Postgraduate - UnitLAW5015 - Ethics in legal practice

At the successful completion of this unit students will be able to:

1. demonstrate understanding of knowledge of the law of professional responsibility and the principles and values of justice and of ethical practice in lawyers' roles;
2. display an advanced and integrated understanding of:
• the approaches to ethical decision-making; and
• the professional responsibilities of lawyers in promoting justice and in service to the community;
3. exhibit an advanced ability to exercise professional judgment;
4. identify and articulate complex ethical and responsibility issues in lawyering;
5. apply ethical approaches and the law of professional responsibility to generate appropriate jurisprudential and practical decision-making and conduct in lawyering;
6. engage in critical analysis and make reasoned and appropriate choices amongst alternatives;
7. demonstrate sophisticated cognitive and creative skills in approaching legal and ethical issues and generating appropriate responses and developing new understandings;
8. communicate how to apply professional responsibility principles and resolve ethical issues in ways that are effective, appropriate and persuasive for legal and non-legal audiences;
9. collaborate effectively in resolving ethical dilemmas in different practice contexts and in context of commercial challenges to professionalism; and
10. demonstrate ability to learn and work with a high degree of autonomy, accountability and professionalism, and reflect on and assess their own capabilities and performance in relation to ethical judgment, making use of feedback as appropriate, to support personal and professional development.