6 ECTS credits
180 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1023067BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Studenten die dit opleidingsonderdeel opnemen, moeten minstens 60 ECTS-credits op bachelorniveau behaald hebben en zijn geslaagd op 'Rechtsmethodologie II'.
Taught in
Dutch
Partnership Agreement
Under agreement for exchange of courses
Faculty
Faculty of Law and Criminology
Department
Economic Law
Educational team
Frederic Eggermont
Tom Wera (course titular)
Julie Borgerhoff
Koen Byttebier
Activities and contact hours
162 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
18 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

In the seminar, students work on theoretical and practical learning tasks, although the emphasis is on practicing, gaining insights and developing skills in a subject-specific context. The course is essentially aimed at preparing students for the Master's degree with a view to academic completion, but allows at preparing for the labor market where graduates are able to offer substantive and methodological support to a legal team. This course is the logical and necessary sequal of Methodology of Law II and ensures the preparation to start with Master Thesis I: research plan.

The course unit consists of different seminars in which:

  1. information is provided about the content of the course, the learning outcomes and the method of assessment, in which the main concepts of legal methodology are briefly refreshed and in which an explanation is given on the way in which case law is analysed and the components an annotation has to contain (the court judgments are also distributed during a seminar on which the students must write a note);
  2. the content of the practical cases in the discipline concerned is dealt with and in which students are prepared to offer a solution for a case themselves. Attention is also paid to the substantive elements that a conclusion or an advocacy note must contain and which should be taken into account during the effective plea (students are assigned a case on which they must write a plea as defendant or defendant);
  3. general and individual feedback is given for the written notes in case law;
  4. the students have to plead effectively on the basis of their conclusion or plotting note and in which as assessment is foreseen.

For the seminars, the students are divided into groups of approximately 24 students.

The groups are composed on the basis of the subject chosen by the students, namely corporate law, family property law, administrative law, European law, employment law or tax law.

Two groups are organized for each subject area.

In principle, students can choose their subject area, which determines to which group they belong. When a group has reached its maximum capacity, the students must then register with another group.

Additional info

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Learning Outcomes

General competencies

  • The student must be able to apply complex specialized skills for solving legal cases.
  • The student must be able to solve complex problems based on the acquired knowledge and insights.
  • The student can autonomously understand the judiciary in his field and place it critically within the law.
  • The student is able to present the end result of his work in a paper.
  • The student is able to communicate the end result of his work verbally concisely and convincingly to colleagues.
  • The student must be able to collaborate in a group context in a professional and scientific context.
  • The student is able to provide feedback and make an assessment of a legal position that is presented in written form.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Noot with a relative weight of 30 which comprises 30% of the final mark.
  • Kritische analyse with a relative weight of 10 which comprises 10% of the final mark.
  • Pleidooi with a relative weight of 30 which comprises 30% of the final mark.
  • Pleitnota with a relative weight of 30 which comprises 30% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The evaluation takes into account 4 activities:

  1. writing a legal note on a court decision;
  2. the development of a case in the form of a conclusion or pleading note;
  3. making a plea;
  4. the assessment

The final grade is determined by the sum of the figures obtained for the 4 activities. The student can only succeed if he has achieved at least half of each of the activities assessed, with the exception of the critical analysis.

If a student obtains at least a satisfactory mark for (1) writing a legal note on a court decision or (2) the development of a case in the form of a conclusion or pleading note or (3) making a plea, during the first exam session, this grade is transferred to the second exam session, unless the student forfeits this right by sending an e-mail with that request to the professor before the start of the second exam session. If a student obtains at least a satisfactory mark for (1) writing a legal note on a court decision or (2) the development of a case in the form of a conclusion or pleading note or (3) making a plea, during the second exam session, this grade is transferred to the next academic year, unless the student forfeits this right by sending an e-mail with that request to the professor before October 1.

Obtaining a credit for Seminar does not entail that because of this the learning outcomes of Methodology of Law I and/or Methodology of Law II are achieved (see the difference in unique learning outcomes).

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Laws: default (only offered in Dutch)