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HUK 468 - Law Clinic

Faculty of Law · Law · Undergraduate

ECTS: 3 T+P+L: 2+0+0 Departmental Elective
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Course Objective

Through clinical practices, it is aimed for students to work to strengthen citizens' means of seeking their rights and to gain the knowledge, skills and values they will need in their professional lives. Clinical studies enable students to transfer the theoretical knowledge they have learned at the faculty to real life and provide free legal information to people with legal problems.

Course Content

In the Law Clinics, critical thinking, the judicial field, access to justice, legal ethics, legal problem solving, writing and presenting legal opinions, and interview techniques are addressed through practical training methods. At the end of the courses and practices, students will be able to analyze the functioning of the judicial field, identify the difficulties in access to justice, define the principles of legal ethics, describe the basic rules in preparing written and oral legal opinions, apply techniques for solving legal problems and use effective communication techniques.In this direction, both practical work will be done in the lessons and experience transfer will be made by inviting people practicing law professions.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Learn about the purpose of law clinic practice
  2. Learns how to practice law clinic practice
  3. Gains practical experience about law clinic practice

Core Area Distribution

(38) Law%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionExercise and PracticePresentationRole PlayingCase StudyProject Based Learning (Including Field Work)

Assessment & Evaluation

Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16232
Out of Class Study Period16232
Midterm111
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice000
Final111

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Notary Profession (to be processed with Notary Guest)Reading
2Assize Courts (with the guest of the President of the Assize Court)Reading
3Civil Courts of First Instance, Mediation and Public Prosecutor's Office (with Civil Judge of First Instance, Public Prosecutor and Mediator)Reading
4Appeal Process (with Deputy Chief Prosecutor Guest)Reading
5Serious Criminal Court SimulationReading, Rehearsal
6Commercial Court of First Instance SimulationReading, Rehearsal
7Commercial Court of First Instance SimulationReading, Rehearsal
8Midterm examReading
9Criminal Court of First Instance simulationReading, rehearsal
10Family Court Simulation Family Courts (with Family Judge Guest)Reading, Rehearsal
11Civil Court of First Instance SimulationReading, Rehearsal
12Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights Court SimulationReading, Rehearsal
13Criminal Court of First Instance SimulationReading, Rehearsal
14Criminal Court of First Instance SimulationReading, Rehearsal
15Labor Court SimulationReading, Rehearsal
16Final ExamReading