Partner Details
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
Awards
Target Award
Award Description:Bachelor of Laws with Honours - LBH
Alternative Exit
Alternative Exit
Alternative Exit
Accreditation
Bar Standards Board
Programme Offerings
Full-Time
F2F-SLI-JAN
F2F-SLI-SEP
Educational Aims of the Course
The aim of the LJMU Law programme is to create a positive learning environment which will allow students:
To develop a fundamental understanding of the core subjects of English law in preparation for a career as a legal professional;
To develop their knowledge and understanding of non-professionally exempting subjects which are intellectually and professionally complimentary to their core studies by providing a wide variety of option modules;
To develop the highly transferable intellectual skills of coherent description, synthesis, logical analysis and criticism in relation to legal materials;
To develop an understanding and critical appreciation of the interface between law, politics, social justice, human rights and ethics.
To develop an ability to carry out independent research, analyse and present information on any subject relating to the English legal system without previous study; To develop as an independent learner;
To develop and enhance their written and oral communication skills;
To prepare for employment through the development of transferable skills such as the ability to solve problems, to work independently and with others, to make independent critical judgements and to come to decisions based upon them;
To develop an awareness of the professional values and ethics associated with law; To encourage students to engage with the development of employability skills by completing a self-awareness statement.
This will give the students the opportunity to develop professional skills relevant to their programme of study, as well as attitude and behaviours necessary for employment in a diverse and changing environment.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate a firm grounding of the basic concepts, values, principles and rules of the English legal system and EU law.
2.
Demonstrate an ability to use appropriate legal terminology and language both orally and in writing.
3.
Demonstrate an ability to present an argument in a way which is comprehensible to others and which addresses their particular concerns or questions.
4.
Demonstrate an ability to understand the nature of law questions and investigate them.
5.
Demonstrate an ability to analyse, assess methodologically, and communicate, information and empirical research findings in relation to legal studies.
6.
Demonstrate an ability to identify a range of different strategies and methods and use appropriate research tools in relation to legal problems.
7.
Demonstrate an ability to undertake and present scholarly work in a professional way.
8.
Develop their independent learning by taking responsibility for the preparation of work for tutorials, seminars, coursework, presentations and examinations, management of personal study time and the use of a wide variety of information sources.
9.
Develop an ability to evaluate personal performance and to identify and act upon weaknesses in learning, use of resources and the presentation and formulation of legal argument
10.
Use, and to sometimes demonstrate an ability to use, standard word-processing packages, legal data bases, e-mail, the intranet and the internet in support of their learning.
11.
Demonstrate an ability to use and interpret basic mathematical/statistical information in a legal context where the opportunity arises.
12.
Demonstrate an awareness of the main institutions involved in the operation of the English and EU legal systems.
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Communicate effectively when working in a group and to fully contribute to such activities.
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Organise, prioritise their time and to work so as to meet strict deadlines.
15.
Take control of personal career development opportunities by utilising the personal tutor system, work-placements, the university careers information service and other organised LL.B career events.
16.
Demonstrate an awareness and depth of understanding of the main policy and doctrinal issues in, and development of, substantive core and option subjects .
17.
Demonstrate an awareness of the impact upon law of other disciplines including politics, sociology, economics and ethics.
18.
Demonstrate an ability to select key research issues and to identify relevant primary and secondary sources of information.
19.
Demonstrate a well-developed ability to use a wide variety of standard and legal and other electronic sources of information.
20.
Demonstrate an ability to apply gained legal knowledge to complex problems, to reflect upon and evaluate this application and to draw logical reasoned conclusions that are supported by argument and legal authority.
21.
Demonstrate an ability to produce an accurate and up-to-date picture of core and option areas of study from various sources, and to produce an overview of the relevant doctrinal and policy issues.
22.
Demonstrate an ability to evaluate and rank unfamiliar arguments in the light of established statute law, judicial decisions and authoritative legal commentary.
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Via lectures, tutor-led tutorials, student-led seminars, problem-based seminars and skills-based practicals. Assessment is by way of different combinations of unseen/seen, closed/open book examinations, extended essays, portfolio work and some oral presentations. The same as for Knowledge and Understanding and, in addition, the use of Foundation Workshops and research review, 1st year induction programme, prepared problem-based lectures (case studies) and through the Foundation and Independent Learning module.
Programme Structure
Programme Structure Description
The programme can be studied over three years (360 credits) full time. On the three year model, study is undertaken at three levels, one for each year of study. 120 credits are required for the completion of each level and 360 credits for the completion of the full honours programme.
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Students who commence their studies in 2021/22 and thereafter will follow the programme as follows; At Level 4 (120 Core Credits) 4502LAWSL Contract Law, 4504LAWSL Constitutional Law, 4503LAWSL Foundations and Independent Learning, 4500LAWSL Law of Tort, 4501LAWSL Criminal Law, and 4505LAWSL Law in Society. Level 5 (80 core credits and 40 option credits) Core Credits 5502LAWSL Justice, Human Rights and the State 5501LAWSL Equity and Trusts 5504LAWSL Law of the Single Market of the EU 5503LAWSL Land Law Option Credits 5510LAWSL International Human Rights 5505LAWSL International Trade Law 5507LAWSL Clinical Legal Education I 5511LAWSL Maritime Law 5506LAWSL Law of the Environment.
At Level 5 students will undertake two core modules in semester 1 (5502LAWSL Justice, Human Rights and the State and 5501LAWSL Equity and Trusts) and must choose one of the following optional modules in semester 1 : 5510LAWSL International Human Rights, 5505LAWSL International Trade Law, or 5507LAWSL Clinical Legal Education I.
At level 5 in semester 2 students will undertake two core modules 5504LAWSL Law of the Single Market of the EU, and 5503LAWSL Land Law and must choose one of 5511LAWSL Maritime Law or 5506LAWSL Law of the Environment. Students wishing to take 5507LAWSL Clinical Legal Education I must have passed 4505LAWSL Law in Society.
Level 6 (120 option credits) 6517LAWSL Dissertation (40 Credits) / 6519LAWSL Clinical Legal Education II (40 credits) 6506LAWSL Mediation Skills and Practice, 6513LAWSL Employment Law, 6505LAWSL Commercial Law 6503LAWSL Company and Business Organisations Law 6501LAWSL Negotiation Skills & Practice, 6508LAWSL Mooting, 6509LAWSL International Law, Peace and Security 6514LAWSL Evidence 6507LAWSL Civil Dispute Resolution, 6502LAWSL Jurisprudence 6512LAWSL Intellectual Property 6518LAWSL Clinical Legal Education I [1st Semester] 6511LAWSL Clinical Legal Education II.
Students may not undertake both Clinical Legal Education II (Year Long, 6519LAWSL) and Dissertation (6517LAWSL). Students who have studied 5507LAWSL Clinical Legal Education I at Level 5 are not permitted to take 6518LAWSL Clinical Legal Education I or 6511LAWSL Clinical Legal Education II.
Students who wish to take Clinical Legal Education II (Year Long, 6519LAWSL) must have passed 5507LAWSL Clinical Legal Education I and 4505LAWSL Law in Society.
Students wishing to take 6518LAWSL Clinical Legal Education I must have passed 4505LAWSL Law in Society.
Students wishing to take 6511LAWSL Clinical Legal Education II must have passed 6518LAWSL Clinical Legal Education I and 4505LAWSL Law in Society.
Students at level 6 may not undertake both 6519LAWSL Clinical Legal Education II (Year Long) and either of the other two level 6 clinical modules: 6518LAWSL Clinical Legal Education I and 6511LAWSL Clinical Legal Education II.
At Level 6 if students choose to do the Dissertation module (6517LAWSL) or Clinical Legal Education (6519LAWSL) then they must additionally choose 40 credits of modules in semester 1 and 40 credits of modules in semester 2.
At Level 6 if students do not choose the dissertation module (6517LAWSL) or Clinical Legal Education (6519LAWSL) then the students must choose 60 credits in Semester 1 and 60 credits in semester 2. At Level 6 if students choose 6519LAWSL Clinical Legal Education II then in semester 1 students must choose two of 6506LAWSL Mediation Skills and Practice, 6505LAWSL Commercial Law, 6508LAWSL Mooting, 6507LAWSL Civil Dispute Resolution or 6518LAWSL Clinical Legal Education I.
At Level 6 if students choose 6519LAWSL Clinical Legal Education II then in semester 2 students must choose two of 6513LAWSL Employment Law, 6512LAWSL Intellectual Property, 6503LAWSL Company and Business Organisations Law, 6501LAWSL Negotiation Skills & Practice, 6509LAWSL International Law, Peace and Security, 6514LAWSL Evidence, 6502LAWSLJurisprudenceAt Level 6 if students choose 6517LAWSL Dissertation then in semester 2 students must choose two of 6513LAWSL Employment Law, 6512LAWSL Intellectual Property, 6503LAWSL Company and Business Organisations Law, 6501LAWSL Negotiation Skills & Practice, 6509LAWSL International Law, Peace and Security, 6514LAWSL Evidence, 6502LAWSL Jurisprudence or 6511LAWSL Clinical Legal Education II.
Students that commenced study in 2020/21 or pre-2020 will follow the programme as per below:Level 4: (120 Core Credits)4104LAWSL Principles of Contract Law (20 credits)4102LAWSL Independent Learning and Legal Skills (20 credits)4103LAWSL Foundations of Law (20 credits)4100LAWSL Law of Tort (20 credits)4101LAWSL Public Law (20 credits)4105LAWSL Criminal Law (20 credits)Level 5 (80 core credits and 40 option credits)Core Modules5101LAWSL Equity & Trusts (20 credits)5102LAWSL Law of the European Union (20 credits)5103LAWSL Remedies in Contract and Tort (20 credits)5104LAWSL Land Law (20 credits)Option Modules5107LAWSL Politics and International Human Rights (20 credits)5105LAWSL Introduction to Business Law (20 credits)5023LAWSL Criminal Justice Process (20 credits)5111LAWSL Law of Succession (20 credits)5109LAWSL Law and the Vulnerable Person (20 credits)5106LAWSL Property Offences (20 credits)Level 6 (120 option credits)Students may take 120 credits of Options, either 6 x 20 credit modules or 4 x 20 and 1 x 40.6101LAWSL Public International Law (20 credits)6102LAWSL Family Law (20 credits)6103LAWSL Commercial Law (20 credits)6104LAWSL Mediation (20 credits)6105LAWSL Intellectual Property (20 credits)6107LAWSL Gender, Sexuality and the Law (20 credits)6108LAWSL The United Nations and International Security (20 credits)6109LAWSL Bank and Financial Services Regulation (20 credits)6110LAWSL Animal Welfare and the Law (20 credits)6112LAWSL Law Relating to Financial Crime (20 credits)6113LAWSL Mooting (20 credits)6114LAWSL Evidence (20 credits)6115LAWSL Dissertation (40 credits)6116LAWSL Negotiation (20 credits)6117LAWSL Company Law (20 credits)
Structure
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
Approved variance from Academic Framework Regulations
This Programme has an approved variance to the Academic Framework Regulations, which permits inclusion of a 40 credit, year-long, work-based learning module (6519LAWSL Clinical Legal Education II) at Level 6.