Option Module: LAW AND THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Laurence Etherington Module Leader: Approximately 6 x PBL sessions; approximately 7 x 1 hour large Formal Learning Activities: group sessions; and One Day Case Study Event. This module will involve a Full Day visit to London while Other Requirements: attending the Study Event’ (travel costs paid from York to ‘Case London return) towards the end of Term 1. Limited to 40 Law students Student Numbers: Module Content and Delivery: This Module examines two aspects of the business environment within which lawyers commonly undertake legal work: (a) the commercial world within which many legal professionals provide services; and (b) the business of legal professionals providing those services. The module is designed to provide an introduction to the strategic, financial and other concerns of legal service providers and other businesses. It should also help you to develop your overall awareness”. “commercial Module Learning Outcomes: By the end of the module, students should be able to demonstrate: 1. Understanding how and why legal service providers organise themselves using different structures, including the roles of various people working within these, and the advantages and disadvantages of different legal structures for legal service providers and for other types of businesses 2. The ability to use concepts and techniques to analyse and interpret financial information in the context of legal services provision 3. The use of concepts, techniques and information sources to undertake and ‘internal’ ‘external’ analysis of a legal service provider, develop and evaluate strategic options and prepare a Business Plan for their implementation 4. The ability to apply the knowledge and techniques developed in the module in different contexts The course will be assessed through a form of Learning Portfolio Assessment Method: (focusing on a Business Plan) (100%), submitted in Week 1 of the Spring Term. Preliminary Reading: C Stoakes, or Commercial Awareness (Christopher Stoakes Ltd 2013/14), C Stoakes, (2011/12) (Longtail Press 2012) All you need to know about commercial awareness
Option Module: LAW AND THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Module Leader: Laurence Etherington Formal Learning Activities: Approximately 6 x PBL sessions; approximately 7 x 1 hour large group sessions; and One Day Case Study Event. Other Requirements: This module will involve a Full Day visit to London while attending the ‘Case Study Event’ (travel costs paid from York to London return) towards the end of Term 1. Student Numbers: Limited to 40 Law students Module Content and Delivery: This Module examines two aspects of the business environment within which lawyers commonly undertake legal work: (a) the commercial world within which many legal professionals provide services; and (b) the business of legal professionals providing those services. The module is designed to provide an introduction to the strategic, financial and other concerns of legal service providers and other businesses. It should also help you to develop your overall “commercial awareness”. Module Learning Outcomes: By the end of the module, students should be able to demonstrate: 1. Understanding how and why legal service providers organise themselves using different structures, including the roles of various people working within these, and the advantages and disadvantages of different legal structures for legal service providers and for other types of businesses 2. The ability to use concepts and techniques to analyse and interpret financial information in the context of legal services provision 3. The use of concepts, techniques and information sources to undertake ‘internal’ and ‘external’ analysis of a legal service provider, develop and evaluate strategic options and prepare a Business Plan for their implementation 4. The ability to apply the knowledge and techniques developed in the module in different contexts Assessment Method: The course will be assessed through a form of Learning Portfolio (focusing on a Business Plan) (100%), submitted in Week 1 of the Spring Term. Preliminary Reading: C Stoakes, Commercial Awareness (Christopher Stoakes Ltd 2013/14), or C Stoakes, All you need to know about commercial awareness (2011/12) (Longtail Press 2012)
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