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Legal skills

By: Finch, Emily
Title By: Fafinski, Stefan
Material type: BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2019.Edition: 7th ed.Description: xvii, 495 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780198831273Subject(s): Law -- Study and teaching | Legal research | Procedure (Law) -- Great Britain | Practice of law -- Great BritainDDC classification: 340.0711 FI LE Online resources: Location Map
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) Available Nov2019 T0063301
Total holds: 0

Previous edition: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

IntroductionPART I: Getting Started: Sources of Law1: Getting started2: Legislation3: Finding legislation4: Using legislation5: Case law6: Finding cases7: Using cases8: Books, journals, and official publications9: Finding books, journals, and official publicationsPART II: Academic Legal Skills10: Study11: Writing12: Legal reasoning and ethics13: Referencing and avoiding plagiarism14: Essay writing15: Answering problem questions16: Revision and examination skills17: DissertationsPART III: Practical Legal Skills18: Presentation skills19: Mooting skills20: Negotiation skills.

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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