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INTRODUCTION

                 Teaching Law can be challenging and exciting.  As a skill, it may be intuitive to many but
                 for some, it can be acquired by training. Like any other skill, it can be learned, unlearned,
                 and relearned. Therefore, approaches used to teach the law discipline need to be studied,
                 analysed, and explored. That  can be  a complex but enjoyable process. Building such a
                 system  that  applies  best  practices,  methods,  instruments,  and  techniques  requires
                 affirmative action and a willingness to learn on the part of teachers and scholars. This can
                 be  initiated  by  an  in-depth  study  of  multi-dimensional  methods  and  techniques  for
                 teaching and learning law.

                 Generally most law teachers begin a new semester by focusing on updating the content
                 and  assimilating  as  many  references  in  their  classroom  teaching.  In  their  zeal,  the
                 relevance  of  pedagogy  is  lost  to  them.  But  for  those  who  realize  its  relevance  it  gets
                 integrated into whatever courses they choose to teach. This leads to substantial variations
                 in the assessment of teachers' performance by students. Some get poorly graded as they
                 have little or no formal training in the suitable pedagogy for their discipline.  A good legal
                 pedagogy will inform the students what is law and how it evolved and is made. Further it
                 inculcates the skills to extract the ruling principle of law from an adjudicated case. And
                 how to apply known principles of law to new cases as they arise.

                 The content and the delivery method both have relevance in achieving the desired learning
                 outcome  of a course. As pedagogical  innovations are essential to achieve excellence  in
                 teaching  and  learning  we  need  to  have  a  nuanced  understanding  of  the  contemporary
                 pedagogical models of teaching law.  This manual is a handbook for compiling the current
                 pedagogies in existence to teach law in India.
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