KS4: COURTROOM WORKSHOPS

LOCATION: NORTH 

The Courtroom Workshop is a 2 hour interactive session, visiting the moot courtroom at the Manchester Metropolitan University, which provides an important opportunity for pupils to engage with local higher education institutions and to start thinking about future career choice.

Our workshops bring the law to life through hands-on, authentic and unforgettable learning experiences. In the Moot Courtroom, students will explore a contemporary case. With the help of MMU Law students they will create, prepare and present a trial, taking on the courtroom roles, to reach a verdict and debate the outcome.

Students will:

• Understand the role of the legal system.
• Gain an understanding of how law is made, how it functions and how it affects people daily
• Recognise the differences between civil/criminal law
• Discuss and debate real sentencing options
• Be encouraged to aspire to Higher Education opportunities 

Contemporary Themes:

Hate Crime – The 19 year old defendant is accused of posting grossly offensive and racist material on her Instagram account

Knife Crime – A 15-year-old is charged with attempted murder, accused of stabbing a girl after a disagreement between a group of friends on a camping trip. He admits using the knife, but denies intending to kill the victim.

Deep Fakes - An 18-year-old is charged with creating a purported intimate image of an adult, he is accused of using Artificial Intelligence to alter a photograph without consent

Historical Themes:

Capital Punishment - The case of Derek Bentley, who, under the principle of joint enterprise, stands accused of murdering a police officer, but it was his friend who fired the fatal shot.

Curriculum links: PSHE, Citizenship, English and History, Law