Course

UNSW Law Journal (Executive Editor) - JURD7564

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Pre-requisite: 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.

Excluded: JURD7441, LAWS3064, LAWS3441

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

Students elected to the position of Executive Editor of the University of New South Wales Law Journal are eligible to enrol in this course. The position of editor is available in Semester 1, Semester 2 and Summer Semester each year. Further information about the Law Journal can be found at: http://www.unswlawjournal.unsw.edu.au/

Course Aims

By undertaking the role of executive editor the UNSW Law Journal, students will gain an important insight into academic publishing as well as team management skills.

Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to:
  1. effectively manage a small team
  2. manage the process of publishing a high quality academic journal
  3. work with Issue Editors and the Digital Editor to resolve issues as they arise, including in the editing, peer review and publishing process

Assessment

A student may be deemed, on the recommendation of the Dean and the Faculty Advisers to the Law Journal, to have satisfactorily completed this course on the basis of work done as an Executive Editor of the University of New South Wales Law Journal.
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