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Law with Legal Placement: Placement Module

Module titleLaw with Legal Placement: Placement Module
Module codeLAW3700
Academic year2024/5
Credits120
Module staff

Professor Sue Prince (Convenor)

Duration: Term123
Duration: Weeks

10

11

Number students taking module (anticipated)

5

Module description

This module will assess your learning on your legal placement as a compulsory element of the LLB (Hons) Law with Legal Placement programme. Undertaking a legal placement significantly increases and deepens your understanding of the legal workplace and issues relating to legal professionalism and the future of law beyond the learning in your academic modules. It gives you a deeper understanding of legal practice and learning through the experience of workplace culture and develops your practical law skills, thus broadening your overall learning experience. The aim of the reflective portfolio element of the module is to focus your awareness on the impact of your placement, comparing expectations with realities, and developing a critical awareness of the realities of the legal workplace. You will reflect on the problems posed by different working conditions and by the challenges of everyday life in an unfamiliar social and economic environment.

This module is only for students taking the LLB (Hons) Law with Legal Placement programme.

Module aims - intentions of the module

This module aims to provide you with a detailed insight into the world of legal work, as well as innovative changes and developments in the legal profession. Through a variety of forms of assessment, it intends to encourage you to reflect on your practical experience and to give you a deeper and broader understanding of current legal issues affecting the legal profession.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

ILO: Module-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

  • 1. demonstrate critical awareness of the similarities and differences in approaches to law between a practical workplace-based experience and academic study;
  • 2. demonstrate competence in locating, understanding and applying legal materials in the workplace;
  • 3. demonstrate critical awareness of innovative approaches to law and developments in the future of the legal profession, to help prepare for further legal study.

ILO: Discipline-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

  • 4. demonstrate good awareness of the issues and complexities of legal practice.

ILO: Personal and key skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

  • 5. demonstrate an awareness of the complexities of working in a professional environment;
  • 6. successfully negotiate the complexities of working in a professional environment;
  • 7. identify and reflect on personal tasks and challenges and to learn from their resolution.

Syllabus plan

Placements for this module will be secured by the Law School. You will be provided with suitable preparatory materials and appropriate guidance in the year prior to undertaking your legal placement. The legal placement will normally run from early October until the end of March. Whilst on placement, you will take direction from your host organisation, with your workload, hours of working, etc. agreed between you and your host organisation. During your placement, you are expected to maintain regular contact with the programme director, who will also meet you during your placement.

 

Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)

Scheduled Learning and Teaching ActivitiesGuided independent studyPlacement / study abroad
001,200

Details of learning activities and teaching methods

CategoryHours of study timeDescription
Placement1200Legal placement

Formative assessment

Form of assessmentSize of the assessment (eg length / duration)ILOs assessedFeedback method
Business report draft500 words1-7Individual written feedback (with oral feedback upon request)
Reflective conversation15 minutes1-7Individual oral feedback

Summative assessment (% of credit)

CourseworkWritten examsPractical exams
70030

Details of summative assessment

Form of assessment% of creditSize of the assessment (eg length / duration)ILOs assessedFeedback method
Business report (due within 28 days of the end of your placement)503,500 words1-7Individual written feedback (with oral feedback upon request)
Placement presentation (delivered to a panel of placement professionals and academic representatives)3010 minutes1-7Individual oral and written feedback
Reflective portfolio201,800 words1-7Individual written feedback (with oral feedback upon request)
0
0
0

Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)

Original form of assessmentForm of re-assessmentILOs re-assessedTimescale for re-assessment
Business reportBusiness report (3,500 words)1-7August/September reassessment period
Placement presentationAction plan (1,000 words)1-7August/September reassessment period
Reflective portfolioReflective portfolio (1,800 words)1-7August/September reassessment period

Re-assessment notes

A student who fails this module will normally be transferred to the LLB (Hons) Law degree programme; ‘with Legal Placement’ will thus not feature in the title of their degree.

Indicative learning resources - Basic reading

As directed by the Programme Director and host organisation.

 

Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources

Key words search

Legal Placement, Law, Work Experience.

Credit value120
Module ECTS

60

Module pre-requisites

None

Module co-requisites

None

NQF level (module)

6

Available as distance learning?

No

Origin date

18/08/2017

Last revision date

28/09/2022