LAW-30148 - Module Specification
School of Law
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

The module is developed for law graduates starting out on their pre-qualification journey of professional legal education and focuses on developing technical and practical proficiency through innovative learning methods.
This is module develops competency in the practice-based application of the law and rules of ethics across the following practice areas:
Business Law & Practice
Dispute Resolution (with contract and tort)
Public & EU Law, Legal Services & Legal Systems
Property Practice (with land law)
Criminal Law & Practice, and
Wills and Administration of Estates (with trusts and solicitors accounts),
with the aim of developing Functioning Legal Knowledge within the meaning given to the term in the context of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination.

The learning objectives are directed to the development, and criteria for assessment of achievement are directed to the measurement of competency (to the level of a competent newly qualified solicitor in practice) in the identification of relevant core legal principles and rules for the module practice areas and their appropriate and effective application to produce a solution which best addresses the needs of the client and reflects the client¿s commercial or personal circumstances.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate systematic understanding of key aspects of law and practice, including acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge: 1
Demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate arguments, assumptions, concepts and data (that may be incomplete), to make judgements and produce solutions which best address the needs of the client and reflects the client¿s commercial or personal circumstances: 1
Demonstrate an appreciation of the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge: 1
Demonstrate the ability to apply relevant core legal principles and rules within the context of the practice areas in which they apply appropriately and effectively to realistic client-based and ethical problems and situations: 1
Demonstrate the ability to manage their own learning: 1

Study hours

300 hours comprised of:
Reading and personal study: 245 hours
Self-paced interaction with the course: 31¿ hours
Assessment: 23¿ hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment