75412 Legal Skills and Professional Awareness

6cp; distance students are required to attend a three-day block intensive school on campus at the close of semester

Requisite(s): 132 credit points of completed study in C04148 Master of Law and Legal Practice

These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses. See access conditions.

Postgraduate
Subject coordinator: S Wesley

This subject introduces students to the skills and awareness that together form the professional persona of an effective legal practitioner. The legal skills component covers such skills as interviewing and advising, writing, drafting and negotiation. A lawyer's most valuable tool is the ability to communicate effectively. The awareness component covers the areas of human behaviour and practices that a lawyer needs to be sensitive to in order to be an effective practitioner. These include work management, legal aid, access to justice, and disability and EEO issues.

Assessment: Attendance and participation in a negotiation, attendance and participation in a client interview, five web-based activities.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $1,041.62
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,472.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.