Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Methods adopted by teachers in teaching law

  • Full time
  • Part-time
  • CHB
You are requested to select appropriate options:
  • Less than five years
  • Five to 10 years
  • 10 to 20 years
  • 20 years and more
a) Doctrinal approach-

Such a teacher favors training of students in legal doctrines, and the teacher has comprehensive knowledge of the subject matter.

b) Vocational approach –

Such a teacher favors teaching of legal skills which are more likely to help students gain employment. Such a teacher generally has practical background and many time is also a practitioner and he/she knows how the law ‘really’ worked

c) Liberal approach-

Such a teacher believes in individual freedom, social responsibility and informed rationality. He/she connects law with society and inspires student’s interest in lifelong learning, in becoming a better citizen, and in seeking social justice.

d) Critical or feminist approach –

Such a teacher believes in questioning existing state of affairs within the legal system by exposing and searching the undisclosed political positions, gender biases, cultural biases and power relations within legal education and within law. Such a law teacher is an ardent critic or a charismatic rebel who inspires students of law to insubordination and subversion.

a) Surface Approach to learning -

Tend to learn by rote and not to question the assumptions underpinning the material

b) Deep Approach to learning -

Tend to examine arguments critically, to question the assumptions on which they are based, and to relate them to previous knowledge and understanding

  • The Socratic method:
  • The lecture Method:
a) Law college class periods is distressing:
  • Rarely
  • Occasionally
  • Always
b) Did you suffer from anxiety about your in-class teaching performance:
  • Rarely
  • Occasionally
  • Always
a)Anxiety and uneasiness about teaching law can be eased by developing good and consistent studying habits:
  • Agree
  • Disagree
b) Studying and preparing for class in a useful manner will relieve the anxiety:
  • Agree
  • Disagree
c) Good class preparation will make class sessions much more interesting and enriching:
  • Agree
  • Disagree
a) Adequate preparation for law school classes is extremely time consuming:
  • Agree
  • Disagree
b) At times, you will no doubt feel that there are simply not enough hours in the day to get everything done:
  • Agree
  • Disagree
c) It will be useful for you to learn good time management skills so that you can use that time efficiently:
  • Agree
  • Disagree
d) There are many ways to engage in effective time management, and you should choose one that works best for you:
  • Agree
  • Disagree

Preparing a regular study schedule for the

a) Day:
  • Agree
  • Disagree
b) Week:
  • Agree
  • Disagree
c) Month:
  • Agree
  • Disagree
d) and/or semester:
  • Agree
  • Disagree
e) Arranging study time -when you are most alert (are you a morning person? an evening person?):
  • Agree
  • Disagree
f) Using technology to help manage your preparation time (e.g., palm pilots, computer calendars with pop-up reminders, etc.):
  • Agree
  • Disagree
g) Recording or “billing” your hours to track how much time you have actually spent on preparing for different subjects throughout the week:
  • Agree
  • Disagree