Introduction
Your career as a student is likely to give you many opportunities for participating in oral presentations, some of which may well count for assessment. The nature of these presentations, whether assessed or not, will vary quite widely: some will involve working with other students and making joint or group presentations, while others will be undertaken and presented alone.
Certain presentations will be quite informal and take place in small group sessions, whereas others may require a more formal setting, such as a moot court. Some contexts, such as mooting, require you to follow a particular code of etiquette, but the basic skills and sensitivities required for fluent and effective oral communication, which we discuss in this chapter, remain the same whatever the situation.As with every skill, you will find that the best way to improve your mastery of oral presentation skills is through practice. Every oral presentation you make is an opportunity to develop your skills, refine your technique and build up your self-confidence. Improving your oral skills will help you in your academic studies and beyond. At the most obvious level, effective oral communication skills are essential to the advocacy work of many barristers and solicitors. Additionally, however, these skills are increasingly tested and valued by employers, which means you may well find that you are asked to make oral presentations in a variety of job interviews, and not only in the selection processes for aspiring trainee solicitors and pupil barristers.
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