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Half-elves occasionally seek tutoring to help them master the magic in their blood. Half-elves with this racial trait have only one favored class, and it must be an arcane spellcasting class. They can use spell trigger and spell completion items for their favored class as if one level higher (or as a 1st-level character if they have no levels in that class). This racial trait replaces the multitalented racial trait.
Is the text about spell trigger items superfluous? They don't care what level a user is when being used.
I ...guess... you could make your favored class Wizard even though you're a Fighter, at which point you could use Wands and Scrolls as a 1st level wizard. That's kind of neat, although you give up all your favored class bonuses to do so.
Staves use the Spell Trigger activation method and if your caster level is higher, you can use that to determine the effectiveness of the spell cast.
Unlike with other sorts of magic items, the wielder can use his caster level when activating the power of a staff if it's higher than the caster level of the staff.
This one trait makes Half-Elves pretty effective Staff Magi in my opinion.