LW400-6-FY-CO:
Law Placement Year
2023/24
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 28 June 2024
120
23 October 2023
Requisites for this module
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LLB M107 Law (Including Placement Year),
LLB M107DE Law (Including Placement Year),
MLAWMA98 Law (Including Placement Year),
LLB MM22 Law with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
LLB MV19 Law with Philosophy (Including Placement Year),
LLB ML15 Law with Politics (Including Placement Year),
LLB MN02 Law with Business (Including Placement Year),
LLB MN12 Law with Finance (Including Placement Year),
LLB MM02 Law with Criminology (Including Placement Year),
LLB M1Q5 Law with Literature (Including Placement Year),
LLB M1V3 Law with History (Including Placement Year)
During this module you will spend a minimum of 30 weeks full-time (or equivalent) undertaking work in a placement that provides relevant and practical experience to complement your study of law (in any industry, of at least junior professional level). The School of Law and the Placements Team will support you in seeking a placement in years one and two of your studies, and you will enter the placement in year three. Your placement will allow you to graduate having gained knowledge on how a relevant industry operates, the importance of commercial awareness, and what skills a prospective employer will seek in a graduate.
You will still be registered as a University of Essex student during your placement year, and you will have access to all the normal services such as the library, Student Support, and the Students' Union.
In order to enter the placement year, we require you to achieve an average of 60% across your first year modules.
No information available.
1. Acquire knowledge of the working practices of a particular industry, and be able to reflect on issues of legal relevance.
2. Demonstrate appropriate professional conduct
3. Demonstrate and apply commercial awareness
4. Work within a team
5. Successfully organise and manage a workload
Please note the University cannot guarantee a placement and it is the student's responsibility to ensure a placement is found before the deadline.
While there is no formal teaching in this module, the module supervisor will be in touch with you at certain times throughout the year to check in.
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 |
Reflective Log 1 |
|
20% |
| Coursework |
Reflective Log 2 |
|
20% |
| Coursework |
Final Report (3) |
|
60% |
Additional coursework information
1. Reflective Log I - Reflect on the first 10 weeks of your placement experience (500 words) - 20%
2. Reflective Log II - Reflect on the second 10 weeks of your placement experience (500 words) - 20%
3. Reflective Essay - Reflect on the whole placement experience (2000 words) - 60%
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 Claiton Fyock, email: claiton.fyock@essex.ac.uk.
Law Education Office, lawschoolug@essex.ac.uk
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Travel costs for UK - based unpaid, approved work placements and live projects which are an integral part of a module may be covered by your department. (NB this will usually exclude field trips and site visits). Please check with your module supervisor to ensure that the activity is eligible.
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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