Subject description
Advanced Legal Skills is a second year subject which will build upon the skills learnt in LLB1115 Legal Skills . It is designed to help prepare students for the key skills needed for legal practice, with relevance for a range of other professional and academic contexts more generally. It will … For more content click the Read More button below.
Enrolment rules
Pre-Requisite
Tutorial enrolment
Students can enrol online via the Tutorial Enrolment link in SOLS
Delivery
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Teaching staff
Subject coordinators
Lecturers
Tutors
Engagement hours
Contact Hours:2 hr seminar
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Identify, analyse and apply basic principles of effective drafting, particularly the value of plain language and clarity of expression;
2.
Analyse the characteristics and skills of the primary methods of dispute management and select those methods most appropriate to the resolution of various disputes;
3.
Develop theoretical and technical knowledge of negotiation principles and techniques, and apply skills in planning and conducting a mediation;
4.
Demonstrate competence in exercise of court etiquette and advocacy skills.
Assessment details
Class Participation
Dispute Resolution and Drafting Assignment
Simulated - Negotiation Activity, Court Appearance
Work integrated learning
Embedded WIL:This subject contains elements of "Embedded WIL". Students in this subject will experience activities that relate to or simulate professional practice as part of their learning.