Wendy

I have been teaching law for 30 years in schools and further education colleges with a good track record of getting top grades with both AQA and OCR A Level boards. Subjects covered include legal system, law making, nature of law, contract law, tort and crime. I do not teach the Human Rights option. I have also assisted in UCAS personal statement preparation and preparation for the LNAT.
I want students to find law as absorbing as I do, it is relevant to our daily life and will provide life-long skills and knowledge. I also emphasise the evaluation aspects of law (AO3), as there is plenty to criticise!

Tutoring Experience

I started teaching Law in 1996 and have taught A Level, GCSE and Cilex. I have experience of teaching adults and sixth form students, and have also taught online via Zoom and Teams. I have now been tutoring online via agencies for three years and I am delighted with how effective online teaching can be.
It is vital that students understand how to obtain marks by thoroughly understanding the three assessment objective categories (AO1, AO2, AO3) and we go through this with practice questions to find any weak areas. Examination technique is also crucial along with strict time management to ensure every question is attempted.

Tutoring Approach

My resources are varied and I like to use handouts fleshed out by PowerPoint explaining key concepts and cases. In addition, I have a bank of short questions for each topic to help students get the maximum AO1 knowledge marks; these are especially useful for revision. Students are encouraged to use my summary case grids, checklists and AO3 summaries; these can be printed to enable completion of tasks. Reinforcement and revision is crucial as the content level for Law is high.
Students can request that we cover particular topics that they feel unsure about, or we can go through all the elements of each unit to build confidence, completing relevant exam questions.