The course may only be attended by those law students who have already satisfactorily completed the JAPO-Pflichtkurs Introduction to English Legal Language.
If you have any questions regarding the content or the requirements - in particular if you have moved to Erlangen from another university or have had courses recognised from a period of study abroad, please contact us via Email: rechtswissenschaft@jurasprachen.de

COMBINATION WITH OTHER ENGLISH COURSES
You may attend this course and other level 3 law courses and / or general English courses in the same semester.

REGISTRATION
Registration is obligatory for this course (by 20th October 2017 at the latest) online via StudOn

ATTENDANCE
Regular attendance and active participation are required in order to successfully complete this course, therefore attendance is compulsory in accordance with the university guidelines. Your teacher will inform you in the first session about any compulsory tasks that need to completed during the course as a prerequisite for being admitted to the final exam, as well as the maximum number of clases you may miss. Please be aware that not all materials relevant for the exam will necessarily be posted on StudOn and that participants are responsible for making sure that they catch up on any missed classes, acquire any additional materials and complete and/or submit any compulsory tasks.

ASSESSMENT
There are three components to the assessment for this course:

• A 60 minute written examination (60% of the final grade) which will take place on Saturday, 3rd February 2018 (time and room will be made known in the exam timetable which will be published shorty after the course starts and in mein campus)

• A listening comprehension task (20%)⁺

• A text production task (20%)⁺

⁺The listening and text production tasks will be made available via StudOn on Wednesday, 20th December and must be submitted - also via StudOn - by Sunday, 7th January at the latest.

Registration for the exam via mein campus is compulsory (registration period: Monday, 20th November (00:01) - Friday, 8th December (12:00)). The exam number is 30155.

REPEATING THE COURSE
We expect to offer this course again in the summer semester 2018. Students who fail the exam and wish to retake it may do so at the end of the next semester without having to retake the whole course, providing they obtain the grade 4,7. Students who fail with the grade 5,0 must retake the whole course before being allowed to attempt the exam again.

Additional information for students who are interested in taking this course as an online / blended-learning course:

• A grade of 2,3 or better in Introduction to English Legal Language or at least one other level 3 law course is required to take this course as an online / blended-learning course

• Students who wish to take more than one level 3 law course this semester may only take one as a blended-learning course

• Students who have already taklen a blended learning course must already have also taken at least one weekly course or be doing so this semester

• Attendance is compulsory at all four classroom workshops, so please check the dates carefully!

• The final (one hour) class on 26th January is an additional, optional (but strongly recommended) exam revision session

• Students will work through most of the course materials independently using both online and printed materials. In the workshops students will have the opportunity to ask questions, clarify any points they are unsure about, and use the vocabulary and knowledge they have acquired in practical exercises.

The course consists of 3 units:
1. Pre-trial Criminal Procedure
2. The Criminal Trial & Sentencing
3. Substantive Criminal Law:

• Elements of crimes

• Offences against the person

• Offences against property

• Defences
  

The course will place equal weighting on all of the four language learning skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Credits: 2,5