students will be expected to explore the role of ethics and professional responsibility in the legal system. Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this module, students will be able to: Identify the core areas in legal practice such as logical reasoning, problem solving, and option generation. Specify the key role of lawyers within the wider community and the underlying responsibility of legal practice. Outline the process for effective client interviewing. Distinguish the role of advocacy in legal argument from advocacy for public or sectional interest. Primary Texts Schweppe, Kennedy and Donnelly, How to think, write and cite: Key skills (2nd edn, Roundhall 2016) for Irish law students Other Relevant Texts Kee, C. (Cambridge: Cambridge The Art of Argument: A Guide to Mooting University Press 2006) Morley, M. The A Short Polemic on How to Be Seriously Devil’s Advocate: (London: Sweet and Maxwell 2009) Good in Court Hill, J., (Palgrave Macmillan 2009) A Practical Guide to Mooting Snape and Watt, (2nd edn, How to Moot: A Student Guide to Mooting Oxford University Press, 2012) Williams, G., (Smith, A.T.H. Ed) (14th Glanville Williams Learning the Law edn. London: Sweet and Maxwell 2010) Semester & Year to be First Offered
students will be expected to explore the role of ethics and professional responsibility in the legal system. Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this module, students will be able to: Identify the core areas in legal practice such as logical reasoning, problem solving, and option generation. Specify the key role of lawyers within the wider community and the underlying responsibility of legal practice. Outline the process for effective client interviewing. Distinguish the role of advocacy in legal argument from advocacy for public or sectional interest. Primary Texts Schweppe, Kennedy and Donnelly, How to think, write and cite: Key skills for Irish law students (2nd edn, Roundhall 2016) Other Relevant Texts Kee, C. The Art of Argument: A Guide to Mooting (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2006) Morley, M. The Devil’s Advocate: A Short Polemic on How to Be Seriously Good in Court (London: Sweet and Maxwell 2009) Hill, J., A Practical Guide to Mooting (Palgrave Macmillan 2009) Snape and Watt, How to Moot: A Student Guide to Mooting (2nd edn, Oxford University Press, 2012) Williams, G., Glanville Williams Learning the Law (Smith, A.T.H. Ed) (14th edn. London: Sweet and Maxwell 2010) Semester & Year to be First Offered