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UKCLE strategy for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
education in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland includes a Nations Fund dedicated to supporting activities of a country specific character. We are developing areas of our website to showcase developments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and our Directory of legal educa…
Legal education in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland at the Learning in Law Annual Conference 2010. Gillian McGaughey (Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Queen’s University Belfast) presented a paper on Perspectives on professional formation: apprenticeship, pupillage and the assessed year in employm…
Learning law in Northern Ireland
includes links to law schools in Northern Ireland plus an overview of the stages involved in qualifying as a lawyer. For information on the practice of legal education in Northern Ireland and support for learning and teaching see our Northern Ireland mini-site. Law schools…
Quality assurance in higher education
education. The sections for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales on the QAA website give details of the procedures in each country and links to further information. The academic infrastructure section gives links to key components, including: Code of practice for…
Perspectives on professional formation: apprenticeship, pupillage and the assessed year in employment
employment for social work graduates in Northern Ireland and considered its lessons for the professional formation of legal practitioners. Gillian’s slides are embedded below, and you can also download her full paper at the foot of this page. The Institute of Professio…
Interdisciplinary training
both solicitors and barristers in Northern Ireland. The Bar trainees commence their course in September and complete an academic year at the Institute before commencing pupillage, with training in practice and procedure in a wide range of subjects and extensive skills training, …
Dual legal education: teaching and learning in law with French law degrees
although there are some difficulties – in Ireland the varying requirements of the regulatory bodies (the Law Society, the Bar and the Institute) mean there is little flexibility, whereas in the French system students do not cover enormous amounts of knowledge, with the cou…
Directions 8
Spring 2004…
Evaluation as a method of assessment
Ruth Craig, Queens University Belfast Presentation at Vocational Teachers Forum II, 1 July 2002 In her session at the second Vocational Teachers Forum Ruth, a lecturer at the Institute for Professional Legal Studies at Queens University Belfast, presented her experiences of…
UKCLE nations mini site
information on legal education in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales can be accessed via the left-hand menu or the links below. Legal education in Northern Ireland Legal education in Scotland Legal education in Wales…
FAQ on legal education
a lawyer in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland and links to law schools both AllAboutLaw’s Pre-university section and LawCareers.net’s guide to first steps into law give full details of the qualification process and range of career choices (England an…
Directory of legal education
How do I qualify as a lawyer in Northern Ireland? What’s studying law in Scotland like? You can find the answer to these questions and more in our directory, which includes: basic information on qualifying as a lawyer in all three jurisdictions of the United Kingdom …
BAILII: the cream of legal datasets
of England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland. In this article from the Autumn 2003 issue of Directions Joe Ury, BAILII Executive, provided an overview of the project to date – find out about BAILII’s continuing expansion (online article from the Soc…
Useful links for law teachers
nations, see our mini-sites for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. For links to law schools around the UK, see our Directory of legal education. associations | learning and teaching | legal profession | networks | journals and newsletters | search tools Assocations …
Contributing to Directions
education in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are especially welcome. Guidelines A full feature should be around 900-1,000 words, but shorter news items are also welcome. If you are including illustrations with your article, please ensure any images are of sufficiently h…
UKCLE work with the CETLs
further seven centres established in Northern Ireland. The CETLs initiative aimed to embed excellence in teaching throughout the sector – see the Higher Education Academy’s CETLs pages for more information and a full list of the centres. Work with the CETLs AS…
UKCLE networking
nations. We are developing mini-sites for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, while our Directory of legal education gives details of how to qualify as a lawyer and lists institutions offering legal education throughout the UK. We work closely with the Higher Education Aca…
Learning law in England and Wales
Part of our Directory of legal education in the UK, this page includes an overview of the stages involved in qualifying as a lawyer – for law school links see the law degrees page For information on the practice of legal education in Wales and support for learning and te…
Workshop 2: Teaching law to scientists, and science for the law curriculum: Forensic science
Chemistry at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and also holds a BA in Psychology from the Open University. Dr Nic Daeid is currently a Reader in Forensic Science at the Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. She is an office bearer of th…
The International Association of Law Schools forges ahead. Where are the UK law schools?
in Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland are seriously lacking in IALS. Whilst individual UK academics have made important contributions in papers and keynote addresses at its conferences, institutional affiliation is much needed. IALS is an organisation which has alre…
Out with the new and in with...?
been agreed. HEIs in England and Northern Ireland: subject review under the ‘old’ method will go ahead as planned in the period to December 2001. There will be no subject reviews in the period from January 2002 to July 2002. FE colleges (England): subject review …
Education for sustainable development
towards sustainability – Northern Ireland Government strategy (2006) Learning for our future – Scottish Government action plan (2006) Education for sustainable development and global citizenship – Welsh Assembly Government Strategy for Action (2006) Pro…
Academic misconduct in legal education
across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, to find out how institutional academic misconduct policies operate in practice and to illuminate staff perceptions of what constitutes plagiarism. Findings The project examined: the types of institutional policies on…
Learning law in Scotland
Scotland or England & Wales/Northern Ireland, or both. Two year ‘accelerated’ versions are also offered in both Scots law and English law. Aspiring solicitors without a law degree may take the Law Society of Scotland’s professional examinations prior to s…
Will video kill the manuscript scrawl? The impact of video feedback on students’ perception of feedback
low levels in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (HEFCE, 2010). As the Higher Education Authority (HEA) puts it: The National Student Survey has highlighted that feedback is a key area of importance for both staff and students and is a key factor under…
Law degrees in England and Wales
also offered by a number of institutions in Ireland, as well as by several overseas in collaboration with UK institutions – see the academic stage page on the Solicitors Regulation Authority website for full details. The Law Careers.net course search page offers law d…
Directions News
higher education in England and Northern Ireland which is currently underway”. The deadline for responses is 7 May 2010. Review of external examining UUK, together with GuildHE and in collaboration with agencies such as the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) and the High…
FLAG: researching foreign law on the Internet
outside England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and the publications of international organisations which create or are closely involved with law, excluding the European Union. FLAG excludes commentary: journals and textbooks. FLAG covers only paper and microform resources…
Legal education in the UK
is taught. Within the British Isles and Ireland there are three separate jurisdictions subject to the legislative sovereignty of the UK Parliament; England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. All share common histories, although each has a distinct identity. In planning …
Law in action: learning through scripted role plays - tutor introduction
procedures that apply in Scotland and Northern Ireland are different and are not covered in the resource). The role plays expose those taking part to the workings of the criminal justice system and the role of law and lawyers in that process. The magistrates court provides ferti…
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Exploring the impact of the Government of Wales Act 2006 on legal education in the UK
The Government of Wales Act 2006 has significant implications for those involved in legal education both in Wales and across the UK. This seminar, jointly organised by UKCLE and the University of Glamorgan, provided an outline of the main provisions of the Act and explored the wa...…
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