Plagiarism and legal education

Plagiarism Advice

Plagiarism Advice, formerly the JISC Plagiarism Advice Service, provides resources, training, advice and guidance to the higher education sector. Useful resources include Developing assessment strategies which encourage original student work: an online guide.

Plagiarism resources

• Plagiarism: a guide for law lecturers – UKCLE teaching resource note (2005), with extracts from the University of Brighton’s student guide on plagiarism
• Plagiarism in an electronic age – presentation at the UKCLE seminar on e-assessment in January 2008
• Essaybanks and Internet plagiarism: threat or opportunity? – presentation at the UKCLE seminar on plagiarism in September 2004
• Plagiarism and the law: a solicitor’s perspective – guidance from Gary Attle (Mills & Reeve), from the UKCLE seminar on plagiarism in September 2004, available to download at the bottom of this page
• Guidance to BVC providers: a common approach to plagiarism and collusion – guidance from the Bar Council’s Education and Training Committee, from the UKCLE seminar on plagiarism in September 2004, available to download at the bottom of this page

Research into plagiarism

• Culture shock: I don’t understand what plagiarism means – project exploring international students’ understanding of the concept of plagiarism
• Plagiarism in UK law schools: policies, procedures and penalties – final report of the UKCLE funded project on academic misconduct in legal education

Case studies:

• Meeting the plagiarism challenge – paper from LILI 2003 on strategies adopted by institutions to address the growth in plagiarism
• Plagiarism: the Teesside experience – details of a series of workshops aimed at helping students understand the nature of acceptable academic practice, with a downloadable copy of the presentation used with students
• Tackling plagiarism at Sheffield Hallam University – description of efforts to combat plagiarism, including the use of a compusory moot to alert students to the consequences of being found guilty of plagiarism, presented at a UKCLE seminar on plagiarism in September 2004

Last Modified: 4 June 2010