The Benefits of Using Law Tutors.

The benefits of using Law Tutors

There are many reasons a law student chooses law tutoring. Some law students feel unable to cope with law school. Others law students may find are more receptive to working through university with another person. A law tutor can help strengthen subject comprehension, boost confidence, and build important learning skills. A law tutor provides a student with one to one teaching away from the crowded lecture theater at their University. This is beneficial if a student finds it difficult to keep up or if they find a particular topic a struggle, or even where students do not feel challenged.  A law tutor can also help through the long periods of break when there is no teaching available to students such as during the summer.  

What are the Benefits of a Law Tutor

A law tutor can support law students to further develop knowledge provided to them at their Universities; they can support students in gaining new learning skills and developing study skills which will benefit them in the future when becoming a lawyer. There are several advantages (12 if your counting) of having a law tutor:

1) A tailored learning experience

Law students will benefit from a tailored learning experience which is not always available to them within a University setting. A law tutor will customise tutoring around a student’s goals; supporting them with topics they find difficult, preparing them for upcoming exams and giving guidance and feedback on assignments.

2) One-on-one Law Tutor

A student’s law tutor will endeavor to get to know the students learning style and can adapt their teaching methods to provide the best service where a student can fully get the most out of their teaching sessions. A law tutor will act as a student’s own private lecturer. One to one tuition is the surest way of improving your results and a proven method. It is the basis of the Oxford and Cambridge University (Oxbridge) tutorial system and works extremely well.

3) Improving academic performance

A law tutor will prepare students for upcoming exams, giving them tips and tricks to help them perform under exam conditions. A law tutor will focus on areas that a student finds difficult and will ensure that together they tackle the difficulties a student may be having. A law tutor will significantly improve a student’s understanding, grade and performance.

4) Improving attitude towards law subjects

Law is a very challenging course to tackle, and students are often anxious or worried that they won’t be able to perform during exams or when completing their assignments. A law tutor will help ease any stress or worries that a student may have by making learning interesting. A law tutor will ensure a student fully understands topics using various methods of teaching and in turn supports students reaching their full potential.

5) Encouraging self-paced and self-directed learning

A law tutor can support students in taking charge of their e-learning, a law tutor will provide students skills on how to control their learning as well as ensuring that students pace themselves over a period of time rather than cramming in learning just before exam periods which leaves students feeling more relaxed and prepared for any assessments.

6) Improving student’s self-esteem and confidence

A law tutor can support the development of a student’s confidence and self-esteem. This can be done through weekly sessions where a tutor will give a student encouragement and praise as well as providing them with much needed skills or resources which allow the student to excel throughout their law degree or other law course.   

7) Improving work and study habits

By having a law tutor, a law student will learn study skills which they can take forward into their future when becoming solicitors or barristers. The skills a law tutor can provide support students to successfully achieve their goals both throughout their studies and into their work lives moving forward.

8) Positive work space

A law tutor allows students to work online from the comfort and familiarity of their homes at times which are convenient to them. During the current pandemics, it is important that students feel safe in their e-learning environment to ensure that they are better able to focus on learning. A happy and secure law student will thrive during assessments and exams.

9) Encouraging independence and responsibility

A law tutor supports students to gain the ability to take charge and responsibility of their own work without the need for constant assistance. A student will be set work between sessions which will help secure their knowledge in a topic. This is turn gives students confidence in researching topics, answering problem questions and being able to manage their own studies.

10) Helping overcome any learning obstacles

A law tutor is able to target specifically where a student’s weakness is. A law tutor will work with a student to develop that weakness and give the student the chance to avoid the obstacles which may present themselves moving forward. A law tutor will help prepare for that obstacle ensuring that a student feels confident to tackle obstacles head on.

11) Encouraging the freedom to ask questions

It is well known that some students do not like asking or answering questions in packed lecture theaters or classroom in the fear that they may get something wrong. A law tutor supports students, giving them self-confidence to both ask and answer questions in an environment which is not overwhelming and where a student is allowed to make mistakes and feel self-conscious.

12) Preparing for upcoming exams or assessments

A law tutor is able is to support students in creating study plans which are personalised to the particular student, they support with developing advanced study skills as well as learning time management skills which is beneficial during assessment periods. A law tutor can support with answering past papers together, tasking students with scenario/ problem questions and giving detailed constructive feedback on how a student can improve ahead of any upcoming exam as well as reinforcing existing knowledge and supporting students to gain a more developed understanding of the study of law.

Why City Law Tutors?

City Law Tutors customise tutoring programs to support law students in gaining the skills that he or she needs to deal with throughout the duration of their course and moving forward into their professional careers. City Law Tutors help students to develop both critical learning and thinking skills which can be used for life.

Dynamic assessment

City Law Tutors uses a Dynamic Assessment to assess how a student learns. The assessment examines a student’s strengths, needs, and potential, and is absolutely stress-free. The results of this test allow us to build a program specifically tailored to a student’s needs.

Tailored programs

City Law Tutors provides students with tailored programs in accordance with a student’s goals and academic needs. A student will be provided with learning strategies which they can use throughout their law course as well as being provided with detailed sets of notes which they can use to study from during assessment periods.

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