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Legal Ethics 733532

Generic Skills

On completion of the subject, students should have developed the following generic skills:

  • skills in identifying and resolving a legal problem
  • skills in considering a range of options in response to a legal problem and in identifying those which are sound, principled, and best meet the needs of the client or other audience
  • judgment and diplomacy skills
  • interpersonal skills in relating to a client or other audience (actual or hypothetical) and in providing advice attuned to that person’s needs and interests
  • skills in policy analysis
  • skills in the avoidance, mediation and resolution of disputes
  • skills in being open to new ideas and the perspectives of others
  • skills in the critique of received wisdom
  • skills in confronting unfamiliar problems
  • skills in comprehending complex concepts and expressing them lucidly
  • skills in speaking out against prejudice, injustice and abuse of power