Compile a legal case example to show students how to analyze and comprehend a case. Begin with the facts of the case as you know them; it could be a situation where a man was hunting and shot another man; it could be that one man stabbed another during an altercation at a bar. Whatever the situation, begin by making sure that students know what happened for the purposes of the example.
Lay out a charge for this case. Once students have the facts and the law being used, show the students how to think through the situation. For instance, if students know that murder requires "malice aforethought," and it can be clearly shown in the hunting example that the shooting was a complete accident, then students can point out the flaw in this argument, as a critical requirement for the murder law is missing from the body of the case.
Create a second example, and ask students to write a brief analyzing the case and explaining their reasoning. Once you have gone through one or two exercises showing students how to take each, individual puzzle piece of a legal matter and put them all together as a group, each student needs to show that he or she can do it alone. This will show the teacher who is getting the ideas of analysis and who is skipping over points in arguments.
Work with each student based on the conclusions reached in the assigned work. For instance, if a student understands that murder is not an appropriate legal action for the hunting accident, but instead recommends manslaughter but does not give reasoning for this action, point out that more is necessary. It is not enough that you think a given action should be taken, you have to point out according to the legal code where and why it is an appropriate action. Pointing out the weak spots in an argument and helping a student to realize strengths help them build better reasoning skills and make them think more in depth about the matters being discussed.