Law at Oxford Brookes University and as a Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University. His research interests and teaching expertise lie in the field of constitutional, European and international law.

• PART 1: SOURCES OF LAW 1 Domestic legislation. 2 Domestic case law. 3 European and international law. 4 Human rights. PART 2: WORKING WITH THE LAW 5 General study skills. 6 Finding material. 7 Reading and understanding domestic legislation. 8 Reading and understanding cases. 9 Artificial Intelligence. 10 Clinical Legal Education. PART 3: APPLYING YOUR RESEARCH 11 Constructing an argument. 12 Writing law essays (including referencing). 13 Answering legal problem questions. 14 Oral presentations and mooting. 15 Examination Strategies. PART 4: SKILLS FOR RESOLVING DISPUTES 16 Negotiation skills. 17 Mediation skills. 18 Drafting skills.