Civil Advocacy Workshop
Students will be sent a Civil adovcacy exercise a week prior to the session to prepare. Students will give submissions for up to 10 minutes each in groups and will receive feedback on their perfomance from experienced practitioners.
Speaker(s)/Tutor(s): Various
QS theme: Advocacy Skills
Interactive?: Yes
Timings:
Registration: 17:30
Start: 18:00
Finish: 19:30
Materials and Preparation:
Students will be sent an advocacy exercise a week before the event to prepare in advance of the session and will have 10 minutes to perform their exercise on the day. Students who have clearly not prepared will not be awarded a Qualifying Session.
Learning Outcomes: At the end of this Qualifying Session students will be able to:
· Recognise some strengths and weaknesses as an advocate.
· Apply feedback and improve advocacy skills.
Professional Statement Reference: (Access the full Professional Statement for Barristers here)
1.8 : Exercise good English language skills.
1.11 : Ensure they are fully prepared.
1.15 : Have persuasive oral advocacy skills.