Module LAW3167 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3167: Access to Justice Clinic
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
In this module, you will develop valuable skills such as interviewing and counselling, public speaking, and client record keeping, and gain a broader understanding of what access to justice really means. Through studying the legal system in the areas of criminal justice, housing, benefits, debt, and employment law, you will learn to identify the barriers to justice. In identifying these barriers, you will discuss and develop pathways for individuals to access justice. You will also learn how to explain complex legal information to laypersons as part of creating this access to justice.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate detailed knowledge of the means through which access to justice can be facilitated, and detailed knowledge of a substantial range of major relevant concepts and issues; 2. demonstrate critical awareness of the social and contextual implications of access to justice; |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. demonstrate detailed knowledge of legal concepts and their contextual, social and political implications; 4. demonstrate flexible capacity to define complex legal problems, identify their relative significance and select appropriate methods for investigating and critically evaluating them. |
| Personal and Key Skills | 5. interact effectively and proactively within a team/learning group, share information and ideas, and manage conflict; 6. manage relevant learning resources/information/learning strategies and develop your own arguments and opinions with minimal guidance; 7. plan and undertake tasks, individually and with others, with minimal guidance; and reflect critically on the learning process and make effective use of feedback. |
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online reflective portfolio activities | 1,500 words | 1-7 | Group written feedback |
| Essay Plan | 500 words | 1-4, 6-7 | Individual written feedback |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 55 | 0 | 45 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professionalism in clinic | 10 | 4.5 hours (minimum) for training sessions in week 1 of Term 1 in addition to 80% participation in clinic rota and/or supervisor meetings | 1-7 | Individual written feedback |
| Written case study essay | 35 | 2,000 words | 1-4, 6-7 | Individual written feedback |
| Individual presentation | 35 | 15 minutes | 1-4, 6-7 | Individual written feedback |
| Reflective portfolio | 20 | 1,200 words | 1-7 | Individual written feedback |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Written case study essay | Written case study essay (2,000 words) | 1-4, 6-7 | August/September reassessment period |
| Individual presentation | Individual presentation (15 minutes) | 1-4, 6-7 | August/September reassessment period |
| Reflective portfolio | Reflective portfolio (1,200 words) | 1-7 | August/September reassessment period |
Re-assessment notes
For practical reasons, referral or deferral of the professionalism in clinic element of the assessment is not possible. Where students receive a fail mark for the professionalism in clinic element, that mark will stand (i.e. there is no re-assessment).
