Law School Module Details
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Title LEGAL SYSTEM IN PRACTICE
Code LAW002
Coordinator Mr JJ Marshall
Law
J.Marshall@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2021-22 Level 4 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

At the end of this module students will have a strong foundational knowledge of the interaction between key people and the civil legal process. They will develop a personal understanding of how people affect outcomes in the dispute resolution context, and they will be able to critically assess whether the procedures that we follow within the justice system facilitate or frustrate access to justice.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Understand how the legal professions operate in order to deliver legal services in England and Wales and critically evaluate their role in the legal services marketplace.

(LO2) Understand the key civil justice principles which determine how disputes are handled within the civil court system and critically evaluate the form and effectiveness of that system.

(LO3) Understand the role which alternative dispute resolution plays as part of the machinery of the civil justice system and as one of the areas within which legal professionals practice.

(S1) Communication Skills

(S2) Organisational Skills

(S3) Analysis and Evaluation

(S4) Synthesising and Presenting Information

(S5) Writing Skills

Syllabus
 

• Litigants and ‘access to justice’
• Lawyers, the legal sector and legal services
• Trial processes
• The ‘new’ civil trial and ADR

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Patterns

Learning and teaching on this module will be structured in accordance with the principles of Hybrid Active Learning with asynchronous materials and synchronous seminar sessions. Asynchronous recordings provide material previously addressed in physical lectures, suitably broken down (‘chunking’) and augmented (e.g. quizzes; online discussion boards etc) so as to enhance student engagement. Synchronous sessions will run on a fortnightly pattern across the semester (i.e. 6 in total) and will each have a duration of 2 hours.

Contact Hours

Synchronous Seminars - 12 hours (6 x 2 hrs)
Asynchronous recordings - 15 hours
Total – 23

Module Delivery

Hybrid Active Learning - a combination of asynchronous and synchronous sessions for all UG modules. The general pattern will be:

• Students engage with set reading and recorded materials.
• On a weekly basis students will either engage in an online discussion board or attend a 2-hour seminar
• Short MCQ tests (non-credit bearing) will be used to scaffold student engagement with the course, acting as pre-requisites for subsequent content.

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 15

 12

       2

 29
Timetable (if known) 60 mins X 2 totaling 12
  		        120 mins X 1 totaling 8
  		 
Private Study 121
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Consistent scholarly collaboration (5%). A score from 5% will be awarded to each student based on evidence of consistent engagement reaching a ‘threshold’ level across at least 3 out of 4 of semin  0    5       
Assessed essay (95%)(2000 words) Resit Opportunity Late Penalties  0    95       

Recommended Texts
Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.

Other Staff Teaching on this Module
Miss DA Lawson School of Law and Social Justice D.Lawson@liverpool.ac.uk

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:
 

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):
LAW101 ENGLISH LEGAL SYSTEM AND LEGAL SKILLS 

Co-requisite modules:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:
 

Additional Programme Information