SGT UNIVERSITY, GURGAON

FACULTY OF LAW

PROGRAMME SEMESTER COURSE NAME COURSE CODE

BBA.LL.B. (Hons) I Legal Education &

Legal Methods

Detailed Curriculum

Unit – I Introduction to Legal Education

Introduction: Objectives of Legal Education, Method of Teaching: Lecture Method;
Problem Method; Discussion method and Seminar Method.
Examination System and Problems in Evaluation: External and Internal assessment.

UNIT II Participation of Law Student and Clinical Legal Education

Student Participation in Law School Programmes: Organization of Seminars, Publication
of journal and assessment of teachers
Clinical Legal Education: Legal aid, Legal literacy, Legal survey and Law reform.

UNIT III Introduction to Research

Research: Meaning, Objectives of research and advantages of research.
Research Methods: Meaning of Legal Research and Objectives of Legal Research,
Approaches to Legal Research (Doctrinal and Empirical/Socio-Legal), Relevance of
empirical research/Socio-Legal Research.

Unit – IV Purpose of Legal research

Legal research: Meaning, Objectives of research and advantages of research.
Legal research by whom- Legislator, Judge, Lawyer, Law Teacher and students

Unit – V Report Writing and Sources of information and materials

Legal materials – Case law
Statutes,
Reports,
Journals,
Manuals,
Digests etc
 Sources of information- Primary sources, Secondary sources and Tertiary Sources
Writing Social Research Report

Text Books Author/Publication

Legal Education in India S.K.Agrawal/ Eastern Book House

A Handbook of Clinical Legal Education N.R. Madhava Menon/ TMH

Research Methodology C.R. Kothari

Reference Books Author/Publication

Effective Legal Research M.O.Price/ H.Bitner and Bysiewiez
Scientific Social Survey and Research Pauline V. Young
Methods in Social Research Methods in Social Research/ TMH
Legal Research and Methodology ILI Publication