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Law Journal (Issue Editor) - LAWS3441

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Currently enrolled in a program in the Faculty of Law with School Consent.

Equivalent: JURD7441

Excluded: JURD7441, JURD7564, LAWS3064

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 Issue 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: www.unswlawjournal.unsw.edu.au

Course Aims

By undertaking the role of editor of an edition of the UNSW Law Journal, students will gain an important insight into academic publishing generally as well as a deeper understanding of the topic being explored in the thematic component of the issue.

Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to:
  1. manage the process of publishing an issue of a journal, from a call for papers to launch of the issue
  2. deeply engage with the legal topic identified by the student for the thematic component of the journal
  3. manage, and recognise the importance of, the peer review process in academic publishing
  4. manage the process of editing academic articles

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 a Thematic Issue Editor or General Editor of the University of New South Wales Law Journal.
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Study Levels

Undergraduate Study Postgraudate Study Postgraduate Research Study Non-Award Study

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