Overview
Through this course you will be introduced with the goals, rules and responsibilities of legal professionals. This course addresses many issues related to conduct of advocates before court, fellow advocates, client and society. After completing this clinical subject, you'll be able to evaluate the institutions, professional roles and ethics of the judiciary and legal profession and appraise the ethical responsibilities of lawyers. The focal point of this module for the law beginner is to make aware the students about the unique work culture of the legal fraternity and impart the knowledge of its role as a future lawyer, judge or any other legal services. In this course, Youâll get acquainted with utility of code of legal ethics in profession, recent trends and developments in legal ethics, professional discipline for lawyers, professionalism and practice issues, conduct and practice.
Course Details
| Course Code | CLE/2016/5/LB-01 |
| Course Duration | 45 Days |
| Course Effort | 2-3 Hours/Week |
| Level | Introductory |
| Course Fees | 3000/- INR |
Syllabus
- Overview of Law
Definitions of Law and Its Nature, Sources of Law, Types of Law, Branches of Law, Rights and Duties as Citizens
- Judicial System in India
Different Legal System, Hierarchy of Courts in India
- Scope of Legal Profession
Barrister, Solicitor, Attorney, Judicial Officer, Law Clerks, Legal Academic
- Value Added Topics
Bare Acts, Legal Journals, Commentary, Digests, Manuals - Meaning & Uses Introduction to Legal Aid, Lok Adalats, Ombudsman and Lokayukta, Usefulness of Computers
- Learning Outcomes
After completing this module you will be able
- to build positive relationships in the legal world by exercising good etiquette
- to understand the duties and responsibilities towards court, client, opponent and colleagues
- to get acquainted with Meaning of Bar and Bench, Duties of Bar and Bench
- to understand basics of law of contempt and the procedures in contempt cases
- to memorize regulations on contempt proceedings
- add to society more number of devotional lawyers.
- reduce professional misconduct and contempt of court by advocates.
- impart the sense of responsibility towards public.
- Key Features
- Explains each Chapter in Lecturette format by focusing on conceptual & practical clarity
- Under each topic the principles are explained, illustrated and contextualized
- Short & concise lessons with lots of examples
- Power Point Presentations supplementing academic courses
- Short videos that easily help students to master the subject
- Practice Sessions & tools to help you succeed
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Definitions of Law and Its Nature, Sources of Law, Types of Law, Branches of Law, Rights and Duties as Citizens
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Easy Steps
- Step I: Learn about How to take the Clinical Course
Take a virtual tour of Course goals & Plan through a video. This will help you to explore the strengths of the Course. You will also get a reading material on How to succeed in this Course.
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- Step II: Start Your Clinical Course
It's Simple! Start your customized clinical course on your own schedule.
Once registered, you will be given access to the learning materials for the Clinical Legal Subject. The learning material shall include Reference material, Power Point Presentation, Audio-video Lectures & Practice Sessions. These materials will take you through a programme of directed self-study, and indicate how and where you can obtain supplementary study materials and access tutorial support to enhance your studies. Tutors are allocated for each module and are available to answer queries and promote discussion during the study semester. Details of the learning materials provided for each module can be found in the module specifications (located on the 'Dashboard' tab of the relevant course page).
- Step III: Practice Your Skills
Put your newly conceptualized & developed skills to practice. The estimated time to complete this Course is 45 days. You will have repeated access to Video Lectures and Power Point Presentations. You can retake your practice session until you are confident that you understand these concepts.
- Step IV: Aptitude Assessment
Solve Multiple Choice Questions on 5 Modules with around 20 questions in each Module. The aptitude section focuses on your problem solving skills.
- Step V: Final Destination
Once you have successfully completed the Practice Sessions and Online Exercises, you have successfully completed the course!
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