Business and technology qualifications, Levels 3-6, in Brussels. Explore qualifications
Portal login
Level 3 Diploma in Law

Evaluating Legal Study and Skills Audit

LAW306 · Academic and Research Skills for Law — Week 10 of 16

CourseLAW306
Week10 of 16
SemesterII
TutorOnline in the course chat

This week’s topics

Evaluating Legal Study and Skills Audit

  1. Self-assessment and reflective practice
  2. Conducting a SWOT analysis of academic skills
  3. Interpreting tutor feedback
  4. Prioritising areas for academic development
  5. Gibbs Reflective Model with an Example - Simplest Explanation Ever
  6. Acting on feedback
  7. Introduction to the SWOT Analysis: The Art of Conducting a Situational Analysis

What you will be able to do

  • 4.1 Identify and record development needs and specify priority areas for development.
  • 4.2 Describe the range of approaches to learning and study used.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: identify and record development needs and specify priority areas for development.

Study materials

Videos

  • Gibbs Reflective Model with an Example - Simplest Explanation Ever · YouTube · Mister Simplify · 14 min · for registered students
  • Acting on feedback · YouTube · University of Staffordshire Student Life · 15 min · for registered students
  • Introduction to the SWOT Analysis: The Art of Conducting a Situational Analysis · YouTube · Alanis Business Academy · 8 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Writing Guide, 20.5: Looking Back, Looking Forward · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 673–678 · for registered students
  • College Success, 4.1: Defining Values and Setting Goals · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 104–109 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
Course chat

Admitted students ask questions on this week’s page in the student portal: an AI assistant trained on the course answers first, and during the course’s timetabled classes Connect to your tutor brings your tutor into the chat, who may start a call if needed.

Open this week in the portal
Course plan
  • Week 1: Approaches to Learning and Independent Study
  • Week 2: Understanding Case Law
  • Week 3: The Doctrine of Judicial Precedent
  • Week 4: Finding and Verifying Legislation
  • Week 5: Structure and Purpose of Statutes
  • Week 6: Planning and Structuring Legal Assignments
  • Week 7: Principles of Legal Citation
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Referencing Secondary Sources and Advanced Citation
  • Week 10: Evaluating Legal Study and Skills Audit
  • Week 11: Personal Development Planning for Law
  • Week 12: Applying Academic and Research Skills for Law in practice: …
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
Back to the course
Scroll