The focus in this unit is not only on the possession of knowledge about the English Legal System, but on the acquisition of skills, both legal and from a more general study skills perspective. Accordingly the unit will be taught by both lectures and seminars. You should find yourself, over the course of the year, coming back to your Introduction to Law materials and sources as you progress with your legal studies. Lectures The lectures will focus on introducing the main features of the English Legal System and on introducing you to key study skills. The general purpose of the lectures will be to provide an organised introduction and overview of material contained in the syllabus. In general, the lecture will take the form of an oral presentation by various lecturers. Apart from the pre-arrival reading required for the unit, students are not required to prepare in advance for lectures BUT they MUST read the essential materials in order to prepare for the seminars. Lectures will take place in weeks 0, 1 and 2 of the autumn term. The lecture schedule is as follows: Lecture Schedule Times and venues will be on your welcome week programme for the introductory sessions in Week 0. Thereafter, times and dates can be found on your personalized timetable. Please check your online timetable, just in case there have been any changes to the schedule below: Title Date/Time Room Lecturer 1 A Welcome to the School of Wednesday 24 PHYS Joanne Conaghan, Law Ken Oliphant, September BLDG 1.11 Gwen Seabourne, 09:00-09:50 TYNDALL Trial Chandy, Oliver Quick 2 An Introduction to Thursday 25 PHYS Oliver Quick Introduction to Law September BLDG 1.11 (including Blackboard) 10:00-10:50 TYNDALL 3 Introducing the English Thursday 25 VIC Martin Partington Legal System perceptions September – ROOMS and challenges G38 AUDI 4 Study skills: Reading and Thursday 25 VIC Keith Stanton understanding cases September ROOMS 14:00-14:50 G38 AUDI
The focus in this unit is not only on the possession of knowledge about the English Legal System, but on the acquisition of skills, both legal and from a more general study skills perspective. Accordingly the unit will be taught by both lectures and seminars. You should find yourself, over the course of the year, coming back to your Introduction to Law materials and sources as you progress with your legal studies. Lectures The lectures will focus on introducing the main features of the English Legal System and on introducing you to key study skills. The general purpose of the lectures will be to provide an organised introduction and overview of material contained in the syllabus. In general, the lecture will take the form of an oral presentation by various lecturers. Apart from the pre-arrival reading required for the unit, students are not required to prepare in advance for lectures BUT they MUST read the essential materials in order to prepare for the seminars. Lectures will take place in weeks 0, 1 and 2 of the autumn term. The lecture schedule is as follows: Lecture Schedule Times and venues will be on your welcome week programme for the introductory sessions in Week 0. Thereafter, times and dates can be found on your personalized timetable. Please check your online timetable, just in case there have been any changes to the schedule below: Title Date/Time Room Lecturer 1 A Welcome to the School of Law Wednesday 24 September 09:00-09:50 PHYS BLDG 1.11 TYNDALL Joanne Conaghan, Ken Oliphant, Gwen Seabourne, Chandy, Oliver Quick 2 An Introduction to Introduction to Law (including Blackboard) Thursday 25 September 10:00-10:50 PHYS BLDG 1.11 TYNDALL Oliver Quick 3 Introducing the English Legal System – perceptions and challenges Thursday 25 September VIC ROOMS G38 AUDI Martin Partington 4 Study skills: Reading and understanding cases Thursday 25 September 14:00-14:50 VIC ROOMS G38 AUDI Keith Stanton Trial
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