This article describes and critically evaluates a collaborative dispute resolution activity
conducted in a mid-degree law subject at an Australian university. Australian law degrees …

For some time, I have been interested in clinical legal education in the broadest sense, as a
method of teaching and learning, and as a substantive focus for teaching and research.'As a …

The focus of this paper is a critical assessment of the effectiveness of a problem-based
learning exercise introduced to increase student engagement within a year one, core law …

In 1989 the authors taught for the first time a final year elective on dispute resolution at
Sydney Law School. Although this course had been offered before, the introduction of the …

Australian law schools are continually seeking new approaches to teaching and assessing
legal knowledge and skills, not only to improve the quality and effectiveness of teaching, but …

This article examines how second-year law students act and interact to maintain legal doubt
in solving case assignments in groups. Professional norms of inquiry within the legal domain …

The perception that students of Law and Legal Studies should learn about a variety of
methods of dispute resolution and not just litigation, has prompted the Department of Law …

Civil justice reviews over the past 20 years have encouraged the use of alternative dispute
resolution (ADR) and particularly mediation. Mediation is arguably now becoming more …

Trial practice is the quintessential lawyering skill. To succeed in a trial requires both
knowledge of the law and skill in application. When students engage in trial practice, they …

The inspiration for my research into the teaching of alternative or appropriate dispute
resolution (ADR) in law schools in two Australian states, Victoria and Queensland, arose out …