These placemats are a great plenary activity for lessons on consideration. Students can pick questions to answer for the sheet, have questions allocated or have to answer all of the questions. There are different colours for each question to help with distinction. The questions all test different areas of consideration as well as different skills with both evaluation and application style questions. I use this as part of a DIRT lesson following an evaluation essay on consideration. Designed for the Eduqas exam board but would suit other exam boards as well.

This activity asks students to research cases on a particular topic and find a case for each of the headings. This can be useful as a revision activity, as a flipped learning or home learning activity, a homework task or as a starter task when beginning a new topic. There are two versions of the worksheet, each with different questions. You can split these up amongst the class, give everyone the same one or give everyone a two paged task if you want it to last longer. I recommend allocating students a topic. Students then research seven different cases, one for each of the headings. Some may be harder than others depending on the topic! This requires some knowledge of law and how the legal system works. I would expect students to have studied English Legal Systems before doing it.

Essay Topic: Magistrates Unit: English Legal Systems Paper: Paper 1 Marks: 15 Exam Board: Eduqas This is a 15 mark evaluation style essay question on Magistrates. It follows a typical Eduqas style question for Paper 1: English Legal Systems. Included is a model essay plan which you can use to help you with marking and also help students with their own planning. There is also a model answer included which can support with DIRT work. There are lots of statistics in the model answers for this question and you may want to update these as time goes on

Unit: Contract Law Exam Board: Eduqas Paper: Paper 2 This card sort is a quick fire starter for revision sessions at Year 13 Students are given a set of cards for a particular topic and then have to sort them into the correct structure for the problem (scenario) question. How I Use These Cards I put students in pairs/small groups and give them each one topic. Once they have correctly sorted it they can do the next topic. The group with the most complete topics at the end of 3 minutes gets a prize. Printing Notes Set your printer to: Print Along Short Edge This will mean the cards are printed flipped so that the back matches the front! If you do long edge then this won’t work. I recommend doing a test print of pages 1 & 2 first to ensure your formatting is working!

Unit: Criminal Law Exam Board: Eduqas Paper: Paper 2 This card sort is a quick fire starter for revision sessions at Year 13. Students are given a set of cards for a particular topic and then have to sort them into the correct structure for the problem (scenario) question. Although based on Eduqas these are suitable for all exam boards, although you may want to pick out any topics that you do not study. How I Use These Cards I put students in pairs/small groups and give them each one topic. Once they have correctly sorted it they can do the next topic. The group with the most complete topics at the end of 3 minutes gets a prize. Printing Notes Set your printer to: Print Along Short Edge This will mean the cards are printed flipped so that the back matches the front! If you do long edge then this won’t work. I recommend doing a test print of pages 1 & 2 first to ensure your formatting is working!

Unit: Tort Law Exam Board: Eduqas Paper: Paper 2 This card sort is a quick fire starter for revision sessions at Year 13 (or late Year 12). Students are given a set of cards for a particular topic and then have to sort them into the correct structure for the problem (scenario) question. How I Use These Cards I put students in pairs/small groups and give them each one topic. Once they have correctly sorted it they can do the next topic. The group with the most complete topics at the end of 3 minutes gets a prize. Printing Notes Set your printer to: Print Along Short Edge This will mean the cards are printed flipped so that the back matches the front! If you do long edge then this won’t work. I recommend doing a test print of pages 1 & 2 first to ensure your formatting is working!

Topic: Defences and Remedies Unit: Tort Law Exam Board: Eduqas Papers: Paper 2 & Paper 3 This case table is a great revision resource for A-Level law students. It contains gaps to fill in the facts and legal principle for the key cases for defences and remedies under tort law. These cases are the ‘tier 1’ cases and sections. These are cases that will appear in every problem question answer for defences and remedies. Cases included: Jones v Livox Quarries (1952) Morris v Murray (1991) Stapley v Gypsum Mines Ltd (1953) Pilkington v Wood (1953) Legislation Included: Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945, s 1(1) How I Use This Resource I give the sheet to students and give them five minutes to complete as much as they can by themselves without notes. I then give them a further five minutes to work as a group. They can then complete the table with notes if there are still gaps. I usually have the table on the board and fill it in throughout if students as me for clarity or shout out any answers! By the end of about 15 minutes every students should have a completed sheet.

Topic: Bail Unit: English Legal Systems Paper: Paper 1 Marks: 10 Exam Board: Eduqas This is a 10 mark (AO1) question on bail designed to suit the Eduqas exam board. This would also work as an 8 marker from OCR. The question asks students to describe how bail works. There is also a model plan and a model answer included to help with marking/DIRT work. Students should be given about 15 minutes to answer if doing the question under timed conditions.

Topic: Criminal Justice System Unit: English Legal Systems Marks: 10 Paper: Paper 1 Exam Board: Eduqas This is a 10 mark practice question on the criminal justice system. This is designed for Eduqas Paper 1 and is one of the 10 mark AO1 style questions. This would also suit an OCR 8 mark question. Included is a model plan and model answer that can be used to help support students with planning or DIRT or to support you with marking. Students should be given 15 minutes to answer if doing the question under timed conditions. Note about Magistrates: this is up to date as of 2023 with the new reduced back to 6 months sentencing powers

Topic: Bail Unit: English Legal Systems Paper: Paper 1 Exam Board: Eduqas This case list is a great supplement to student learning. It can be given to students to be filed away and help with revision or it can be used as a revision activity or resource. Also helpful for teachers when prepping lessons. Contains a variety of key cases on bail, suitable for English Legal Systems and Criminal essays. It is based around the Eduqas specification but would also suit other exam boards. Includes: Illustration Case Name Legal Principle

Topic: Bail Unit: English Legal Systems Paper: Paper 1 Question Style: Evaluation Marks: 12 This is a 12 mark evaluation style question based on OCR Paper 1. The question asks students to evaluate the operation of bail. Included is a model plan which can be used to help with marking or help students with their own planning. There is also a model answer which can help with DIRT work.

Topic: European Convention on Human Rights, Key Provisions Unit: Human Rights Exam Board: Eduqas Paper: Paper 2 & Paper 3 This crib sheet is designed to help support students with their note making whilst studying key provisions of the ECHR. There is a simple table with space to fill in details about each right as well as some key case examples. Students can be given these to complete during class, as a homework task or as a revision activity. Cute and colourful to help with knowledge retention.

Exam Board: Eduqas Topic: ECHR Main Provisions Papers: Paper 2 & Paper 3 Unit: Unit 4: Human Rights This lesson goes through the main provisions in the ECHR that students will need to know for A-Level law. It is designed for the Eduqas specification but could be easily adapted to other specifications. It is designed to be taught over one week and can easily be split into 3/4 lessons to suit. The lesson covers Art 5, 6, 8, 10 & 11. There are activities throughout as well as evaluation and scenario practice. The lesson includes: Homework activities for the week Starter activities x6 Main Activities x6 Knowledge Checks x4 Plenaries x6 Challenge/Evaluation Tasks x7 Exam Question Practice x1

Lesson Topic: Duty of Care & Standard of Care Unit: Tort Law Exam Board: OCR Paper: Paper 2 This is a lesson on duty of care and standard of care as part of the negligence element of tort law. This lesson is designed for the OCR syllabus but could be modified to suit other exam boards. This lesson is designed to be taught over one week and split into multiple lessons. Included is both the teacher version (to be displayed) & student version (to be printed & handed to students). The student version has answers removed! The lesson covers the basics of duty of care (Robinson principle) and standard of care (including modified standard of care). It also gives an overview of the paper 2 examination and gives an opportunity for both scenario and evaluation practice. Homework activities for the week are also included Lesson Activities Starters: 3 Main Activities: 7 Challenge Questions: 7 Knowledge Checks: 3 Scenario Practice: 1 Plenaries: 4

Topic: Criminal Appeals Paper: Paper 1 Marks: 8 Marks Exam Board: OCR This is a practice exam question based on the 8 mark style knowledge questions from Paper 1. This is designed for the OCR exam board. Included is a model answer and a model plan that can be used to help with marking/DIRT work. The essay is designed to be given to students a week in advance to then sit in class. I give students 10 minutes to complete this answer (15 can be used if it is their first essay but in the real exam they should spend no more than 12 minutes on an 8 mark answer).

Topic: Crown Prosecution Service Marks: 10 Marks Exam Board: Eduqas Paper: Paper 1 This is a 10 mark question that asks students to describe the reforms of the Crown Prosecution Service. Students should be given 15 minutes to answer the question. Included is a model answer and a model plan which can help with DIRT/marking. This is designed for Eduqas Paper 1 but could easily be modified to suit OCR Paper 1 8 mark questions.

Topic: Criminal Justice System (inc. appeals) Paper: Paper 1 Exam Board: Eduqas This case list contains all the cases students need to know for the Criminal Justice System topic as part of English Legal Systems. This is designed for Eduqas Paper 1 but would suit other exam boards as well. Designed so that two copies can be printed on each page as there aren’t that many cases! Teaching Note Encourage students to highlight cases into Tier 1, Tier 2 & Tier 3 depending upon their importance. This helps them to focus their revision.

Topic: Crown Prosecution Service Paper: Paper 1 Exam Board: Eduqas This case list contains all the cases students need to know for the Crown Prosecution Service topic as part of English Legal Systems. This is designed for Eduqas Paper 1 but would suit other exam boards as well. Teaching Note Encourage students to highlight cases into Tier 1, Tier 2 & Tier 3 depending upon their importance. This helps them to focus their revision.

This sheet is a great way to help students make more structured notes on Legal Funding & Access to Justice. It can be used as a homework task, support for weaker students in class or as a revision activity. It is fun and colourful (although prints in black and white fine) Features boxes to fill in: Dicey’s Theory of the Rule of Law Conditional Fee Agreements Criminal & Civil Legal Aid Tests Citizens Advice

This sheet is designed to help students structure their notes on Law Reform. It has four boxes to fill in, these are designed to fit the four roles of the Law Commission but you could use them in other ways. These are great to help students structure their notes during class but are also a helpful homework or revision exercise. Designed for the Eduqas curriculum but will suit other law exam boards.