The In-Class Teaching Experience

Wolff, Lutz-Christian

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-9148-8_10

Lutz-Christian Wolff²

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Law ((BRIEFSLAW))

350 Accesses

Abstract

Every law teacher has her own in-class stories to tell. This chapter gives a structured introduction of the author’s experience, covering topics live stress, politically correct teaching, student motivation, in-class communication, time management, challenging students and teaching gimmicks.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

eBook: USD 16.99; Price excludes VAT (USA)

Softcover Book: USD 16.99; Price excludes VAT (USA)

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Notes

1.
“Dr. iur. habil.”
2.
For the relaxation of the requirements in recent years, cf. German Ministry of Education and Research, https://www.research-in-germany.org/en/jobs-and-careers/info-for-postdocs-and-junior-researchers/career-paths/path-to-professorship.html.
3.
Cf. however, Guthrie, pp. 5–18.
4.
Supra, 7.5.
5.
Ho, https://www.law.cuhk.edu.hk/app/greater-china-20190920/.
6.
Infra, 10.9.
7.
Whaley, p. 1389.
8.
Coper, pp. 70–80.
9.
Supra, 9.5.
10.
Cf. Deiβner.
11.
I.e. “to drop a brick or a clanger”.
12.
Cf. supra, 7.9.
13.
Cf. Skead et al. p. 366.
14.
Cf. infra, 10.6.
15.
Cf. however Skead et al. p. 364 (with further references).
16.
Cf. Whaley, p. 1417.
17.
Cf. supra, 9.4.
18.
Supra, 7.9.
19.
Cf. e.g. Blaze, pp. 547–566.
20.
Supra, 9.3.3.
21.
Wolff/Chan, pp. 23–30.
22.
Supra, 7.9.
23.
Cf. supra, 3.2.; Blaze, p. 549.
24.
Also cf. infra, Chap. 14.
25.
Copeland/Griggs, pp. 97–98.
26.
I have also otherwise learned a lot from the senior partner, Dr. Volker Triebel, who nowadays runs his own practice and will hopefully read these lines.
27.
In German these auditions are called “Vorsingen”, which means to sing in front of jurors and accurately describes the situation.
28.
“Dr. iur. habil.”, cf. supra, notes 1, 2.
29.
Supra, 7.6.
30.
Supra, 7.5.
31.
Supra, 9.5.
32.
Cf. supra, Chap. 6.
33.
Cf. supra, 5.3.
34.
Supra, 9.3.3.
35.
Cf., however, also Fry/Crewe/Wakeford and Case/Donahue.
36.
Supra, 7.8.
37.
Cf. supra, 9.3.3.
38.
Supra, 9.9.
39.
Cf. Whaley, supra note 9, p. 1399.
40.
Ibid., p. 1400.
41.
Supra, 9.3.4.
42.
Supra, 9.10.
43.
Cf. in particular supra, 9.4.
44.
Ibid.
45.
Supra, 7.8.
46.
Whaley, p. 1396.
47.
Cf. Clarke, p. 405.
48.
Cf. Tait, pp. 93–102.
49.
Supra, 7.6.
50.
Cf. Wolff 2014.
51.
Supra, 7.8.
52.
Supra, 5.3.
53.
Ibid.
54.
Cf. infra, 10.17.1. about my own disappointment as a student when I had to discover that my professor was recycling his jokes; Prosser, p. 264, reporting on the same phenomenon as early as in 1948.
55.
Cf. Prosser, p. 264.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
Lutz-Christian Wolff

Authors

Lutz-Christian Wolff
View author publications
You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Lutz-Christian Wolff .

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Wolff, LC. (2021). The In-Class Teaching Experience. In: The Art of Law Teaching. SpringerBriefs in Law. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9148-8_10

Download citation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9148-8_10
Published: 08 December 2020
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-15-9147-1
Online ISBN: 978-981-15-9148-8
eBook Packages: Law and CriminologyLaw and Criminology (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics