Students' self-assessment in law: Report of a pilot project

The pilot study reported here was a one‐off study about self‐assessment by students of a law assignment (a problem in the law of Tort). The project was conceived as a result of concern about too much assessment/marking and its effect on staff time (and research and other scholarly activities) and also as a result of discussions the author had with his faculty colleagues and other colleagues outside his institution. This report focuses on the following issues: definition and problems of self‐assessment, aims of the study, review of the literature, method of study, findings and discussion of the findings.