LAW6093 - Legal Technology

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 law option module enables students to acquire a depth of knowledge and understanding of key legal principles and issues in legal technology.

The aim of this module is to capture significant contemporary issues in legal technology in law and practice drawing on case law, regulations and changes in law and policy. Content will be tailored to current issues to ensure both currency and interest drawing on themes linked with law in the context of the digital revolution, the disruption of artificial intelligence and blockchain in law, as well as innovation in access to justice and transformation into a digital lawyer.

The module also enables students to develop awareness of the issues surrounding practical and ethical implications in connection with legal technology, and to evaluate its operation within society, and to appreciate the social, economic and political contexts and underlying policy issues relating to its operation, and their impact.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Students will be encouraged to engage in directed independent learning prior to and following the classroom session. Completion of the independent learning will be paramount to successfully completing the module given the complexities of the subject. The classroom sessions will put the academic principles of Legal Technology into practice through case studies, role plays and presentations. Through these methods the academic principles that have been taught will be put in a practical context reflecting everyday lawyer/client interactions and link with the legal practice focus of the module to consolidate and reinforce understanding.

Workshops will serve multiple purposes. They introduce students to new legal topics, deepen their understanding of complex concepts, and enhance their practical skills relevant to the legal profession. Workshops will involve a combination of presentations, discussions, case studies, simulations, and group activities to create an engaging and immersive learning environment.

Workshops
Hours: 60
Intended group size: 40

Guided independent study
Hours: 240

Further details relating to assessment
Essay: Students will be provided with an essay question. This is designed to test students acquired knowledge and understanding of relevant issues and concepts in connection with Legal Technology and to formulate and critically analyse them in addressing the essay question provided, in a written format, allowing them to make judgements based on an informed understanding of arguments in the area of law in question using information from a range of appropriate sources. The essay will also test effective referencing and basic research techniques including identifying, selecting and presenting information and evaluating critical commentary.

Report: The report will provide students with the opportunity to apply their knowledge of legal technology and the issues raised throughout the module in order to evaluate a particular piece of legal technology. The report can be presented in written form, as a video or podcast and will be assessed based on substantive content and clarity and accessibility of presentation

Formative assessment will be integrated into sessions. For example, in workshops, student groups provide structured input/feedback on each other’s work, set in the context of tutor and peer input. Students can then use this feedback and the critiques to inform their submission of final assessment.

Assessment:

001 Essay; 3,000 words; end of semester 1 50%
002 Report; 2,000 words or equivalent; end of semester 2 50%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - PRS_CODE=
Level - 6
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 6YL

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