Interested in how laws, legal work or legal practice affect people and outcomes in regional, rural and remote (RRR) areas in Australia or other parts of the world? Interested in where lawyers and others, whose work or activities affect RRR areas are located and why this may matter?
The course asks how laws, legal work and legal practices operate and affect what may be achieved by individuals and groups, businesses and governments, communities and communities of interest - in and in relation to regional, rural and remote areas.
Come and explore whether, how and why RRR legal problems are different and how creative thinking and creative practices can help you address RRR legal issues in new ways.
The course will help you conceptualise the roles lawyers play in relation to law and legal issues in RRR areas. Using a lens of complexity focusing on linkages, systems and inter-connections and using cutting edge tools such as problem representation, problem patterns and reflexivity, you will explore how laws and legal work in many locations, sectors and contexts relate to the RRR. Around the other way, you will use tools to explore how those in RRR areas may draw on legal and other resources within and outside the RRR.
You will also explore how international, economic, political and other dimensions and developments can affect the RRR, how law and lawyers in the international are involved and how issues may vary between countries and locations around the world.
This course will challenge you to further develop and apply your knowledge, skills and creativity to help unpack and work on RRR legal problems. This includes endemic, systemic and structural legal problems being problems which are entrenched, persistent and strongly associated with adverse outcomes.
The course will enable you to experience and participate in a dynamic community of practice in relation to these issues.
Topics in the course include:
Conceptual approaches to the regional, rural and remote (RRR) and their effects
Exploring who works on RRR legal and related issues, where and what is involved
Identifying factors which affect how laws operate in RRR areas and the effects
Characterisations of RRR legal problems, implications and effects
Roles of lawyers, lawyering types and outcomes for RRR clients, law and justice
Working on endemic, structural and systemic RRR legal problems
Adaptability, resourcefulness and creativity as tools in addressing RRR law, lawyering and justice issues
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Identify and critically analyse, in written and/or oral form, a complex body of knowledge including recent developments, in the area of law, lawyers, justice - regional, rural and remote (RRR);
- Apply research principles and scholarship to research, critically and creatively analyse, and reflect on complex information, problems, concepts and theories in relation to the area of law, lawyers, justice - RRR;
- Interpret, conceptualise and articulate for specialist and non-specialist audiences, client and stakeholder problems and positions relevant to current issues in the area of law, lawyers, justice - RRR;
- Demonstrate expertise, creativity and initiative to theorise, develop and distil effective options in the area of law, lawyers, justice - RRR applied to particular problems which encompasses legalities, practicalities, risks and alternatives;
- Apply advanced knowledge and skills autonomously and ethically, displaying expert judgment, adaptability, responsibility and self-critique as a learner and practitioner in relation to problems in law, lawyers, justice - RRR;
- Plan and complete a substantial research project applying expert critical and reflective engagement with concepts in law, lawyers, justice - RRR, problem analysis, legal research, legal principles and legal writing.
Indicative Assessment
- Short research and analytical contributions to discussion topics (40) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6]
- Class presentation (online) (20) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6]
- Research essay or an advice or submission (40) [LO 1,2,3,4,5,6]
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Workload
This is a 6-unit course, which is considered to have the equivalent full time student load (EFTSL) of 6/48 = 0.125. The number of hours allocated to an EFTSL of 0.125 is 10 — 12 hours per week.
This is a wholly online course. It will require weekly online participation during the course as students will be required to participate in discussion forums and other activities in order to satisfy course requirements.
For the mid-course presentations, students will be required to participate in a Live Classroom in Zoom
Inherent Requirements
Not applicable
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Please refer to the Wattle site
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 3
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2020 | $4320 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2020 | $5760 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Winter Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6639 | 06 Jul 2020 | 24 Jul 2020 | 24 Jul 2020 | 27 Sep 2020 | Online | View |
