Volume 3, 2025 – Issue 3
Students’ representations of academic law writing in Morocco: Obstacles and challenges to the appropriation of legal genres
Corresponding author: ahlam.alouakil@um5r.ac.ma
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17268613
Abstract
This article looks at how Moroccan undergraduate law students perceive academic writing, and the difficulties they encounter in appropriating the legal genres specific to their training (dissertation, commentary on judgments, case studies). Based on a survey of 80 students from several Moroccan faculties, the results show that these representations, often inherited from high school, hinder students’ understanding of academic expectations and the adoption of appropriate writing strategies. The study also highlights the lack of methodological support felt by students, and the strong demand for structured teaching methods. These findings open up avenues for a pedagogy of academic writing in law better adapted to the Moroccan context, favoring students’ academic success.
Keywords: academic writing, law students, representations, legal genres, university pedagogy.
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Al-Ouakil, A. (2025). Students’ representations of academic law writing in Morocco: Obstacles and challenges to the appropriation of legal genres. The International Journal of Technology, Innovation, and Education, 3(3), 58–76. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17268613
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Al-Ouakil, Ahlam. 2025. “Students’ Representations of Academic Law Writing in Morocco: Obstacles and Challenges to the Appropriation of Legal Genres.” The International Journal of Technology, Innovation, and Education 3 (3): 58–76. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17268613.
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Al-Ouakil, Ahlam. “Students’ Representations of Academic Law Writing in Morocco: Obstacles and Challenges to the Appropriation of Legal Genres.” The International Journal of Technology, Innovation, and Education, vol. 3, no. 3, Oct. 2025, pp. 58–76, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17268613.
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About the authors
- Ahlam Al-Ouakil is a communication and French language trainer and a doctoral student in educational science. She conducts research on university literacies and the improvement of pedagogical practices.
ahlam.alouakil@um5r.ac.ma
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