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This article argues in favour of more transparency in the assessment of law courses in the modern law school context in which it is increasingly common for law students to share notes. In 2020, the author introduced three types of asynchronous exam-focused exercises to the Land Law course at the University of Auckland. First, guided exercises: students are guided through a series of questions to answer a problem in bite-sized chunks. Secondly, modelling exercises: students plan an answer to a past exam problem and use a video in which the lecturer plans an answer while narrating their thought processes to reflect on their own plan. Thirdly, example exercises: students review previous exam answers against the relevant rubrics to understand what distinguishes answers at each grade. The article investigates student attitudes about: which exam-focused exercise is the most useful component of a law course; whether students prefer if an exam-focused exercise helps them to understand relevant content or develop legal reasoning skills; which exam-focused exercise is more helpful for (a) understanding relevant content and (b) developing legal reasoning skills; and whether students prefer modelling by the lecturer in pre-recorded videos, the lecturer in in-person lectures or a tutor in in-person tutorials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Māori and the Crown are designing frameworks to address the Crown's breaches of its guarantee under Te Tiriti o Waitangi 1840 to allow Māori to exercise tino rangatiratanga (chiefly authority) over their taonga (tangible and intangible treasures), including mātauranga Māori (the body of knowledge originating from Māori ancestors, including the Māori worldview and cultural practices). This article argues that the substantive framework to address the Treaty breaches asserted in the Wai 262 claim should enable Māori and the Crown to reconcile on those breaches. The article also recommends that Māori and the Crown design the substantive framework in a reconciliatory procedural framework in which Māori and the Crown prioritise a renewed treaty relationship. It uses a Tullyesque approach to reconciliation to provide guidance for the design of such a procedural framework. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]