Optional Modules - Comparative law.

I've just received my timetable for the first year...3 core modules (Elements of law, Contract law, Constitutional law and 1 optional module - Comparative law.

Now, in general, I really like the modules they've selected for the part-time degree... the modules for the evenings are fixed - i.e. the 18 modules - there is no choice. If you want to choose alternatives you have to attend with the full-time during the day... now with my shifts, it doesn't make a great deal of difference - I work as many evenings as I do days - the only difference is that the pattern moves on by a day each week.. basically, it makes no difference to me - days and evenings are equally "accessible" (or not, as the case my be)

The modules for the Part time course are (cores indicated by *)

Yr1 - Elements of Law*, Contract law*, Consititutional Law* and Comparative Law

Yr2 - Law of Torts*, Criminal Law*, Law the Internet & Society*, Law & Contemporary Society*

Yr3 - Equity & Trusts*, Law of EU*, Law & Medicine, Commercial Law

Yr4 - Admin Law*, Land Law*, Company law, Employemtn law

Yr5 - Family Law, Law of Evidence.

Now, initially I'd considered doing some "practical based modules - trying to get on the Law clinic or doing one of the Mooting modules - I liked the idea of getting "hands on"... but having seen the timetable I generally felt the chosen modeules were great although I would have liked to have done CONSUMER LAW. The trouble is - I don't know which to drop (if any!)

I'm not overly enamoured by the idea of family law...although I think it might be useful to study and understand... so I've decided to leave that one alone.

I also had thoughts about dropping evidence - but then I realsied that evidence was also very useful and pretty central to law as a whole... So I've decided to leave that one too.

So, I get left with COMMERCIAL and COMPANY... or COMAPRATIVE.

What are the individual merits of each one? Or is consumer law a bit pointless - is contract coupled with commercial perhaps suffuicient to give enough insight into consumer law?

As I said - I really do like the balance and choice of modules - it's just the omission of consumer - which I think would be very useful and I'm not altogether sure of the merits of Comaprative law.

Opinions would be wecome...

Reply 1

ellewoods

Company law is useful for the LPC.

Don't drop Evidence - its uber-useful as you indicated, and I found it interesting too ... always a bonus :wink:

I didn't do consumer law for my degree, but gave my brother a lot of help for his A-Level Law consumer stuff, and to be honest I thought it was a waste of time. I was very bored by it, it just seemed like glorified contract law. I wouldn't lose any sleep over not taking this one.

I also enjoyed Family, but I want to be a family lawyer so I expect that had a lot to do with that!!!!!

Also, just a quick point to back up what you said about wanting to get some "hands on" experience at the Law Clinic and mooting ... I did some mooting and got an awful lot out of it. I found it hard work and difficult (it was so hard to know where to start and get the hang of it having never done it before) but ultimately I got a lot out of the experience, and it certainly pepped up my CV.
So good luck with this :smile:

Reply 2

Fireman John

Hmmm... many thnaks for that Elle... I was told at my interview that they'd thought very carefully about the modules for the part-time, picking the ones that would be most interesting and useful to the majority... Your response would seem to confirm that!

I did have a feeling that once you knew the essentials of contract plus the addition of commercial law, consumer might be pretty redundant as I imagine there is also an element of cross-over with commercial & consumer?

I definitely do want to get "hands on", so to speak... I do enjoy heated discussion (as my colleagues at work and superior officers know only too well!) and very much enjoy putting my facts together and thinking on my feet - Mooting does seem right up my street... I think I'll probably have to get involved as an "extra-curricular", however, as it would appear the only optional module I'm considering dropping now is COMPARATIVE - and that being a year one module - I don't think mooting is a year one option...

Hey - here's a thought - has anybody ever done/is it possible to do a module over and above what's necessary???

Reply 3

Lewisy-boy

It depends on the content of the commercial module, the consumer module is likely to concentrate on protection and balance of power in transactions.

Reply 4

ellewoods

Fireman John

Hey - here's a thought - has anybody ever done/is it possible to do a module over and above what's necessary???

Hmm interesting point, I have no idea...

I would be careful though, you're are going to have an awful lot of your plate, and you'd better doing really well on 4 modules, than quite well on 5.

Speak to your uni, see if its' possible, and see how you go with the workload. You can always drop one if it is excess to the required number if you find it too much.

Reply 5

Lewisy-boy

You probably wont be allowed to take extra credits than what you need, but in theory I see no reason why you couldn't... seems a waste of time though.