LW105-4-AU-CO:
Academic Legal and Professional Skills
2015/16
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
15
16 March 2012
Requisites for this module
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LLB M122 English and French Law (Maitrise),
LLB M100 Law,
LLB M101 Law (Including Foundation Year),
LLB M107 Law (Including Placement Year),
LLB M120 Law (Including Year Abroad),
BA MVC5 Philosophy and Law,
BA VM51 Philosophy and Law (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MM20 Law with Human Rights,
LLB MM21 Law with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MM22 Law with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
LLB ML14 Law with Politics (Including Year Abroad),
LLB ML15 Law with Politics (Including Placement Year),
LLB ML16 Law with Politics
This 15 credit module is designed to give students an introduction to the legal system at the same time as developing a range of key skills that are important for legal study. It aims to provide a structured learning environment with feedback to support development, to promote team working and also independent learning. ALPS will also introduce students to the structure and role of legal institutions and professionals in the English legal system.
On successful completion of the module students will be able:
- To demonstrate a basic understanding of fundamental features of the English legal system
- To find legal materials online and in the library
- To work together in groups
- To present information orally to a group
- To makes sense of and explain the reasoning in a legal case
- To cite legal and academic sources correctly
- To make a general argument by means of a written essay
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Students will be taught through a series of lectures and seminars. Seminar groups will meet for two hours each week and will encourage active student participation in a broad range of tasks designed to analyse notions of justice and ethics, as well as to instil skills of legal research, writing and discussion. The module will help to prepare students for their legal studies by developing a sense of legal community, by learning the conventions of legal writing, and by exploring legal concepts in an inquisitive way using problem-solving techniques. Students will also be taught the foundations of the English Legal System.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Formative Assignment |
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0% |
| Coursework |
Research Essay |
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60% |
| Practical |
Presentation |
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40% |
| Practical |
Tutorial Assignments |
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0% |
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
Anna Hardiman-McCartney, Charlotte Bendall
Laurence Wells, Administrator, telephone: 01206 872852 email: ljwells@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
Essex Law School
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