For student studying common Law

CLRI Important Notice 2012/2013

All Common Law Reasoning and Institutions Students are required to:

1. use the online library,
2. complete the online legal research exercises, and
3. write a short research essay on one of the approved topics for May 2013 CLRI examination.

Online Library

As a student on the Undergraduate Laws Programme you have access to extensive electronic resources which will enrich your studies and help you to maximise your potential.

When you visit the Laws online library you will see that we offer law-specific databases such as Westlaw, Lexis®Library, Justis and Jstor. From these you will be able to retrieve case law, statutes and journal articles relevant to your area of study. We also have several multi-disciplinary databases like ABI Inform and Academic Search Premier where you will find materials that help you place your legal studies in a wider context. We don’t expect you to know how to use these databases automatically, so we provide database quick start guidesand legal research skills documents to guide you through the searching process.

You should now be able to access most databases using your student portal username and password. All databases shown with a key after the name, unless otherwise stated, can be accessed using the same username and password that you use to access your portal and VLE. For further information about how to access the databases click here. Questions or problems about accessing databases should be sent to the Online Library Team at onlinelibrary@shl.lon.ac.uk

Online Legal Research Exercises

We have provided a number of exercises for you many of which are centred around the password-protected databases provided through the University's online library. The exercises below are designed to give you an introduction to the library's online databases and resources. Click here for more information and to complete the exercises.

Please note that these exercises do not count towards your final mark. However you may be asked questions on them in your exam. Please see the CLRI past exam papers for more information.

CLRI Research Essay

As part of the Common Law Reasoning and Institutions course, you must research, write an essay and answer reflective questions on this essay in the examination in May 2012, on one of the six question topics as laid out below. The essay must be between 1,500 and 2,000 words with bibliography extra. Your bibliography must be listed at the end of the essay.

The research essay topics for the 2012–13 academic year will be posted on the VLE in November 2012.

Please note: that all students undertaking the CLRI examination in May 2013 must write their essay on one of the above topics and not the ones stated in the CLRI subject guide chapter 5.

This essay must be submitted to us through the assignment handling tool (which will be available from early April) on the CLRI homepage by the deadline date of 1st May 2013.SUBMISSION IS MANDATORY: you will receive a mark of zero (0) for Part B of Question 1 of the CLRI paper if you do not submit your essay.

Cued from the student VLE edited by victor Nwankwo