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- Title
REALITY BYTES: USING TECHNOLOGY IN MOOTING.
- Authors
Yule, Jennifer; Mcnamara, Judith; Thomas, Mark
- Abstract
This article considers how law schools can facilitate the development of technology skills by using technology to enhance access to mooting in settings that replicate legal practice. The authors conducted research into the use of technology by Australian law schools for mooting and evaluated an internal mooting competition using Elluminate, an online communication platform available to students through Blackboard. The analysis of the results of the survey and the Elluminate competition will demonstrate that technology can be used in mooting to provide an authentic learning experience. The paper concludes that while it is essential to teach technology skills as part of legal education, it is important that the benefits of using technology are made clear in order for it to be accepted and embraced by the students. Technology must also be available to all students considering the widening participation in higher education and consequent increasing diversity of law students.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; INTERNET in education; LEGAL education; HIGHER education; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; LAW schools; MOOT; COMPUTERS in education; LAW students; PRACTICE of law; BLACKBOARDS; SURVEYS
- Publication
Queensland University of Technology Law & Justice Journal, 2011, Vol 12, Issue 1, p89
- ISSN
1445-6230
- Publication type
Article