Simmons's Developing Professional Skills: Evidence (Interactive Lessons)
Description
This set of interactive modules seeks to aid Evidence professors with introducing skills training within the context of their traditional doctrinal course, as well as preparing their students for the Next Gen Bar Exam.
The interactive modules provide nine independent exercises designed to introduce students to the skills of legal drafting, research and analysis, client interviewing and counseling, and advocacy. The exercises are intended to demonstrate how the Rules of Evidence affect different aspects of a trial lawyer’s job and help students begin to develop their professional identity as attorneys. In this brand-new interactive format, the exercises are entirely student-led, making them perfect for distance learning, asynchronous courses, or as an outside-of-class supplement in brick-and-mortar or hybrid courses. Each lesson provides the student with the necessary legal rules, practice tips, and professional responsibility concepts applicable to the exercise. After completing the assignment, the lesson then provides a short quiz on the doctrinal concepts, and a full rubric to allow for self-assessment of the student’s work.
Students will spend a manageable two to three hours on skills-based tasks including:
The interactive modules provide nine independent exercises designed to introduce students to the skills of legal drafting, research and analysis, client interviewing and counseling, and advocacy. The exercises are intended to demonstrate how the Rules of Evidence affect different aspects of a trial lawyer’s job and help students begin to develop their professional identity as attorneys. In this brand-new interactive format, the exercises are entirely student-led, making them perfect for distance learning, asynchronous courses, or as an outside-of-class supplement in brick-and-mortar or hybrid courses. Each lesson provides the student with the necessary legal rules, practice tips, and professional responsibility concepts applicable to the exercise. After completing the assignment, the lesson then provides a short quiz on the doctrinal concepts, and a full rubric to allow for self-assessment of the student’s work.
Students will spend a manageable two to three hours on skills-based tasks including:
- Counselling a client
- Reviewing trial transcripts to prepare an appeal
- Preparing for cross-examination
- Interviewing a complaining witness
- Drafting comments on proposed rule changes
- Preparing an expert witness