Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW2154: Lawyers Ethics in the Real World

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level 5
Credits 15 ECTS Value 7.5
Term(s) and duration

This module will run during term 2 (11 weeks)

Academic staff

Professor Richard Moorhead (Convenor)

Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Available via distance learning

No

The purpose of this module is to introduce you to professional ethics for lawyers through case studies taken from the real world, with a particular focus on commercial practice.

Through a series of specially developed case studies you will engage with elements of sophisticated professional practice, the ethical dilemmas that can arise and the commercial, political and interpersonal drivers of those dilemmas.

As a result you will not only gain knowledge about professional ethics but also about commercial awareness and the social psychology of lawyer decision-making.

Module created

25/01/2021

Last revised

25/01/2021