Legal Experience 2 - LAWS1124
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Academic program must be 7016, Humanities Pathway Program.
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
The KLC component of Legal Experience 2 fits with your other law courses in that it demonstrates law in practice and the specific ways in which it impacts on disadvantaged clients. Law is a subjective, constantly changing area and this course will give you the opportunity to explore some of the ways in which law is used in the legal aid system to assist people who are disadvantaged.
The Legal Ethics component of Legal Experience 2 complements the KLC component of Legal Experience 2 by providing some theoretical background to many of the ethical issues you could encounter as a practising lawyer. It also provides an introduction to the Bachelor of Laws core course LAWS1230 – Lawyers, Ethics and Justice.
The Legal Ethics component of Legal Experience 2 complements the KLC component of Legal Experience 2 by providing some theoretical background to many of the ethical issues you could encounter as a practising lawyer. It also provides an introduction to the Bachelor of Laws core course LAWS1230 – Lawyers, Ethics and Justice.
Main Topics
The aims of the KLC component of Legal Experience 2 are to:
- encourage students to keep studying law
- allow students to see law in practice to make their studies relevant
- allow students to bond with each other
- allow students to see how the law affects/can help disadvantaged people
- develop written and oral communication skills
- develop knowledge of law
- develop ability to critically examine the law and its effects
- make students law studies relevant to their lives through clinical work
- provide additional support for students
This is achieved through a combination of approaches. You will be introduced to an overview of the legal aid system through visits to: the Local court, pro bono section of a commercial law firm, Legal Aid Commission and the Public Defender’s Office. You will also be taught a concentrated course on interviewing skills as they relate to disadvantaged clients. You will interview real clients in order to improve your oral and written communication skills. You will also have the opportunity to work with later year law students learning about legal file work.
The aims of the Legal Ethics component of Legal Experience 2 are to:
The aims of the Legal Ethics component of Legal Experience 2 are to:
- develop written and oral communication skills
- develop legal problem-solving skills
- gain an overview of the legal profession in Australia
- understand what sort of work lawyers, barristers and judges do
- begin to appreciate the ethical responsibilities that legal practitioners have to clients, to the court and to society more broadly
- understand access to justice issues
- understand how the legal profession in Australia is regulated, especially with reference to professional discipline and costs
These aims are achieved through intensive, small group discussions; considering practical applications of Legal Ethics component aims and opportunities for directed feedback.
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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