The session commenced with the formal welcome address by Ms Manpreet, Assistant Professor of Law, who appreciated the Hon’ble Guest’s effort and thanked the honourable guest for making the effort to speak to the attendees despite his hectic schedule. The Guest of Honour, Prof. (Dr.) Paramjit S. Jaswal, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor complimented the team for the in-house workshop. He said time is passing at a fast speed but the basic focus must not be changed. Sir told us that world is a very small place, you can google anything. So, make sure that your curriculum is up to date and that the best things can be added to it. Sir said you should own the profession as a passion. Sir also touch on some aspects of research. He said that along with teaching you all must focus on research.  He even mentioned that start your own in-house research journal. The session concluded with Prof. (Dr.) Vijay Kumar Singh, Dean, Faculty of Law proposing a formal Vote of Thanks to the Hon’ble Guest for his motivated interaction with the participants.

The second session is on Session on ‘Attracting best talent to the law faculty: Making Magic in the Classroom’ with Admission and Outreach Team, SRMUH. This session serves as an icebreaker between the admissions team and the law faculty. Faculty learned in-depth information on the entire admissions process. The session also indulges in detail that what will be the expectations of the faculty of law for an upcoming session.

The third session is on ‘Becoming a reflective practitioner for effective teaching & learning’ by Prof. (Dr.) Vijay Kumar Singh, Dean, Faculty of Law.  Sir commence the session by quoting the words of ‘Ralph W. Tyler’.

“Learning takes place through the active behaviour of the students: it is what he does that he learns, not what the teacher does.”

Sir emphasizes that reflection is going back and thinking about the past. He describes the obstacles to reflection for us. In addition, Sir enlighten us on the three theories of teaching and learning. The first theory is teaching is how students learn. The second theory is what the teacher does and the last theory is focused on what the student does. Last sir’s emphasis, we should do more mind mapping and it can be one of the methods of innovative pedagogy.