Clinical Legal Education (M3033)

30 credits, Level 6

Autumn and spring teaching

On this module, you’ll combine legal clinics and pro-bono projects, analysing their national and international evolution.

You’ll focus on two main units. In the first, you’ll learn about the history and evolution of pro-bono and clinic projects. This will prepare you for your individual pro-bono project and first assessment.

The other part of the module involves individual pro-bono projects. In various project streams (clinics), you’ll actively participate in, reflect on and evaluate your work in (stream specific) seminars. Lectures and formative presentations will feed into your final reflective portfolio.

Teaching

49%: Lecture
51%: Seminar

Assessment

100%: Practical (Observation, Portfolio)

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 42 hours of contact time and about 258 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We鈥檙e planning to run these modules in the academic year 2026/27. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We鈥檒l make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Courses

This module is offered on the following courses: