This course is in two parts. Part A provides students with the theoretical content and practical skills to conduct a supervised and guided legal risk assessment of an online product that can be used in most common law jurisdictions. While assessing risk is not the same as giving legal advice, this is a skill that law students will need to acquire if they are to practice in the context of new technologies. The particular legal risks that students will assess are privacy, cyber, intellectual property, governance and regulation, as well as compliance with respect to occupational health and safety, human rights, climate change, employment law and occupiers liability. The students' risk assessment report will be provided to the start up business whose product or platform they have reviewed. Students will submit their risk assessment report as their major assessment task in this course. In Part B, students will reflect upon the risks and benefits of using artificial intelligence and new technologies in legal and commercial contexts and submit their reflections in the form of three blogs.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Synthesise legal knowledge and apply it to a complex commercial context
- Incorporate professional rules and legislation into legal risk analysis
- Engage in original and critical reflection on the use of AI in legal processes
- Communicate legal ideas effectively both verbally and in writing
- Research and structure a complex risk assessment in relation to online business platforms.
Indicative Assessment
- Task 1 - Three reflective blog posts (2,400 words total; 800 words per blog) (30) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]
- Task 2 - Legal risk assessment quiz (20) [LO 1,2]
- Task 3 - Risk assessment report (3,600 words) (50) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]
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Workload
The is delivered via a series of online or face-to-face workshops. The course will also require advanced preparation through assigned readings. In total, it is anticipated that the hours required for completion of this course (class preparation, teaching and completion of assessment) will not exceed 120 hours. Click here for the LLM Masters Program timetable.
Inherent Requirements
Not applicable
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
There are no prescribed texts for this course.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you 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). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 34
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found 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 |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $4410 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $5880 |
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.
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7726 | 26 Jul 2021 | 02 Aug 2021 | 14 Sep 2021 | 29 Oct 2021 | Online | View |
