Module LAW1024C for 2022/3
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW1024C: Legal Foundations 2
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Please note that this module is exclusively available to students on the Cornwall campuses and differs materially from the Legal Foundations module available on the Streatham Campus.
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover at least some of the following topics:
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Negotiation
- Writing skeleton arguments
- Trial advocacy
- Witness cross-examination
- One area of substantive law
Legal principles, particularly equality and justice, professional ethical behaviour, and teamwork skills are embedded throughout the course.
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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33.5 | 116.5 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 6 | 6 x 1-hour lectures |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 14 | 7 x 2-hour teacher-led seminars |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 2 | 2 x 1-hour skills workshops |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 3.5 | 1 x 3.5-hour mock legal hearings |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 8 | Advocacy Week |
Guided Independent Study | 10 | 10 x 1-hour law firm peer-led meetings |
Guided Independent Study | 40 | Individual reading and preparation for tasks |
Guided Independent Study | 28 | Seminar preparation |
Guided Independent Study | 38.5 | Assessment preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
- ELE – vle.exeter.ac.uk/
- An online reading list suggesting further reading and resources can be accessed via the Legal Foundations ELE page, and will be updated throughout the year. You are encouraged to make use of these resources to further your knowledge and understanding.
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading:
- James Holland and Julian Webb, ‘Learning Legal Rules’ (10th edn, OUP 2019).
- Ross Hyams, Susan Campbell & Adrian Evans, ‘Practical Legal Skills: Developing Your Clinical Technique’ (4th edn, OUP 2014).
You may also find Imogen Moore and Craig Newbery-Jones, ‘The Successful Law Student: An Insider's Guide to Studying Law’ (OUP 2018) very useful.
There are other more specific books, which will be referred to for different stages of the module, and multiple copies of these are available in the Penryn Campus Library.