Teaching Lawyering Skills

Stefan H. Krieger, Richard J. Cardali Distinguished Professor of Trial Advocacy, Maurice A. Deane School of Law, Hofstra University, US

Contents:

PART I EXPERIENTIAL LEGAL EDUCATION
1 A pedagogical theory of lawyering skills education
2 Lawyering skills as a component of legal education
3 Outcome assessment of lawyering skills

PART II AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN FACT
ANALYSIS, INVESTIGATION, AND PRESENTATION
Introduction to Part II 40
SECTION 1: TEACHING FRAMEWORKS FOR FACT ANALYSIS
4 A pedagogical theory of lawyering skills education
5 Legal elements model for analyzing facts (week 2)
6 Chronology model for analyzing facts/role of perception,
schemata, and memory in fact analysis (week 3)
7 Storytelling model for analyzing facts (week 4)
8 Role of inferences in analysis of facts (week 5)

SECTION 2: TEACHING FACT INVESTIGATION
Introduction to Section 2
9 Fact investigation planning (week 6)
10 Introduction to questioning/listening/responding:
interviewing of a neutral witness (week 7)
11 Client interviewing in a dispute setting (week 8)
12 Client interviewing in a transactional setting (week 9)
13 Questioning, listening, and responding in a deposition (week 10)
14 Questioning, listening, and responding in informational
bargaining (week 11)

SECTION 3: TEACHING PRESENTATION OF FACTS
Introduction to Section 3
15 Presentation of facts in direct examination (week 12)
16 Presentation of facts in cross-examination (Week 13)

PART III AN ADVANCED COURSE IN FACT
ANALYSIS: THE STORYBOARDING MODEL
FOR TEACHING LAWYERING SKILLS
17 The process of storyboarding
18 Exercises using the storyboarding method
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