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(LAW)
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Leader: Oyiela Litaba - Sem 1 Gaye Lansdell - Sem 2
Offered:
Clayton First semester 2005 (On-campus)
Clayton Second semester 2005 (On-campus)
Synopsis: Under the supervision of qualified practitioner-teachers, students will take responsibility for handling clients' legal problems at Monash-Oakleigh Legal Service and Springvale Legal Service. They will open files and run cases in the manner of a law firm, and appear in court in appropriate circumstances. The practice fields most commonly arising in the legal work undertaken at these community legal centres relate to criminal charges, family disputes and a wide range of civil matters.Experience in the 'live' clinic is recognised as being especially effective as the best environment for developing awareness and use of learning strategies, personal values and professional ethics.
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: Students will be assessed continuously on their written work on behalf of clients at legal services. Feedback will be provided on each piece of drafting submitted. Students will also be assessed on interviewing and negotiating skills and on oral presentations as they occur. Summative assessment will be offered mid-term and at the conclusion of the subject: 100%. Assessed according to the grades "Merit", "Pass", or "Fail".
Contact Hours: 7 hours per week for 20 weeks