LC4S073 - Professional Practice (SQE2) 01 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | LC4S073 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Professional Practice (SQE2) | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Business and Creative Industries | ||
| Faculty Group: | Law | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Law | ||
| Module Leader: | Adam Collins, Natalie Quartermaine | ||
| Module Team: | Hannah Menard, Rachel Lewis, Hayley Brain, Holly Evans, Leane Barnes, Benjamin Jones | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2022 | Final Year of Intake: | 2027 |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 20 | Credit Level: | 7 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | |||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | |||
Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Sep 2022 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2028 |
Module Aims
Students will be introduced to the legal skills of:
1. client interview and attendance note/legal analysis
2. advocacy
3. case and matter analysis
4. legal research
5. legal writing
6. legal drafting and
7. negotiation.
These skills will be developed within a simulated practice environment where they can apply their studies in a simulated, professional setting providing legal advice to stimulated clients on a range of legal issues.
Students’ awareness of the professional conduct and ethical issues that will arise in the provision of legal services will also be developed.
Content Summary
For information, the legal skills assessments in SQE2 are:
• client interview and attendance note/legal analysis
• advocacy
• case and matter analysis
• legal research
• legal writing
• legal drafting.
Although there is no separate assessment called negotiation, all deliveries of SQE2 will contain at least one assessment involving negotiation. Negotiation may be assessed in either interview and attendance note/legal analysis and/or case and matter analysis and/or legal writing.
Practice areas
The practice areas in which these legal skills are assessed are:
• Dispute Resolution
• Property Practice
• Wills and Intestacy, Probate Administration and Practice
• Business organisations, rules and procedures (including money laundering and financial services).
Questions in these practice areas may draw on underlying black letter law in the Functioning Legal Knowledge (FLK) as follows:
• Dispute Resolution: Contract law and tort
• Property Practice: Land law
• Wills and Intestacy, Probate Administration and Practice: Trusts
• Business organisations, rules and procedures: Contract law.
Professionalism and ethics will be core parts of SQE2. Questions on ethics will be pervasive throughout SQE2. Ethical issues will not be flagged and candidates will need to identify any ethical and professional conduct issues and exercise judgment to resolve them honestly and with integrity.
Questions involving taxation may arise in Property Practice; Wills and Intestacy, Probate Administration and Practice; and Business organisations, rules and procedures.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Practical classes and workshops | 48 |
| Independent Study | 66 |
| Directed Study | 86 |
| Total Hours Selected | 200 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Evidence development of transferable legal practice skills through attendance, engagement and completion of simulated learning |
| LO2 | Reflect on experience and to effectively and clearly evaluate their individual skills profile following simulated learning |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synchronous Online Assessment | Time-constrained assessment (Online) 3 | As a follow up task, draft a legal document utilising a precedent. | 0 | N/A | 25 | No | 40 |
| Synchronous Online Assessment | Time-constrained assessment (Online) 2 | Produce an attendance note and letter of advice addressing all relevant issues. | 0 | N/A | 25 | No | 40 |
| Synchronous Online Assessment | Time-constrained assessment (Online) 1 | Analyse client instructions, identify and research the legal and factual issues arising, and submit a report in a prescribed form containing the results of their research. | 0 | N/A | 25 | No | 40 |
| Synchronous Onsite Oral Assessment | Oral Assessment (Internally assessed, Onsite) 1 | 20-minute role play interview of a new client on the basis of the information in the Legal Research assessment. | 20 | N/A | 25 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Time-constrained assessment (Online) 3 | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Time-constrained assessment (Online) 2 | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Time-constrained assessment (Online) 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Oral Assessment (Internally assessed, Onsite) 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |