UKCLE personal development planning working group

In 2002 UKCLE gained funding from the Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) to investigate the extent to which personal development planning (PDP) is taking place in legal education. The working group was coordinated by Sue Prince of the University of Exeter.

The group considered the following questions:

• is there a clear link between the definition and aims of PDP and the law degree?
• how is PDP being used in legal education at the moment, and for what purposes (as a tool to provide evidence of the acquisition of skills and competence or as a reflective tool to advance learning)?
• what aspects of the law benchmarks relate to PDP, and how can PDP be used to support the implementation and facilitation of the requirements of the benchmark statements?
• what use is made of PDP in supporting work placement and the transition to professional education?
• how can the working group and UKCLE best support the legal education community in developing PDP?

The first meeting of the working group took place on 16 April 2002 at the University of Exeter, with a follow-up meeting held at Wolverhampton Science Park on 24 April 2003.

Last Modified: 1 July 2010