Postgraduate Course: Professional Skills and Responsibility (LAWS11310)
Course Outline
School | School of Law |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 15 |
ECTS Credits | 7.5 |
Summary | This course aims to develop knowledge and understanding of practice management skills required in professional practice, including work and file management, professional conduct, communication with clients and colleagues and the regulatory framework in which solicitors operate. Students will develop skills in interviewing, negotiation and presentation. Students will be required to participate fully in the Free Legal Advice Centre. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2023/24, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Blocks 1-3 (Sem 1-2) |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Lecture Hours 4,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 5,
Fieldwork Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
75 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
Classwork - 100% if individual standard of 60% is achieved across assignments.
Failure to achieve this - Examination 100% |
Feedback |
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Exam Information |
Exam Diet |
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Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Professional Skills and Responsibility | 3:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Mandatory outcomes: (a) Appreciate the commercial environment of legal practice, including the market for legal services and the business models legal businesses use; (b) Understand the key features of alternative business structures; (c) Demonstrate ability to manage personal workload and to manage effectively a number of concurrent client matters; (d) Demonstrate an awareness of issues of equality, diversity and inclusion that may arise within the practice environment with references to the protected characteristics; (e) Can manage time and risk capably in legal transactions/matters; (f) Comply with all quality standards, risk management, and other policies and processes in place; use business systems and resources appropriately; (g) Demonstrate an understanding of how technology is changing the legal profession.
- Core outcomes: (a) Professionalism; (b) Professional communication: (i) Professional relationships and team working (ii) Transactional research (iii) Interviewing (iv) Negotiation (v) Writing and drafting (vi) Use of technology; (c) Professional ethics and standards: (i) Regulatory framework and professional standards, (ii) Duties to the court, (iii) Duties to the profession (iv) The client-solicitor relationship, (v) Conflict of interest, (vi) Confidentiality
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Ms Laura McBrien
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Course secretary | Ms Margaret Stewart
Tel: (0131 6)50 2004
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