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The Art of Law Teaching

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Authors:
  1. Lutz-Christian Wolff

    1. Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

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  • The book covers comprehensively and uniquely different aspects of law teaching from the law teacher’s perspective
  • Based on more than 25 years of successful law teaching the award-winning author uses his personal experience to draw attention to aspects of legal education which have so far been ignored almost completely
  • A rich body of cross-references to available literature makes the book a powerful tool for any kind of research in the area of legal education

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. About This Book

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 1-2

  3. Law Teaching as an Art or a Science?

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 3-4

  4. The Goals of Law Teaching

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 5-9

  5. Law Teaching and Research

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 11-12

  6. Law Teaching and Skills Training

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 13-18

  7. Law Teaching and Practical Legal Work

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 19-20

  8. What Makes a Good Law Teacher?

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 21-40

  9. Law Teaching and Fitness

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 41-42

  10. Preparing for Class

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 43-68

  11. The In-Class Teaching Experience

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 69-97

  12. Examinations

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 99-102

  13. Teaching Evaluations

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 103-104

  14. Designing New Courses, Programmes, Law School Curricula

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 105-107

  15. The Teacher-Student Relationship

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 109-112

  16. The Teacher-Teacher Relationship

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 113-114

  17. Teaching Administration

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 115-116

  18. Law Teaching in Times of Crises

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 117-118

  19. Game Over for Law Teaching?

    • Lutz-Christian Wolff
    Pages 119-121

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 123-127
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About this book

Written by an award-winning professor with over 25 years of experience, this book explains comprehensively the different facets of law teaching from the law teacher’s perspective. It uniquely covers numerous topics which have been ignored by the legal education literature so far, but which are of immense importance for the success of law students, law schools and—last but not least—the day-to-day work of law teachers themselves. These topics include the goals of law teaching, the factors that lead to successful law teaching, special characteristics of good law teachers, different ways of preparing for in-class success, face-to-face versus online teaching, the in-class teaching experience, assessments, teaching evaluations, the design of new courses and programmes, the teacher–student and the teacher–teacher relationship, the importance of teaching administration as well as the future of law teaching in the digital age. The author approaches various themes from the viewpoint of his own experience. He tells his very personal stories of classroom success and failure, of enthusiasm, fun and disappointments when dealing with law students, of accomplishments and frustrations when considering learning outcomes and of surprises when dealing with red tape. He thus allows the readership to grasp different aspects of law teaching in a very hands-own way and facilitates the understanding of the underlying often rather complex human-to-human relationships. 


This book should be in the bookshelf of any law teacher. As it covers a wide spectrum of so far unexplored legal education issues, it is also an invaluable source at the start of a law teaching career, but also for established law teachers who wish to reflect on their own teaching approaches. A rich body of cross-references to the existing literature makes the book a powerful tool for research on any aspect of legal education. Last but not least, the author’s ironic sense of himself andof the law teacher profession makes the book a very entertaining read for anybody who always wanted to know what law teaching really is (and is not) about.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

    Lutz-Christian Wolff

About the author



Lutz-Christian Wolff is Wei Lun Professor of Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK LAW). He has previously served as the Dean of the CUHK Graduate School and in many other administrative positions. As a CUHK LAW founding professor he has vast experience in institution building, curriculum development and frontline law teaching. He has won numerous teaching awards, including the CUHK Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award and the CUHK University Education award. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Art of Law Teaching

  • Authors: Lutz-Christian Wolff

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Law

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9148-8

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9147-1Published: 08 December 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-9148-8Published: 07 December 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2192-855X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-8568

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 127

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Law, general, Teaching and Teacher Education, Skills

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