Kirandeep Kaur's Skills Assessment Reflection Journal Level 4

The summative assessment reflection for this module are in the order of:1) The legal research component

2) Multiple choice test on English legal system3) The analysing legal texts component

4) The communication element the moot & create a good CV and covering letter5) submit your completed E-Portolio via Moodle

1) Legal research component submitted• I have reflected upon my experience I have encountered whilst I completed Part A of the Library Exercise• It took me more time than intended to complete Part A as I first initially expected. I realised by going through each question I would need to use my

research skills and evaluation when reading and searching0 information I felt necessary to include in section A. The reason why it took more time than intended was this is a new area of research I have dealt with. This task has helped me to find some useful resources in the library as I am new to legal research. I am now more aware of the facilities required to be successful in future legal research. I feel I am more confident in accessing materials in the library and will use case materials and journals to assist me in aiming higher in my future legal research tasks. Reading various types of journals have shown me an in depth view of different points of criticism of the law which are not discussed in case or source books. However I am also aware journals are not an alternative for case or source books as they tend to not show the whole point of law but necessarily the argument the writer favours to demonstrate to the reader. Completing part A has helped me so far work on my weakness of legal research and understanding different sources and materials use and benefits. I will continue this progress in the next section.

• I have reflected upon my experience I have encountered whilst I completed Part B of the Library Exercise• The way Current Law and The Digest differ in their arrangement but were equally good in their use for researching cases. What I found easiest to use was

Current Law as it was easier to identify cases by using the years (if known) whereas looking through individual topics was time consuming. However if you do not have the year of a particular case then The Digest would be the alternative to use and easier to find the case in worse circumstances. Therefore both the sources have a balance positive and negative review for researching particular cases. I felt it would be dependant on the circumstance of what facts need to be researched in order to make the decision of what source would be easier to use. My use of using these sources has improved and I can now research confidently using Current Law book and the Digest.

• I have reflected upon my experience I have encountered whilst I completed Part C of the Library Exercise• Part C had taken a longer period of time than I originally expected, however I found the exercises in Part C developed my use of electronic resources and

have gradually progressed in becoming familiar with their use. For instance, using west law helped me to use other legal law databases such as Lexis to complete question 29 as I became more confident in approaching questions which required me to access sources electronically. The level of difficulty varied with Part A and Part B as accessing electronic resources (which majority of Part C consisted to use in the answers to the questions) were easily accessible rather than Part A and B the sources used to answer the questions were printed requiring me to skim through irrelevant information required with the library task. This is demonstrated in Part C question 29 as I easily accessed cases and statutes through west law and lexis regarding the topics covered in the answer. I used the textbooks to only expand on my point advice supporting it with evidence of academic writing and opinion. I feel in the future I will use library material such as textbooks and critical opinions to start my background knowledge, but my in depth research of cases and statues can be accessed through electronic sources as they are more easily accessible online than through printed legal sources.

Feedback and mark on my legal research component.

• My overall mark was 19/20 I am pleased with the result. The feedback ensured me that I should be consistent through my works which would have boosted my mark to 20/20.

2) Multiple choice exam in February completed

• I have been attempting the practices questions on moodle on a regular basis. So far my weak areas of the test are in regards to EU Law therefore I am attempting to concentrate and take more part that law in the practise questions on moodle.

Feedback and mark on Multiple Choice Test

• I received a mark of 94 out of 100. I am very pleased with this mark as I have achieved well over the basic pass rate for this assessment. I checked the 6 questions I did not complete correctly and understand why and have noted this for future reference.

3) Analysis Legal Text submitted.

• I have been preparing for the summative assessment by printing out the relevant material and I have also taken part in continuous reading and reviewing my answer for submission of the assessment answer.

• I have completed the Summative assessment. I will now be looking forward to the feedback and understand what I could have improved to achieve a better grade. Overall the assessment had taken more time than was originally expected due to understanding the case and identifying where the statutory interpretation elements had applied to. Overall my progress had improved as soon as I understood the case after continuous reading of the case and judgements.

Feedback and mark on Analysing Legal Text

• I have uploaded under the All Evidence Material for Skills Attached

4) Completed the summative moot• As in my previous posts under the journal activities outside university

related to my law course, I have taken part in various moots to improve my advocate mooting skills and court equity as part of my skills summative assessment. I am also researching and viewing youtube clips of moots so I am fully prepared for the moot.

• I have completed the summative moot. I feel the skills aspects of the moot have been completed well. If I was to do the moot again I would make sure that I try to keep my self more calm as my nerves did show during the moot at times. However controlling my nerves will come with practice. Overall my preparation for the moot has helped me to complete the summative moot as i taken part in different forms of mock moots and the internal moot competition. I will be now looking forward to my feedback and ensure I take on any weak factors that need to be addressed to allow me to preform better in future moots.

Feedback and mark on Summative Moot completed.

• I have uploaded under the All Evidence Material for Skills Attached.

In process of submitting my completed E-Portolio via Moodle

• I have been updating my self reflections on all assessments I have undertaken in the level 4 modules (skills, contract, Criminal and Tort).

• I have also made reflections on activities outside the learning and teaching programme.

• I have also taken part in improving my CV and Cover letter and reflected on my experience on my E-Portfolio.

• Finally I have even submitted my PDP forms for both meetings with my personal tutor and reflected on the experience before, during and after the meetings.