LW304-6-FY-CO:
Final Year Research Project
2022/23
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
ReassessmentOnly
Thursday 06 October 2022
Friday 30 June 2023
30
15 November 2021
Requisites for this module
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In your final year, you will be able to choose which version of the Capstone project you will take: either the Spring Term version (LW304-6-SP) or the Full Year version (LW304-6-FY).
Every student will be given a supervisor who will be in touch to ask for your proposal in advance of the module (either in the Autumn Term or Spring Term, depending on which variant of the module you have chosen). You have already completed a proposal for the module LW254 Legal Research Skills. You can either use this research proposal or come up with a new proposal. However, please note that if you do decide to design a new proposal, you will not receive any feedback on this in advance of the module. We therefore encourage you to use your LW254 proposal and build on the feedback that you have received from your marker to improve the proposal as the starting point for your Capstone project.
You have already completed a proposal as your assessment for the module LW254 Legal Research Skills. You can either use this research proposal or come up with a new proposal. However, please note that if you do decide to design a new proposal, you will not receive any feedback on this in advance of the module. We therefore encourage you to use your LW254 proposal and build on the feedback that you have received from your marker to improve the proposal as the starting point for your Capstone project.
You will be assigned a supervisor, who will be in touch in advance of the module to ask for a research proposal. There are two taught elements in this module: the group tutorials in a group of approximately 9 classmates, which will take the format of an online seminar, and the individual meetings with your supervisor which will take place either online or on campus upon agreement between you.
The aims of the module are:
1. To enable the student to pursue a research project on a legally related topic of interest
2. To encourage independent research
3. To encourage students to plan and manage their own projects
4. To encourage communication of ideas through a medium appropriate to a given project.
On successful completion of the module, students should will be able to:
1. Undertake a substantial piece of legal research
2. Discover and utilise materials relevant to a piece of legal research beyond those suggested by teaching staff, including those at the forefront of the discipline where appropriate
3. Apply techniques of legal analysis and enquiry developed throughout their degree to new areas of legal study
4. Master and present with clarity a large body of information, critically evaluating that information as necessitated by the project
5. Plan, manage and deliver a legal research project
6. Express themselves clearly in a medium appropriate to the research project.
Legal research methods
Presentation skills
Legal writing
Reflective thinking and writing.
Every student will be given a supervisor who will be in touch to ask for your proposal in advance of the module (either in the Autumn Term or Spring Term, depending on which variant of the module you have chosen).
There are two taught elements in this module: the group tutorials in a group of approximately 9 classmates, which will take the format of an online seminar, and the individual meetings with your supervisor which will take place either online or on campus upon agreement between you.
Students following the Autumn Term variant will have 5 tutorials and 5 supervisory meetings and students following the Spring Term variant will have 4 tutorials and 3 supervisory meetings. In the Spring term, students will deliver their presentations in their tutorial groups.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
LW304 Reassessment 2021-2022 |
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100% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Darren Calley, email: dscall@essex.ac.uk.
Dr. Darren Calley, Ms. Ai Gooch, Dr. Mohammed Alshaleel, Dr. Ugochukwu Obibuaku, Dr. Erin Pobjie, Dr. Anna Hardiman-Mccartney, Dr. Birsha Ohdedar, Dr. Patricia Palacios Zuloaga, Prof Steven Peers, Prof Ting Xu, Dr. Anna Antoniou
Law UG Education Administrators - schooloflawug@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Thomas Pegram
University College London
Associate Professor
Dr Karen Mc Cullagh
University of East Anglia
Lecturer in Law
Prof Julia Shaw
De Montfort University
Professor of Law
Mr George Ellison
Derby Unioversity
Senior Lecturer in Law
Available via Moodle
Of 631 hours, 63 (10%) hours available to students:
568 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
Essex Law School
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