ECTS - Ombudsman Friendly Legal Clinic

Ombudsman Friendly Legal Clinic (LAW492) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Ombudsman Friendly Legal Clinic LAW492 Area Elective 1 2 0 3 4
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies .
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. D. Çiğdem Sever
Course Assistants
Course Objectives In the scope of the cooperation protocol with the Ombudsman Institution students will make a study about the Institution with the experts at the Institution, afterwards they will work on the application(s) which are chosen with the cooperation of Institution and from disadvantaged groups and they will prepare a recommendation decision offer about the applications.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Having knowledge on regulation analysis, literature review, decision reading and decision writing tecniques and writing a decision draft.
Course Content Choosing one or more applications to the Ombudsman Institution whose data is concealed and making research on the related literature and court decisions, examples of other states, writing a recommendation decision offer, sharing this offer with the Institution, publication of this offer in the student journal.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Ombudsman examples around the world and Turkish Ombudsman Institution EFE, H., & DEMİRCİ, M. (2013). Ombudsmanlık Kavramı ve Türkiye’de Kamu Denetçiliği Kurumundan Beklentiler. Sayıştay Dergisi(90), 49-72; Bahadır, Oktay (2010), “Ombudsmanlık Kurumunun İsveç, İngiltere ve Fransa ile Karşılaştırmalı İncelenmesi”, Türkiye Adalet Akademisi Dergisi (TAAD), Nisan 2010 Sayı 1, s. 363-384.
2 Ombusman Institution Code and the operation of Institution Review and reading of the relevant regulations.
3 General review of the national regulations and national court decisions. Review and reading of the relevant regulations.
4 General review of the international regulations and decisions and judgments of European Court of Human Rights. Review and reading of the relevant regulations.
5 Review of the literature on the application. Research of the subjects distributed to the students.
6 Information on decision writing and review of some sample decisions. Research of the subjects distributed to the students.
7 Preparation of the draft decision Working on the draft.
8 Preparation of the draft decision Working on the draft.
9 Preparation of the draft decision Working on the draft.
10 Preparation of the draft decision Working on the draft.
11 Preparation of the draft decision Working on the draft.
12 Sharing the draft with the Institution and working on the draft. Sharing the draft with the Institution and working on the draft.
13 Sharing the draft with the Institution and working on the draft. Sharing the draft with the Institution and working on the draft.
14 Sharing the draft with the Institution and working on the draft. Sharing the draft with the Institution and working on the draft.
15 Reviewing the draft to publish it in the student journal. Reviewing the draft to publish it in the student journal.
16 General evaluation

Sources

Course Book 1. Kaynaklar seçilen konuya bağlı olarak değişkenlik gösterecektir.

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 20
Laboratory - -
Application 1 50
Field Work 1 10
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 1 20
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury - -
Final Exam/Final Jury - -
Toplam 4 100
Percentage of Semester Work
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Understands, compares and paraphrases the basic concepts of law as a jurist following common principles of law. X
2 Solves problems using a critical point of view when necessary, determines and analyses the theoretical and practical problems of law. X
3 Understands, plans, exercises and coordinates the functions of law, by explaining and practising. X
4 Understands the strategic, tactical and practical dimensions of private and public law. X
5 Understands the local, national, international, universal and supranational dimensions of private and public law. X
6 Understands modern methods and distinctions of law. X
7 Can successfully participate in disciplinary and interdisciplinary team works. X
8 Have an open-minded attitude towards learning and attempting. X
9 Assimilates and complies with the rules related to legal ethics and profession within the framework of social responsibility awareness. X
10 Can use Turkish effectively both orally and in writing and has communication skills required for a career in the discipline of law. X
11 Thinks critically and creatively on legal and social problems based on the principle of rule of law and the ideal of justice. X
12 Understands and practices the national and international dimensions of law by following court case law and practices. X
13 Prepares and presents a written or oral academic study within the framework of acedemic ethics and rules. X
14 Uses information technologies related to the profession effectively in solving legal problems. X
15 Reinforces the knowledge of foreign languages and has a command of legal terminology. X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application 10 2 20
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 8 4 32
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury
Total Workload 100