• E4J University Module Series: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

• Module 3: Access to Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

• • Key terms
  • Topic 1.  Introduction to the international standards and norms
  • Topic 2.  Identifying the need for legal aid, and the benefits and costs of legal aid
  • Topic 3.  Key components of the right of access to legal aid
  • Topic 4.  Access to legal aid for those with specific needs
  • Topic 5.  Models for governing, administering and funding legal aid
  • Topic 6.  Models for delivering legal aid services
  • Topic 7.  Roles and responsibilities of legal aid providers, and other criminal justice officials
  • Topic 8.  Quality assurance and legal aid services
  • Summary
  • References

• Exercises

• Case studies

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

• Guidelines to develop a stand-alone course

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• First published in January 2019
  

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  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Guidelines to develop a stand-alone course

 

The topics presented in this Module provide a good basis for a stand-alone course, with each topic providing the subject matter of one or more Modules within the course. The first four topics should be covered in the order in which they appear. Ideally, the remaining four topics should then be covered in the order in which they appear, although this may be varied, or topics added or removed according to local priorities, needs or interests.

Additional reading would need to be assigned, and this may be taken from the Advanced Reading section, complemented by any relevant local materials.

The Possible Class Structure would require modification to take account of how the topic is to be covered. Some suggested group exercises and case studies are included in the respective sections, as are some suggestions for Student Assessments.

 

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