LW100-4-FY-CO:
Essex Law Key Skills

The details
2024/25
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 27 June 2025
0
24 April 2024

 

Requisites for this module
(none)
(none)
(none)
(none)

 

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Key module for

LLB M100 Law,
LLB M100CD Law,
LLB M100CS Law,
LLB M100DE Law,
LLB M100LD Law,
LLB M100MD Law,
LLB M100MS Law,
LLB M100TD Law,
LLB M100TS Law,
LLB M101 Law (Including Foundation Year),
LLB M107 Law (Including Placement Year),
LLB M107DE Law (Including Placement Year),
LLB M120 Law (Including Year Abroad),
MLAWM199 Law,
MLAWMA98 Law (Including Placement Year),
MLAWMA99 Law (Including Year Abroad),
LLB M103 Law (Senior Status),
LLB MM20 Law with Human Rights,
LLB MM20WS Law with Human Rights,
LLB MM21 Law with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MM22 Law with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
LLB MM30 Law with Human Rights (Including Foundation Year),
LLB MV06 Law with Philosophy (Including Foundation Year),
LLB MV16 Law with Philosophy,
LLB MV18 Law with Philosophy (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MV19 Law with Philosophy (Including Placement Year),
LLB ML14 Law with Politics (Including Year Abroad),
LLB ML15 Law with Politics (Including Placement Year),
LLB ML16 Law with Politics,
LLB ML26 Law with Politics (Including Foundation Year),
LLB MN00 Law with Business,
LLB MN01 Law with Business (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MN02 Law with Business (Including Placement Year),
LLB MN03 Law with Business (Including Foundation Year),
LLB MN10 Law with Finance,
LLB MN11 Law with Finance (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MN12 Law with Finance (Including Placement Year),
LLB MN13 Law with Finance (Including Foundation Year),
LLB MM00 Law with Criminology,
LLB MM01 Law with Criminology (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MM02 Law with Criminology (Including Placement Year),
LLB MM03 Law with Criminology (Including Foundation Year),
LLB M123 Licence English and French Law (Double Degree),
LLB M1Q3 Law with Literature,
LLB M1Q4 Law with Literature (Including Foundation Year),
LLB M1Q5 Law with Literature (Including Placement Year),
LLB M1Q6 Law with Literature (Including Year Abroad),
LLB M1V1 Law with History,
LLB M1V2 Law with History (Including Foundation Year),
LLB M1V3 Law with History (Including Placement Year),
LLB M1V4 Law with History (Including Year Abroad)

Module description

Essex Law Key Skills provides an introduction to the English legal system and helps you acquire and develop a range of key skills that are important for legal studies. The module introduces you to the key sources of law and tools of practitioners in the English and Welsh legal systems, such as statutes, case law, treaties, and principles of academic writing, including research, writing and referencing skills.


The module allows students to build on their legal and academic skills throughout their first year, with dedicated sessions for ensuring pastoral support.

Module aims

The aims of this module are:



  • To introduce students to the Principles and sources of the English Legal System

  • To provide students with an understanding of academic skills, such as referencing, planning an essay and answering a problem question using the IRAC methodology

  • To enable students to engage with further development of academic, personal and communication skills

Module learning outcomes

By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:



  1. Demonstrate introductory knowledge of the institutions of the English legal system, the sources of law (primary and secondary), and the roles of actors within the system (judiciary, Parliament, government).

  2. Carry out introductory level legal research using a variety of research techniques including library and IT sources.

  3. Demonstrate awareness of the rules on academic integrity and how to reference and attribute others’ work.

  4. Reflect on own abilities and goals, and feedback received.

Module information

The module will cover the English legal system, sources of law (including legislation and case law), essay and problem question writing skills, getting to grips with Moodle and other resources, a group challenge, as well as a range of pastoral and academic skills.

Learning and teaching methods

This module will be delivered via:

  • Twelve 1-hour lectures
  • Eight 1-hour tutorials

Specialist seminars will also be led by the Law Librarian, and the Skills for Success team.

Students will also have academic coaching sessions scheduled throughout the year with their academic coach:

  • Three 20-minute sessions

There is also a range of voluntary ‘How to’ Workshops on a range of academic skills topics.

Bibliography

This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.

Assessment items, weightings and deadlines

Coursework / exam Description Deadline Coursework weighting

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

Module is either passed or marked as not completed.

Reassessment

Module is either passed or marked as not completed.

Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Ebba Lekvall, email: ebba.lekvall@essex.ac.uk.

 

Availability
No
No
No

External examiner

No external examiner information available for this module.
Resources
Available via Moodle
Of 160 hours, 13 (8.1%) hours available to students:
2 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
145 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.

 

Further information
Essex Law School

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