Legal Research

Full course description

The objective of this course is to develop the skills of academic legal research and writing, with a view to enabling students to become self-sufficient in their academic writing endeavors, including notably (but certainly not only) the Bachelor’s Essay. By the second year of their studies, students have already acquired basic knowledge of the technical aspects of academic research. This course seeks to build on this knowledge by further expanding, deepening and practicing students’ writing skills with a strong focus on critical reading and writing skills, as well as legal research methodologies. This requires an independent work attitude on the part of the students and the ability to gauge the quality of one’s own work, and the work of others, on the basis of the guidance received during the course. For this reason, another important skill that will be developed in this course is the ability to provide critical feedback on written academic work, as well as to address comments and incorporate suggestions as and where appropriate.

Teaching methods: PBL tutorials, knowledge clips, student portfolio

Assessment methods: Research paper, class participation, final paper presentation