Undergraduate - UnitLAW5216 - Professional practice 512

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

print version

12 points, SCA Band 3, 0.250 EFTSL

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered, or view unit timetables.

Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Law
Offered	Clayton Summer semester A to Semester one 2014 (Day) Clayton Trimester 2 2014 (Day) Clayton Trimester 3 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Ross Hyams; Adrian Evans; Fay Gertner; Helen Yandell

Quota applies

The number of places available in this unit is 40

Synopsis

Attendance at a legal service which endeavours to meet the needs of its community. Students learn a range of lawyers' skills and develop professional commitment and ethical standards. The subject adds a social dimension to academic training by creating an opportunity for students to assess the adequacy of law and legal processes in context.

Outcomes

Students completing this unit should have acquired:

the ability to analyse critically legal principles and the legal system in the context of contemporary society
an understanding of the extent to which the law and the legal system meet the needs of the community
skills involving judgment, such as the investigation of facts, the recognition of issues, the analysis of problems and situations, the use of tactics and decision-making
skills in oral and written communication required of lawyers, including interviewing, counselling, negotiating, advocacy and drafting
an understanding of professional legal issues of ethics and morality.

Assessment

Legal service work: 80%
Community Engagement 20%
Ungraded requirement: Completion of a reflective journal entry every two weeks throughout the clinical period.
An ungraded SFR (Satisfied Faculty Requirements) for the reflective journal is required to obtain a pass in this Unit.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Renata Alexander (Summer Semester)
Assoc. Professor Adrian Evans (First Semester)
Mr Ross Hyams (Second Semester)

Workload requirements

One half-day Legal Service session per week for 17 weeks (including non-teaching period) plus one and a half days per week client follow-up and one 2-hour seminar for 10 weeks

Prerequisites

LAW1100 or LAW1101 and LAW1102 OR LAW1104; LAW2100 or LAW2101 and LAW2102; LAW2200 or LAW2201 and LAW2202; LAW3300 or LAW3301 and LAW3302. Please see http://www.law.monash.edu.au/cle.html for an application form and more information.