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Call to publish scientific articles that will be received between June 20 and November 20, 2019, referring to:

University Pedagogy: With topics such as public policies in higher education, legislative system and reforms, academic programs, comparative policies, massification processes, quality assurance, legal professions, and others in higher education as a general field, referring to the Chilean and international context .

Didactics of Law: With topics whose centrality is related to processes of innovation, learning, curriculum, innovations, teaching experiences, students and teachers characterization , among others in legal education in the Chilean and international context.

Ethical and citation standards (Chicago-deusto) must be taken care of, in addition to the originality of the research or innovation.

The development of basic legal skills through problem-based learning

Authors

Abstract

This article describes the implementation of the problem-based learning (PBL) methodology as a teaching innovation strategy to achieve the learning objectives of the Lawyering Skills course. The main virtues of this methodology and its application from a comparative perspective are presented and how, after a diagnosis of the mentioned subject, its implementation was considered as suitable for the achievement of the skills and abilities pursued in that class. An account is given of the PBL design process for the
subject and what were the main challenges for its implementation, not only pedagogical but also logistical, administrative, formative, etcetera. Evidence of the implementation experience is also provided through the results of perception surveys applied to students,
as well as a focus group conducted with teachers.

Keywords:

Problem-based learning, case resolution, self-learning, teaching innovation in law, basic legal skills.

Author Biographies

Susana Espada Mallorquín, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez

Lawyer and PhD in Law from the Autonomous University of Madrid. She is also an associate professor at the Faculty of Law at the Adolfo Ibáñez University, Chile. Her email address is susana.espada@uai.cl.

Ricardo Lillo Lobos, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez

Lawyer and doctor in Legal Sciences from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is also an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law at the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile. His email address is ricardo.lillo@uai.cl.