LAW4023 - Legal Skills and Employability

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This module will provide an introduction to the Legal Skills that are the backbone of any legal professional’s career. The following skills will be focused on:

Academic Research Skills
Statutory and Caselaw Interpretation Skills
Employability Skills
Legal Writing and Drafting Skills
Presentation Skills
Courtroom Skills and Mooting.

This module is intended to be aligned with the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) areas of fundamental knowledge; specifically, SQE topics 17,18,19,20 relating to Case and matter analysis; Legal research; Legal writing; Legal drafting.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Workshops
Hours: 60
Intended Group Size: 50

Professional Challenge Project/ Work Placement
Hours: 20 (minimum) – Professional Challenge Project / 50 (minimum) - Work Placement
Intended Group Size: 1

Guided independent study
Hours: 220 / 190

Further details relating to assessment

The summative assessment for this module is twofold. The first assessment consists of a professional challenge or short placement which must be completed and is assessed on a pass/fail basis. The second assessment, which makes up 100% of the module mark, consists of a portfolio. Students will construct a portfolio over the course of the module for submission at the end. To support the portfolio, there will be formative submission points in Semester 1 and in Semester 2. The portfolio must include a Reflective Statement on the professional challenge or short placement undertaken. A detailed assessment brief includes instructions about what to include and how to present and submit the portfolio. Formative assessment opportunities are built into the module throughout.

This module supports the integrated assessment occurring at the end of Level 4 and develops the skills required to complete the integrated assessments in LAW4053 Public Law and in BMM4153. This will give the students an opportunity throughout the year to develop a holistic perspective on the programme level learning outcomes and their own development.

Assessment Component 001 Professional Challenge Project/ Work Placement must be passed in line with University requirements.

Further details of assessment are available in the Assessment Handbook for your programme and in Assessment Briefs provided by Module Tutors.

Assessment:

001 Portfolio; 3,000 words; end of semester 2, Professional Development Block 70%
002 Professional challenge/work placement; 20 hours challenge or 2 week (50hr) placement; end of semester 2 %
003 Integrated assessment oral court hearing; 15 minutes; end of semester 2 30%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Marjan Parkinson
Level - 4
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 4YL

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