Module Descriptors
SKILLS (SKILLS FOR KNOWLEDGE IN LEARNING AND LAW)
LAWS40743
Key Facts
Faculty of Business, Education and Law
Level 4
15 credits
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- PORTFOLIO weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Resources
Access to appropriate texts, legislation and case law.
Module study guide.
Computing facilities will be needed to access material available on the web and specialist on-line databases
Module study guide.
Computing facilities will be needed to access material available on the web and specialist on-line databases
Module Texts
Finch & Fafinski, Legal Skills, 2007, 1st Ed., Open University Press
Module Additional Assessment Details
An individual portfolio of tasks which will address learning outcomes 1, 2 & 3
Max 3000 words
To pass this module, students must achieve a mark of at least 40%. Where a student also takes BLL50017-1 English Legal System in the same academic year, a mark of 35% - 39% in one of these modules may be compensated by the other module, provided the average mark for the two modules is at least 40%
Max 3000 words
To pass this module, students must achieve a mark of at least 40%. Where a student also takes BLL50017-1 English Legal System in the same academic year, a mark of 35% - 39% in one of these modules may be compensated by the other module, provided the average mark for the two modules is at least 40%
Module Indicative Content
The module is designed to provide law and non-law students with the necessary learning, lawyering and personal enhancement skills to facilitate their current and future study of law. The module will focus on;
- Identifying, locating and retrieving legal materials using appropriate sources
- Reading cases and statutes
- Evaluating secondary materials
- Writing in academic forms and wider learning skills such reading, note-taking, time management, using feedback etc
- Problem solving and analysis
- Referencing of sources and the University's Regulations on Academic Dishonesty
- Professional Writing
- Client Interviewing
- Presentation Skills
- Group Work and Leadership
- An introduction to PDP & Employability
- Identifying, locating and retrieving legal materials using appropriate sources
- Reading cases and statutes
- Evaluating secondary materials
- Writing in academic forms and wider learning skills such reading, note-taking, time management, using feedback etc
- Problem solving and analysis
- Referencing of sources and the University's Regulations on Academic Dishonesty
- Professional Writing
- Client Interviewing
- Presentation Skills
- Group Work and Leadership
- An introduction to PDP & Employability
Module Learning Strategies
Workshop Sessions
Learning will take place in 2 hour workshops which will run on a fortnightly basis. These will be supplemented by a further 2 e-sessions which will also last for approximately 2 hours each.
The workshop sessions are designed to facilitate the delivery of a skill in abstract and also the practice, development and mastery of that skill on a number of activities drawn from the L1 modules. The development of the skills should then be furthered by the module teams in their tutorial sessions.
This learning strategy is also underpinned by Skills Focus Day within Level One induction. This lays the foundations for the development of the skills programme over the rest of the year.
Directed study and independent learning: principally this will consist of follow up tasks from the workshop sessions and the e-sessions. These tasks are integrated into the programme of learning guidance in the Study Guide and also via further reading references and workshop handouts
TOTAL LEARNING TIME 150 hours
Learning will take place in 2 hour workshops which will run on a fortnightly basis. These will be supplemented by a further 2 e-sessions which will also last for approximately 2 hours each.
The workshop sessions are designed to facilitate the delivery of a skill in abstract and also the practice, development and mastery of that skill on a number of activities drawn from the L1 modules. The development of the skills should then be furthered by the module teams in their tutorial sessions.
This learning strategy is also underpinned by Skills Focus Day within Level One induction. This lays the foundations for the development of the skills programme over the rest of the year.
Directed study and independent learning: principally this will consist of follow up tasks from the workshop sessions and the e-sessions. These tasks are integrated into the programme of learning guidance in the Study Guide and also via further reading references and workshop handouts
TOTAL LEARNING TIME 150 hours