ABSTRACT
This chapter describes a project by student volunteers to build a racism reporting tool for a local charity, The Monitoring Group (TMG). 3 It grew out of two final year modules at London South Bank University that are taught and assessed together: Law and Technology, which we have been running for law students since 2018/2019, and ICT Project Management in Practice which is run for Computing Sciences students. The modules aim to introduce students to the increasing impact of technology on the professions and professional careers, particularly in the field of legal services, and to help them develop and demonstrate new core skills that are likely to be in demand from employers. In the first few weeks, we explore LawTech, Legal Design and Project Management. Students engage in a short design project, rethinking how to present social media contracts to users. They then work in multi-disciplinary teams to design a digital Access to Justice resource for a real client. To date these have included members of our Legal Advice Clinic 4 team, as well as local lawyers, charities and organisations. Students are assessed by an individual piece of self-reflection entitled Careers, Skills and Personal Development Planning; and a group work report, which includes a recorded demonstration of the working prototype of their proposed resource. 5
