Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills

Professor Charles H. Rose III

Director, Center for Excellence in Advocacy Stetson University College of Law

The Superior Learning Experience

Gives

Students Respect Demands Excellence

Teaches

Constructively

Teaching Skills

A Problem credibility, resources, practicum v. theory A Prize Student centered education A Process Organizing, Implementing, Critiquing

Teaching Objectives
Process Skills

- How you Critique

- What you Critique - Why it matters

Values

Successful Critiquing:

Practice what you preach Must reach the student Teach the skill, the law and values holistically Critiques Case Analysis (Reasoning) Make on the spot corrections Everyone is listening sort of (ROT)

How Should I Start?

Identify the Skill Sets I am teaching Choose the Structure I will Use to Present those Skill Sets Lecture, Performance, Critique

Lecture, Performance, Critique

Lecture substance, both doctrinal, skills and values based Performance demonstrations, problems, practicum Critique What, How & Why

What, How & Why

What How

Specificity, use the students words, delivery style, and gestures Model the Correct Method to Improve the What

Why

Use the law, skill and art of advocacy to validate the How

Upcoming Events.

National Pretrial Competition October 2013 Educating Advocates 2013 Online Advocacy Resource Center www.law.stetson.edu/arc