Transition Activities

There are nine tasks to complete. You can choose the order in which to complete them. The aim is to expose you to the study of criminal law and for us to see if you are able to research and to express an informed opinion which are vital skills for the study of Law at A-Level.

TASK 1: listen to  a Radio 4 Law in Action Podcast-summarise in 100 words something you learnt. Post your summary on the 'forum'.

TASK 2:  Watch 'Tagged'  series 3 episode 1 on BBC (20 minutes). Post on the forum your response to what you watch. For example, do you think curfew and tag is effective? Do think bail hostels are a good idea? Why do you think the women featured committed crime? Remember to explain your opinion. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09blh1h

TASK 3: watch 'Giving Evidence in a trial' -what is fair about the trial? Post your thoughts on the 'forum'. 

TASK 4: Go to https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/about-sentencing/you-be-the-judge/ and take part in the interactive sentencing activities. On the forum: do you think sentencing is fair in the UK? Why? 

TASK 5: go to https://www.amnesty.org.uk/ and choose one of the campaigns. Read and write a summary on the forum. Your summary should describe the issue and your opinion as to whether in the UK we should support the campaign or not.

TASK 6:  go to YouTube and search Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company and Donoghue v Stevenson. You will find film clips made by law students. These are both civil cases (not criminal). Can you briefly summarise the facts/what happened? What was the outcome? Do you agree? Post on the forum.

TASK 7: research these legal cases: R v Mirza, R v Fraser 1987 and Sander v UK. Summarise the facts and say what the three cases have in common.

TASK 8: a challenge. Read any section of this report written by a professor and summarise something interesting that you find out on the forum. https://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/publications/research-and-analysis/moj-research/are-juries-fair-research.pdf

TASKS 9  : Choose to watch one of these (all criminal law)  and post your review on the forum: 13th (Netflix), Murder 24/7 (BBC iplayer), 12 Angry Men, Runaway Jury, Silk, The Ripper (Netflix), People v OJ Simpson, The Staircase