| Course Name | Law of Advocacy |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| HUK 400 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | Turkish | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Objectives | The main objective of the course is to have a general knowledge about the profession of advocacy in consideration of regulations, basic principles and rules. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course deals with the legal regulations related to the profession of law, relations between lawyer and client, types of advocacy organizations, changes in profession, specialization, rights and obligations of lawyer, ethics / professional rules |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | X | |
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| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | The definiton of the advocacy profession, its differences comparing other professions, its legal characteristics | Attorney's act, law of criminal procedure, code of civil procedure |
| 2 | Independence of advocates | Attorney's act, law of criminal procedure, code of civil procedure |
| 3 | Conditions when accepting into profession, execution forms | Attorney's act, law of criminal procedure, code of civil procedure |
| 4 | Lawyer client relation, lawyer's liabilities from this relation | Attorney's act, law of criminal procedure, code of civil procedure |
| 5 | Lawyer client relation, lawyer's obligations from this relation - I | Attorney's act, law of criminal procedure, code of civil procedure |
| 6 | Lawyer client relation, lawyer's obligations from this relation - II | Attorney's act, law of criminal procedure, code of civil procedure |
| 7 | Lawyer client relation, lawyer's obligations from this relation - III | Attorney's act, law of criminal procedure, code of civil procedure |
| 8 | Midterm Exam | Attorney's act can be used during exam |
| 9 | Lawyer court relation, lawyer's obligations from this relation I | Attorney's act, law of criminal procedure, code of civil procedure |
| 10 | Lawyer court relation, lawyer's obligations from this relation II | Attorney's act, law of criminal procedure, code of civil procedure |
| 11 | Lawyer's obligations from the status of the profession | Attorney's act, law of criminal procedure, code of civil procedure |
| 12 | Lawyer's obligations from the colleagues and trade bodies | Attorney's act, law of criminal procedure, code of civil procedure |
| 13 | Lawyer's liability | Attorney's act, law of criminal procedure, code of civil procedure |
| 14 | Lawyer's rights from the relation with client | Attorney's act, law of criminal procedure, code of civil procedure |
| 15 | Review of semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Meral SUNGURTEKİN ÖZKAN : Avukatlık Mesleği Avukatın Hak ve Yükümlükleri, İzmir 2012. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Semih Güner: Avukatlık Hukuku, Ankara 2011. |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 40 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 60 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 60 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | - | ||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 24 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 34 | |
| Total | 120 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to possess the knowledge in legal terminology, concepts and principles. | X | ||||
| 2 | Solves the legal problems with an analytic and integral point of view. | |||||
| 3 | Evaluates the legal knowledge and abilities obtained with a critical approach. | |||||
| 4 | Evaluates the developments in legal theory and practice by monitoring local, international and interdisciplinary dimensions. | X | ||||
| 5 | Is conscious of social, professional and scientific principles of ethic behaviour. | X | ||||
| 6 | Takes responsibility in solving problems by creative and innovative thinking. | |||||
| 7 | Interprets the sources of law by ways of legal methodology. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to interpret the legal norms with a sense of justice respectful to human rights and in the light of principles of democratic, secular and social state of law. | |||||
| 9 | To be able to use the daily scientific sources and court judgments in the framework of life time learning approach. | |||||
| 10 | Informs the related persons and institutions about legal matters both verbally and in written. | |||||
| 11 | Monitors the daily legal information/court decisions and interacts with the colleagues in a foreign language (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale” Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | Uses the information and communication technology together with the computer programs in a level required by the area of law (“European Computer Driving Licence, Advanced Level”). | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
