LAW3028 Miscarriages of Justice and Their Consequences -The Innocence Project (20 credits)

Year Running: 2016/2017

Credit level: F6

Additional Information

For Third year Law students only who have worked on the Innocence Project on a voluntary basis for at least 1 semester before the start of the module

Description

The Miscarriages of Justice Review Centre is a student-led project which centres upon the study of wrongful criminal convictions. Undergraduate students are involved in real criminal cases and their investigative work is supervised by academics in conjunction with practising solicitors and barristers. Students have a valuable role in ensuring that alleged wrongful convictions are referred back to the Court of Appeal via the Criminal Cases Review Commission. The module provides a good grounding in the key skills needed to be a successful practitioner, including interviewing, legal research and legal report writing skills and also improves academic rigour.

Reading List

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Teaching Methods

Delivery Type	Hours
Clinical	4.0
Independent	177.0
Lecture	4.0
Tutorial	15.0

Methods of assessment

Assessment Type	Duration	% of formal assessment	Semester
Course Work	0.0	50 %	S2
Other	0.0	50 %	S2

Teaching methods and assessment displayed on this page are indicative for 2023-24.