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Legal skills Emily Finch, Stefan Fafinski

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2019.Edition: 7th edDescription: xvii, 495 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780198831273
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.0711 FI LE
Online resources: Summary: The best-selling legal skills textbook in the market, Legal Skills is an essential guide for law students, encompassing all the academic and practical skills in one manageable volume. It is an ideal text for students new to law, helping them make the transition from secondary education and giving them the skills they need to succeed from the beginning of their degree, through exams and assessments and into their future career. The first part covers 'Sources of Law' and includes information on finding and using legislation, ensuring an understanding of where the law comes from and how to use it. The second part covers 'Academic Legal Skills' and provides advice on general study and writing skills. This part also includes a section on referencing and avoiding plagiarism amongst a number of other chapters designed to help students through the different stages of the law degree. The third and final part is dedicated to 'Practical Legal Skills'; a section designed to help develop transferable skills in areas such as presentations and negotiations that will be highly valued by future employers.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 340.0711 FI LE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Nov2019 T0063301

Previous edition: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The best-selling legal skills textbook in the market, Legal Skills is an essential guide for law students, encompassing all the academic and practical skills in one manageable volume.

It is an ideal text for students new to law, helping them make the transition from secondary education and giving them the skills they need to succeed from the beginning of their degree, through exams and assessments and into their future career.

The first part covers 'Sources of Law' and includes information on finding and using legislation, ensuring an understanding of where the law comes from and how to use it.

The second part covers 'Academic Legal Skills' and provides advice on general study and writing skills. This part also includes a section on referencing and avoiding plagiarism amongst a number of other chapters designed to help students through the different stages of the law degree.

The third and final part is dedicated to 'Practical Legal Skills'; a section designed to help develop transferable skills in areas such as presentations and negotiations that will be highly valued by future employers.

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