Seminar 1 – Introductory What did I do today? During this seminar introductory I introduced myself and met everyone else in my seminar group. I was able to demonstrate my presentation skills and team work skills. I learnt the importance of leadership and team work during the group exercise. The role I specifically demonstrated was my oral ability to expand on my ideas and presenting to other members of the seminar group not just the groups we were allocated to. What did I learn from the seminar? The ability to network with other students and important information in regards to the skills programme in seminar and lectures. I also learnt the ability to apply law principles and reasoning to everyday situations by working to introduce solutions to the problem question set. What did I do well preparing for the seminar? I looked over my skill reading book which would assist me in understanding legal principles and reasoning. Why did I do those things well? I understood the importance of learning how to introduce new legislation and reading legislation. What difficulties did I have during preparation and the seminar? Coming up with more unique ideas and solutions to the problem scenario we were required to tackle in teams. Why did I have those difficulties? It was a difficult task however working as part of a team the ideas came together and assisted us with the solutions to the problem. How will I overcome those difficulties in the future? Ensure to work as part of the team and not to give up if I have difficulties as others in the team can help bring out ideas and inspire ideas. What skills did I develop/gain from the seminar? Team work and leadership skills were developed during this seminar. How do I plan to further improve those skills? Continue to work in my seminar as a team as we all our on a journey to bring out the best potential in each other through networking and sharing ideas and experiences.
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Seminar 1 – Introductory
What did I do today?
During this seminar introductory I introduced myself and met everyone else in my seminar
group. I was able to demonstrate my presentation skills and team work skills. I learnt the
importance of leadership and team work during the group exercise. The role I specifically
demonstrated was my oral ability to expand on my ideas and presenting to other members of
the seminar group not just the groups we were allocated to.
What did I learn from the seminar?
The ability to network with other students and important information in regards to the skills
programme in seminar and lectures. I also learnt the ability to apply law principles and
reasoning to everyday situations by working to introduce solutions to the problem question
set.
What did I do well preparing for the seminar?
I looked over my skill reading book which would assist me in understanding legal principles
and reasoning.
Why did I do those things well?
I understood the importance of learning how to introduce new legislation and reading
legislation.
What difficulties did I have during preparation and the seminar?
Coming up with more unique ideas and solutions to the problem scenario we were required to
tackle in teams.
Why did I have those difficulties?
It was a difficult task however working as part of a team the ideas came together and assisted
us with the solutions to the problem.
How will I overcome those difficulties in the future?
Ensure to work as part of the team and not to give up if I have difficulties as others in the
team can help bring out ideas and inspire ideas.
What skills did I develop/gain from the seminar?
Team work and leadership skills were developed during this seminar.
How do I plan to further improve those skills?
Continue to work in my seminar as a team as we all our on a journey to bring out the best
potential in each other through networking and sharing ideas and experiences.
How may these skills help future career?
Networking is important as well as team work to help an organisation come forward with
ideas and expand their business. Therefore skills of team work and leadership is important.
If I had to prepare and participate in this session again, what would I do differently and
why?
I would introduce new ideas which were collectively introduced in the seminar as well as
look over legislation rules and skill techniques in my main skills recommended reading book.
Seminar 2 – Analysing Legal Texts (1)
What did I do today?
In this seminar I analysed legal text in regards to legislation.
What did I learn from the seminar?
How legislation applies to case analysis and the format of legislation highlighting key
elements.
What did I do well preparing for the seminar?
I read and made relevant notes through my reading on legislation in my skills reading book.
Why did I do those things well?
I understand the importance of understanding how legislation is structured and applied in
cases.
What difficulties did I have during preparation and the seminar?
It was hard to take in a lot of information in regards to legislation structure.
Why did I have those difficulties?
It was the first time I had come across legislation in full text.
How will I overcome those difficulties in the future?
I will familiarise myself with legislation on Westlaw and Lexis and my textbook does not
cover full legislations.
What skills did I develop/gain from the seminar?
Analysing was important in working to answer the exercise in the seminar. Therefore my
development of critical thinking and analysis was used thoroughly.
How do I plan to further improve those skills?
Too read relevant legislation and familiarise myself with longer scripts of text in both cases
and legislation.
How may these skills help future career?
Analysing and preparing for longer text reading will asset in attempting future assessments
and exercise in the legal career.
If I had to prepare and participate in this session again, what would I do differently and
why?
Prepare myself men tally for the demand of analysing legal text
Seminar 3 – Legislative Drafting
What did I do today?
We were put into teams to come up with our own versions of student codes of conduct for the
BCU campus.
What did I learn from the seminar?
From this seminar I learnt the ways in which legislation is formed and increased my
awareness of application of legislation even when drafting legislation.
What did I do well preparing for the seminar?
I read my notes which I have made previously in regards to legislation and did extra wider
reading to prepare my construction of the student code of conduct.
Why did I do those things well?
I understood from my previous seminar the need to familiarise myself with legislation
elements.
What difficulties did I have during preparation and the seminar?
Overall I had no difficulties as I was aware of the task requirements. However unlike
previous team work seminar tasks were I had difficulty in reaching unique ideas, this time the
team had many more ideas so we had difficulty in selecting which ones would be ideal for
our version of the student conduct.
Why did I have those difficulties?
Selecting ideas and specific points was a difficult I encountered.
How will I overcome those difficulties in the future?
I will try to select the least important points as a team and come up with better ideas which
will help put the best solutions at a the forefront of a problem question to achieve an easy
solution.
What skills did I develop/gain from the seminar?
Critical thinking was one of the skills I improved as the team had many ideas but had
difficulty deciding the best ideas to put forward to the rest of the seminar group.
How do I plan to further improve those skills?
Expand on my critical thing through exercises and practices attempts.
How may these skills help future career?
Important decision making skills are vital to move forward in employment and the business
organisation you will work for without being prompted.
If I had to prepare and participate in this session again, what would I do differently and
why?
I would make the decision of drawing up an action plan of the necessary codes of conduct
and least required.
Seminar 4 – Analysing Legal Texts (2) - Carlill
What did I do today?
This seminar involved case summarising
What did I learn from the seminar?
The skills required to highlight key elements of the judgement.
What did I do well preparing for the seminar?
I looked over my reading notes in regards to case summarising
Why did I do those things well?
I understood the importance of understanding key principles before attempting to analyse
cases.
What difficulties did I have during preparation and the seminar?
One of the major difficulties I encountered was identifying the case summary under the
headings specified in the seminar guide.
Why did I have those difficulties?
I felt I struggled due to not being familiar and lacking confidence of approaching this style of
questions and case summary.
How will I overcome those difficulties in the future?
Look at more case summary exercises and attempt more precise at case summarising.
What skills did I develop/gain from the seminar?
It is important to do background reading than solely rely on one textbook especially as I
realise the core textbook only relies on discussing the principles not in depth discussion in to
the background of the source of law. Therefore my research skills have developed and I
should access more reading material related to the topic which can help develop better
knowledge and understanding not just for coursework material but general gist of principles
of sources of law. I also developed my understanding how to use lexis in particular the
journal search box.
How do I plan to further improve those skills?
Not to solely rely on the reading list and I will access more material through online and
library material as it is important in particular for the course. This will help access better
research material and help with my understanding of topic in upcoming lectures. I also realise
the importance of using lexis search engine for not only research material for lectures but
coursework as it goes into more in depth discussions and analysis.
How may these skills help future career?
Research skills are vital for job offers and career progression as commercial awareness is
important for careers. Interviewers require evidence that the candidates have researched into
companies’ values and the job role in order to be culturally fit for the position applied for. It
is also beneficial for career progression as it is important to not telly on one piece of research
material for instance the company website as they can be biased about their company
progression and therefore newspaper articles like the Times can give key information to
showing the company is financially doing bad and criticised for the way it treat their
employees. Therefore research is essential for knowing whether company is financially and
socially in a position to provide a good career progression in the future. Lexis also identifies
news of solicitor’s law firms which would be ideal for the legal field of work for work
placements and will be ideal to impress the interviewers either through the application form
or face to face interviews
If I had to prepare and participate in this session again, what would I do differently and
why?
I would ensure that I do not stick to the reading list and I should ensure to access other
research material I have available to. In particular Lexis search engine is good for journal
articles and my understanding has further developed on using Lexis for not only the student
research for the degree but employability with job offers in the legal field to show
commercial awareness.
Seminar 5 – Referencing
What did I do today?
This seminar went into detail of how to reference in law assessments. This helped and
refreshed my memory and added to my notes on how to reference and to give credit to all the
sources I use in my assessments. We also looked at examples of bad referencing and good
referencing samples to understand what refracting requires.
What did I learn from the seminar?
The importance of referencing and acknowledging all sources used in assessments. This is
not just for evidence but also to achieve a higher mark.
What did I do well preparing for the seminar?
I looked at the referencing system that is used on the Law course which is Oscola and
downloaded a quick use guide to get a grasp of the basics of referencing with this system.
Why did I do those things well?
I had a better understanding of what is required with this referencing system unlike other
referencing system such as Harvard which requires different methods to references and
crediting sources.
What difficulties did I have during preparation and the seminar?
The difficulty I faced was trying to understand how to reference different types of sources as
I am only familiar with referencing books at A Level History essay standard whereas Law
Undergraduate level essay require more evaluation of different sources such as newspaper
articles, law commission reports, cases and journal articles.
Why did I have those difficulties?
I have never attempted to reference a law essay at undergraduate level so I felt it was difficult
to understand when it would be appropriate to use these references in terms of relevance of
acknowledging wider source than just textbooks.
How will I overcome those difficulties in the future?
I will attempt referencing in my formative assessments in order to ensure that I understand
what is required and needs to be improved when using the Oscola reference system.
What skills did I develop/gain from the seminar?
It is an important skill to acknowledge sources through the Oscola reference system. This is
important for evidence for any legal arguments presented in law essays.
How do I plan to further improve those skills?
To practice referencing through formative assessments in order to understand how
improvements could be made before attempting to reference summative assessments as errors
in referencing can reduce marks
How may these skills help future career?
Referencing is important skill for evaluation and evidence of constructing legal arguments
therefore this skill will help to demonstrate advocate arguments as well as expanding legal
argument in summative assessments.
If I had to prepare and participate in this session again, what would I do differently and
why?
I would look into detail of the sources that are required to be referenced with the Oscola
system in the full guide online as the overview helped me to understand the requirements but
not fully understand the use of using these sources in referencing law essays.