Simplify

Teaching Law to non-law students (in my case, business students) can be quite interesting, because it requires students to think & rationalise the issues based on 2 points of view AND apply the law to boot. It is too much for most students, but the more capable ones (or the ones open to challenge) tend to enjoy the process.

The next thing to teach is there may not be ONE right answer. Many students get completely shaky on this information, and I feel that in their minds they ask "then how do we know that we have answered the question?". My answer, if they ask aloud, will be "it is not the destination, but the journey that matters". Which is completely not an answer, kinda like Yoda telling Luke to just do it.. "there is no try, you either do or do not".

So what I try to do is to simplify the legal issues as much as I can, without making it so basic that we all missed the point. A delicate process, just trust me. You want to have enough substance to deliver, to enable students to grasp the key issues... YET it cannot be too technical that their brains switch off.