• Offered by ANU Legal Workshop
  • ANU College ANU College of Law
  • Course subject Legal Practice
  • Areas of interest Law
Legal Practice Experience (12 units) (LEGW8129)

There are 4 requirements:

  • Students complete an 80 day placement in a legal environment, which includes a legal practice, a government practice or legal policy area, a corporate legal office, a community legal centre, Associate to a Judge, Magistrate or Tribunal Member, working with a Barrister, working in a UN position and a summer clerkship.  This list is not exhaustive. Placements must have prior approval and must be supervised by a lawyer of at least 3 years post admission experience. More information about placement requirements is available in the Legal Practice Experience Rules, found at:  http://law.anu.edu.au/legalworkshop/PDF_File/Application_forms/LPERules_updates_May06.pdf
  • Students must have a telephone interview with their placement supervisor and Legal Workshop academic mentor at the beginning of their placement. Students must have an exit interview with their Legal Workshop mentor at the end of their placement.
  • Students must complete a report on their Placement and have this signed off by their placement supervisor.
  • Students must undertake LPE Online, which involves an online discussion forum on legal practice issues. This must be completed at the same time as, or after, completing the placement. LPE Online runs 4 times per year, ie, once in each of Spring, Summer, Winter and Autumn sessions.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  • Development of legal skills. Some of the legal skills students are expected to develop during the placement period are: advocacy and persuasion, communication - both oral and written, legal drafting and writing, interviewing, negotiation, research and analysis, time and file management. This list is not exhaustive.
  • Demonstrate a capacity for reflective practice. Students will be required to reflect on their skills development over the whole program and take responsibility to improve their skills.
  • Understand the requirements of legal practice. This includes ethical requirements, necessary skills and appreciate the contribution they can make to the legal profession and to the community.

Other Information

When Offered and Delivery Mode:  This online 8 week course is offered four times a year in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th teaching periods.

Classification in Graduate Studies Select:  Specialist. In addition an elective in the GDLP program, can be used as part of the articulation into the LLM and LLM (in practice) programs.

Indicative Assessment

  • Satisfactory completion of 80 working days of placement, evidenced by completion of a Placement Report reflecting on skills developed during the placement and signed off by the placement supervisor.
  • Participation in interviews with the Placement Supervisor and Academic Mentor. (Note in some cases email reporting will be substituted for telephone interviews).
  • Completion of 5 discussion postings in LPE Online and performing the role of e-moderator for the discussion group on one occasion.

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Workload

  • 80 days placement (this can be undertaken at a minimum of 1 day per week).
  • Two 15 minute telephone interviews (or 3 email reports of about 200 words each).
  • Completion of a 4 page pro forma Placement Report.
  • 5 discussion postings of no less than 250 words in LPE Online.
  • Read and summarise postings on one discussion topic to acquit e moderator requirements in LPE Online.

Requisite and Incompatibility

Incompatible with LEGW 8134 Skills Development

Prescribed Texts

None

Preliminary Reading

None

Reading lists are available through the course website in WebCT.

Assumed Knowledge

Students cannot undertake LPE Online before undertaking their placement. LPE Online is a discussion forum about legal practice issues and must be undertaken at the same time as, or after, the placement.

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:
12 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
12.00 0.25000

Course fees

Domestic International
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee Description
1994-2003 $519
2014 $826
2013 $787
2012 $750
2011 $650
2010 $600
2009 $525
2008 $525
2007 $525
2006 $525
2005 $519
2004 $519
International fee paying students
Year Fee
1994-2003 $675
2014 $1212
2013 $1100
2012 $1000
2011 $800
2010 $691
2009 $675
2008 $675
2007 $675
2006 $675
2005 $675
2004 $675
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

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.
2016

Summer Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
1817 01 Jan 2016 25 Mar 2016 25 Mar 2016 31 Mar 2016 In Person N/A

First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
4734 15 Feb 2016 26 Feb 2016 31 Mar 2016 27 May 2016 In Person N/A

Autumn Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
5733 01 Apr 2016 24 Jun 2016 24 Jun 2016 30 Jun 2016 In Person N/A

Winter Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
6823 01 Jul 2016 23 Sep 2016 23 Sep 2016 30 Sep 2016 In Person N/A

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
9764 18 Jul 2016 29 Jul 2016 31 Aug 2016 28 Oct 2016 In Person N/A

Spring Session

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
9672 01 Oct 2016 23 Dec 2016 23 Dec 2016 31 Dec 2016 In Person N/A

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