Overview

This topic provides opportunities to extend and integrate areas of knowledge, and apply this knowledge to authentic client scenarios and problems across both contentious and non-contentious legal work. This topic also provides a forum to further build and enhance transitional skills and attributes necessary for legal practice and related work.

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Aims

This topic aims to provide students with:

  • An exposure to authentic and complex client scenarios and problems, and the skills to respond appropriately and professionally
  • An enhanced ability to identify and research legal issues, and interpret statutes, in the context of authentic and complicated client scenarios
  • Extended knowledge about the process of giving legal advice and enhanced skills related to that process
  • Extended knowledge about the nature of transactional practice, and the professional skills to draft documents associated with this type of legal work
  • Extended knowledge about the nature of litigation, and the professional skills to draft documents associated with this type of legal work

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
1.
Determine relevant factual, legal and policy issues by undertaking advanced and in depth research
2.
Solve novel problems and evaluate complex issues that relate simultaneously to multiple legal topics through the contextual and sophisticated application of legal knowledge
3.
Persuade effectively through professional oral and written communication
4.
Demonstrate a high level of personal autonomy and accountability
5.
Critically evaluate theory and professional practice in the discipline of law and maintain high standards of ethical and professional behaviour

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Requisites information

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