All persons having anything to do with this sitting of the Crown Court, draw nigh and give their attendance. God save the King’. You are sitting in court, representing either the prosecution or the defence. These are the words you will hear as the judge enters. Your role is to pursue your case to the best of your ability. How will you address the jury? What questions should you ask the witnesses? How do you ask those questions? When will the defendant give evidence? The Mock Trial Advocacy module will provide you with the answers to all these questions, and more.
This module will equip you with the advocacy skills to conduct an adversarial trial. You will receive an introduction to the concepts of proof. You will have the opportunity to grow your confidence in persuasive advocacy. You will do so by taking part in weekly interactive workshops that will culminate in you performing in a fully simulated Crown Court trial.
This module is part of Kent Law School’s co-curricular lawyering skills programme which aims to provide you with an introduction to various and important transferrable communication skills that you will find useful in any career you choose to pursue.
Workshops 12 hours
3 hours
Reassessment Method: As this is a co-curricular module, there is no reassessment opportunity. Should a student fail to meet the Module Learning Outcomes, then the module will be removed from the student's transcript.
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On successfully completing the module, students will be able to:
1)Identify and explain the importance of developing the core components of advocacy in the context of legal dispute resolution as a whole.
2)Apply relevant regulatory and/or advisory body frameworks to advocacy.
3)Apply core skills of trial advocacy to factual scenarios.
4)Select, analyse, evaluate and apply relevant facts, core legal principles or rules to realistic scenarios in order to demonstrate the skill of advocacy.
5)Demonstrate the ability to communicate and persuade effectively in advocacy.
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