THE USE OF VIRTUAL REALITY AS LEARNING MEDIA IN CRIMINAL PRACTICE COURSES

Abstract

Legal education not only prioritizes student understanding of the mastery of legal knowledge, but also student mastery of the skills of prospective legal scholars. The legal skills needed include the ability to compile legal arguments and skills to resolve disputes both in litigation in court and non-litigation in alternative dispute resolution. The cultivation of legal skills or legal proficiency in legal education is obtained by students through criminal practice and civil practice courses. So far, in the legal practice course at the law study program Universitas Terbuka, assessment has been carried out through the preparation of a file of legal documents. However, assessment through case filing is still considered inadequate to equip students in compiling legal arguments and resolving legal cases even though achieving legal skills requires more than just compiling files, including the skills to convey legal arguments and debates directly. Education with an applied approach through clinical legal education wants students to have the ability to analyze and the ability to apply knowledge practically. The development and utilization of virtual reality applications in criminal practice courses allows students to simulate moot court. thus, it is necessary to develop criminal practice courses in the form of using virtual reality assessments as an evaluation of students' mastery of lawyer skill.