Review and coursework completion

This week’s topics

Review and coursework completion

1. Reviewing the learning outcomes
2. Completing and checking coursework against the criteria
3. Self-assessment

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Identify the criteria required to conduct legal research.
• 1.2 Define key issues in the proposed research.
• 1.3 Assess the diversity of research methods used in socio-legal studies.
• 1.4 Evaluate ethical dimensions of socio-legal approaches.
• 1.5 Analyse features of the blackletter approach to doctrinal legal research.
• 2.1 Choose a relevant legal research project topic.
• 2.2 Create appropriate research aims and objectives with justification.
• 2.3 Formulate a detailed plan for the research project.
• 3.1 Critically analyse different theoretical approaches to a legal research problem.
• 3.2 Create a structured and thorough critical literature review.
• 4.1 Critically evaluate relevant research methodologies that can be applied to your chosen research topic.
• 4.2 Justify the methodology selected in terms of the research.
• 4.3 Propose suitable techniques to use with quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis.
• 5.1 Plan a legal research project and present this as a written proposal.
• 5.2 Critically evaluate own skills and knowledge, with reference to the intended outcome of the research project.

Activity

Guided review of every criterion; coursework completion clinic and peer review.

Study materials