Venue: University of Leicester, Belvoir City Lounge, 2nd Floor Charles Wilson building.
Participants/target audience: Year 12 students with an interest in studying Law. Priority given to those from a Widening Participation background.
Date: Wednesday 29 February 2012
Duration: 09:45 - 15:30. 
Places: 40 - This Masterclass is Fully Booked.
Learning Level: Explore
Contact: outreach@le.ac.uk

A ‘taster’ Masterclass, including an introduction to the School of Law and its degrees, an opportunity to meet current undergraduate students, the chance to experience a lecture and be involved in a seminar/workshop.  

This Masterclass is fully booked. To enquire about a place on our waiting list, please contact us at outreach@le.ac.uk

For further details about the School of Law, please see their website.

Programme

09:45 Arrival and registration (with drinks and biscuits), Belvoir City Lounge, 2nd Floor, Charles Wilson building

10:00 Welcome

10:05 Employment Law session: "Know Your Rights: Student Jobs" (Prof Mark Bell and Pascale Lorber)

11:30 Tour of the University campus with current students

12:00 Lunch break

13:00 Dr Dawn Watkins "The Big Break Up - Who Gets What? You Decide"

14:30 "The Legal Implications of Online Defamation: Where to sue and what law applies?" Dr Lorna Gillies 

15:30 End of Masterclass and Evaluation

Return to the full list of Masterclasses for 2011-12. 

The University offers a variety of subject-specific masterclasses, aimed at students in Year 12. There are three different levels of masterclass:

Discover - an introduction to the subject for students with no prior subject knowledge.
Explore - for students already studying these or similar subjects, who wish to expand their subject knowledge.
Challenge - for students with prior subject knowledge designed to challenge gifted students.