The course will cover:
- Development of case strategy - being able to analyse and prepare a case for all participant perspectives.
- Preparation skills for written and spoken forms of opening and closing submissions, and expert witness statements.
- Questioning skills for taking instructions, examination-in-chief and cross examination - agenda setting, settling the witness, witness control, story development and reiteration, argument embedded in question strings.
- How to search for relevant material in the social sciences when seeking to use social science expertise.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
A participant who has successfully completed this course should:
- Understand and be able to apply effective case theory and persuasive theory to a judge alone trial;
- Prepare for and perform competent witness examination; and
- Understand the principles and procedural requirements for an expert’s report in civil proceedings.
Other Information
Numbers for this course are capped at 24. Early enrolment is recommended.
Indicative Assessment
Students must rely on the Means of Assessment available on the Wattle Course site approximately 4 weeks prior to the commencement of the course.
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Workload
26 Contact Hours (Intensive Delivery over 4 days) plus private study time and Wattle interaction.
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This course will be online from 23 June 2014 with a compulsory intensive held 28-31 July 2014.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
There is no prescribed text. Relevant materials regarding advocacy skills, including videos to assist you preparing your case analysis, will be available online on WATTLE. Information regarding expert witnesses and accountancy, including extracts from Freckelton & Selby Expert Evidence (Thomson Reuter) will also be available on the WATTLE site.Preliminary Reading
A Course Outline will be available on the Wattle course site approximately 4 weeks prior to the commencement of the course.
The full expert evidence service, and Cross on Evidence are available from the ANU Library Electronic resources under ‘L’. Expert Evidence is under ‘Lawbook Online’. Cross on Evidence is under ‘Lexisnexis AU’. These resources are available to any enrolled student.
Assumed Knowledge
Have completed a Practical Legal Training course such as the GDLP, or Articles.
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. Students continuing in their current program of study will have their tuition fees indexed annually from the year in which you commenced your program. 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 | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1994-2003 | $1626 | |
| 2014 | $2808 | |
| 2013 | $2808 | |
| 2012 | $2808 | |
| 2011 | $2778 | |
| 2010 | $2718 | |
| 2009 | $2670 | |
| 2008 | $2670 | |
| 2007 | $2670 | |
| 2006 | $2646 | |
| 2005 | $2298 | |
| 2004 | $1926 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 1994-2003 | $2916 |
| 2014 | $3762 |
| 2013 | $3756 |
| 2012 | $3756 |
| 2011 | $3756 |
| 2010 | $3750 |
| 2009 | $3426 |
| 2008 | $3426 |
| 2007 | $3426 |
| 2006 | $3426 |
| 2005 | $3234 |
| 2004 | $2916 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5461 | 23 Jun 2014 | 23 Jun 2014 | 18 Jul 2014 | 10 Oct 2014 | In Person | N/A |