Legal Advice Clinic PG (11453.1)
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | Internship |
Bruce, Canberra |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Business, Government & Law |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
Canberra Law School | Post Graduate Level | Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905) Band 5 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
- Client interviewing
- Conducting legal research to respond to client need
- Drafting letters of advice
- Preparing materials for community legal education through the clinic
- Policy and reform work arising out of issues presented at the clinic
This unit may be co-taught with an undergraduate version of the unit.
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Apply legal principles to tasks under supervision of a licensed legal practitioner;
2. Conduct research to solve a real legal problem;
3. Reflect on the study and practice of law; and
4. Successfully communicate their reflections or research through a presentation.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
Skills development
This is a work integrated learning unit, with a focus on developing professional commuication and skills.
Prerequisites
This unit is only available to students in the Juris Doctor course.Enrolment must be approved by the unit convener.
Students must have passed 11431 Foundations of Law and Justice AND 11435 Torts Law G, or equivalent, AND an additional 27 credit points of Law units.
Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
None.Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 2 | 29 July 2024 | Internship | Prof Maree Sainsbury |
Required texts
Resources available on Canvas, which will be introduced in an orientation session.
Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
Participation requirements
The professional nature of this unit also requires 100% participation at all learning activities for the successful completion of this unit. If attendance requirements cannot be
satisfied (e.g. timetable clash), it is recommended that you meet with your Unit Convener to schedule this unit for a future semester.
Further, if you are unable to attend the clinic in any week, it is important that you advice the unit convenor and provide a reason for your absence. If you miss too many sessions, you may not be able to meet the learning outcomes for this unit. If you anticipate missing more than two sessions in the semester you should discuss your enrolment with the unit convenor
Required IT skills
Legal research
Work placement, internships or practicums
This unit involves a clinical placement and therefore, additional student responsibilities are required in addition to those described in this section. Work-place learning requires strict adherence to professional practice principles and ethics. Solicitor/ client confidentiality must always be maintained including for assessment items such as reports or essays.
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