Secondary Law

Vocabulary Expander

Literacy is at the forefront of the educational agenda at the moment, with a clear focus in improving students’ levels of written and spoken English. With the reintroduction of SPAG marks at GCSE, there is also even more of an incentive for students to pick up (and learn to spell!)… Read More

Law – Using Forums to Build Students’ Analytical Skills

Help your Law students develop their analytical skills with this lesson plan based on a digital Forum Read More

Secondary Law – Intoxication

Intoxication: Jig-Saw Scenarios Intoxication is the last topic I teach because it requires students to synthesize knowledge from so many other parts of the criminal law. The activity below is designed to allow students to create and solve their own criminal law scenarios and then draw appropriate conclusions… Read More

Secondary Law – Legal Dilemmas in Film

Legal Dilemmas in Film (3 of the best!) The love affair between the courtroom and the silver screen is nothing new. There is a natural, underlying tension in a legal case which is undeniably dramatic. Most law students will eventually be exposed to the classic 12 Angry Men… Read More

Secondary Law – The Jackson Trial

The Jackson Trial – A Comparative Exercise Partly because of the celebrity of the victim and partly because of the use of cameras in court, the current trial of Dr Conrad Murray for the Manslaughter of Michael Jackson is generating a vast body of evidence… Read More