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(LAW)
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Leader: Mr Bruce Arthur
Offered:
City First semester 2005 (On-campus)
City Second semester 2005 (On-campus)
Synopsis: The subject is concerned with conveyancing and other kinds of transactions in the areas of property and business law. It will focus on development of the following skills: legal research and analysis, awareness and use of learning strategies, practice management, oral and written communication, and negotiation. The particular values that will be addressed in the subject include the recognition and resolution of ethical conflicts, awareness of personal values and understanding of professional values.
Objectives: The primary objective is that those who have successfully completed the Diploma course, of which this subject is a part, will have the broad knowledge, skills and ethical awareness to undertake legal practice. Students who have successfully completed this subject will have acquired the following competencies: (1) practice fields: through learning and developing the skills summarised below, and gaining experience in the application of those skills in the field of this subject, students will have improved their competence to practise in any chosen specific field or fields of law and pratice; (2) skills: in particular, students will have learned and developed the skills set out in the Course Description for the Diploma relating to - learning strategies, research, analysis and writing; oral communication and inter-personal relationships; negotiation and advocacy; practice management and accounts; and hanmdling ethics and values; (c) personal development: students will have enhanced their broad and critical understanding of knowledge already gained, and their intellectual and social skills, in order to encourage and enable a continuing professional approach to work, community responsibilities and personal development.
Assessment: Regular feedback will be provided on written exercises and oral presentations on drafting letters of advice and contracts and negotiating terms of contract: 50% + Written memoranda and draft documents (totalling 10,000 words) and an oral presentation (30 minutes): 50%. Assessed according to the grades "Merit", "Pass", or "Fail".
Contact Hours: Intensive -27 hours per week for 3 weeks