Professional Skills: Law in Action (M3055)
Professional Skills: Law in Action
Module M3055
Module details for 2025/26.
15 credits
FHEQ Level 5
Module Outline
Experiential in approach, this module will help you develop professional legal, and transferable, in a real-world context. Specifically, you will have the opportunity to work on a law-related employer brief and in doing so develop essential career management skills such as communication and presentation skills, teamwork, leadership skills, evaluative judgement, and project management. This module will help you to be better prepared for future CV building opportunities such as legal internships and other work placements.
Module learning outcomes
Demonstrate engagement, participation, and personal responsibility in a practical ‘employer’ task.
Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively and communicate information, ideas, and solutions appropriate for the target audience.
Demonstrate effective oral communication of legal advice and/or legal information suitable for a work like context such as a ‘work in progress’ review.
Initiate and undertake practical legal research.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio (1000 words) | Winter Vacation Week 1 Mon 16:00 | 80.00% |
| Observation | Autumn Semester Week 11 Fri 16:00 | 20.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Semester | Workshop | 3 hours | 00000001000 |
| Autumn Semester | Workshop | 2 hours | 00001000000 |
| Autumn Semester | Workshop | 2 hours | 11111000111 |
| Autumn Semester | Workshop | 3 hours | 00000010000 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
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