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Postgraduate Course: Professional Responsibilty (LAWS11218)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaLaw Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionTo develop knowledge and understanding of practice management skills required in professional practice, including financial and accounting issues associated with the running of a law practice. To develop knowledge of file handling, personal organisation and time management.
To develop knowledge and understanding of the ethical principles governing the conduct of lawyers in Scotland enabling the identification of ethical problems as they arise in every day legal practice
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  No Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class First class information not currently available
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students should be able to:

(i) identify and understand the issues involved in the concepts of client care, risk management, time management, file management and case load management;
(ii) identify and understand the role played by information technology in a legal office;
(iii) identify and understand the role of a trainee in a legal office in relation to its partners, employees, clients, and outside agencies with which it deals;
(iv) demonstrate an understanding of the accounts rules, the money laundering regulations, credit control, outlays on behalf of clients, charging fee to clients, and arrangements for payment of fees and outlays;
(v) explain and discuss the systems, practice rules and voluntary codes which regulate the legal profession in Scotland;
(vi) explain and discuss the concepts of risk management, negligence, incompetence, inadequate professional service and misconduct; conflict of interest; client care in the context of the professional obligations of a solicitor to a client; the duties of a solicitor to the court and to professional colleagues; professional responsibilities in society; methods of dealing with ethical problems; and
(vii) explain, discuss and solve problems relating to typical ethical difficulties arising in every day legal practice.
Assessment Information
Class work 30%
Assignments 40%
Negotiation Performance 30%
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMrs Caroline Colliston
Tel: (0131 6)50 6301
Email: Caroline.Colliston@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Margaret Stewart
Tel: (0131 6)50 2004
Email: margaret.stewart@ed.ac.uk
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