You will experience a range of teaching methods throughout your course including lectures small group formats (tutorials) online learning environments self-directed or collaborative study experiential learning and problem-based learning.
Your usual week will be made up of twelve hours of lectures along with fortnightly one-hour tutorials.
During your time with us you will be supported to develop self-management skills including an ability to reflect on your own learning make effective use of feedback and an ability to work in a team.
You will develop the ability to conduct independent research including accurate identification of issues which require researching retrieval and critical evaluation of relevant information from a range of appropriate sources including primary legal sources.
The level of challenge and achievement you will be faced with is gradually increased throughout your course.
Our learning teaching and assessment procedures will give you the opportunity to demonstrate that you have met the necessary skills and qualities within your law course. We recognise the importance of inclusive practice and are sensitive to equal opportunities requirements as indicated by good practice and relevant legislative obligations.
A wide range of assessment methods are used to determine your overall achievement; these assessments may be timed or untimed seen or unseen continuous or examination based.
Tasks that you might undertake could include essays and reports of varying length; case notes; statutory interpretation; briefs; critiques of articles; oral video presentations; moots; skills-based assessments; reflective learning journals; research project dissertation; and work clinic-based assessments.
What will you study on this course?
In Year 1 students will take 100 credits from the following topics Contract Law Law Justice and Procedure Criminal Law Legal Skills and Public Law. Students can choose optional modules from other schools subject to approval from the school in which the module is taught and to timetabling constraints allowing. Students in the past have chosen topics such as Italian German Welsh French Spanish Economics Introduction to Criminology and Introduction to Criminal Justice.
In Year 2 students will take 80 credits from the following topics Equity and Trusts Land Law Practical Professional Skills and Tort Law. There are also optional modules available in topics such as Criminal Evidence Endangered Wildlife and International Law Environmental Law Family and Welfare Law Intellectual Property Law International Law & Contemporary Issues International Law of the Sea Law and Social Justice Law and Technology Law Justice and Rights Media Law Preserving Cultural Heritage Roman Law and Legal History Sports Law Commercial Law and Work Placement.
In Year 3 students will take 20 credits from the following topic The UK EU Law and Brexit. Students will take 100 credits from topics such as Business Law & Practice Commercial Law Criminal Evidence Endangered Wildlife and International Law Environmental Law Family and Welfare Law Intellectual Property Law International Law and Contemporary Issues International Law of the Sea Law and Social Justice Law and Technology Law Justice and Rights Media Law Partnership and Company Law Preserving Cultural Heritage Property Practice Sports Law Wills & Estates Dissertation and Work Placement.
Please note course content is for guidance purposes only and may be subject to change.
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