Paper Title
Getting The Job Done: Using Authentic Assessment Techniques In Extra And Co-Curricular Activities (ECCAs) To Improve Law Students� Employability Prospects

Abstract
Authentic assessments are closely aligned with activities that take place in real work settings, as distinct from the often artificial constructs of University courses. While the traditional �paper-based� assessment strategy provides a pragmatic solution to the problem of a general lack of time and resources to grade students en masse, the authors believe that the use of authentic assessment techniques, in accredited and University-run extra and co-curricular activities (ECCAs), are perfectly placed to improve law students� employability prospects. By delivering authentic assessments methods in ECCAs, a combination of formative and summative techniques used throughout the assessment processes improves student performance, which thereby has positive cross-impact into improving critical reasoning, team-working, self-confidence and public speaking skills � all highly prized by employers in many different disciplines and working environments. By examining recent employability data, and cross-referencing them with trends in student participation with ECCAs, the authors demonstrate that authentic assessment improves law students� employability prospects in a variety of sectors � not just in law. Keywords- Authentic assessment, student employability, legal education, formative assessment