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If I may quote the Law Society website:
"The Joint Statement on Qualifying Law Degrees (PDF 75K), prepared jointly by the Law Society and the Bar Council, sets out the conditions a law degree course must meet in order to be termed a ’qualifying law degree’; the latest version was approved by the Lord Chancellor recently, and came into effect for all law degrees commenced after 1 September 2001."
You can find the statement at http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/documents/downloads/becomingacademicjointstate.pdf. It doesn't say 'there must be exams'. However I think the issue might be whether a student can demonstrate the required knowledge and skills without any assessments in timed conditions (i.e. exams and in-class tests). There is a tension over this. However we are currently looking at this issue too, after a recommendation on disability grounds of alternative assessments in all subjects.
Best wishes,
Paul
(Student Advisor, Kent Law School)
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From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Silver, Liz
Sent: 06 December 2007 17:02
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Subject: Law Society and alternatives to exams
Hiya,
Wondered if anyone has come across this issue... one of our students doing an undergraduate LLB Law course really needs an alternative assessment method to three hour exams. Due to her condition she cannot sit for that long and giving her rest breaks etc does not resolve the issues for her. There is a possibility she could do some shorter exams, and there is going to be more discussion on that option. But the School are saying that the Law Society insist that there have to be exams for the degree to be recognised as a qualification on the way to becoming a solicitor etc. Words such as 'professional standards etc are being used.
I have already talked about the DDA and reasonable adjustments etc etc and discussion is at a very early stage. but if anyone has come across this or a similar situation please do let me know. It would be very useful to be able to cite any precedents.
Cheers,
Liz
Liz Silver
Disability Officer
Student Support Services
Nottingham Trent University
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