Criminal Practice is a face-to-face intensive.
This course is currently offered in:
- Canberra, ACT (4 day intensive - enrolments are capped at 150)
- Darwin, NT (5 day intensive that is specific to NT law - enrolments are capped at 30)
- Perth, WA (5 day intensive that is specific to WA law - enrolments are capped at 35)
- Melbourne, VIC (4 day intensive - enrolments are capped at 50)
- Sydney, NSW (4 day intensive - enrolments are capped at 70)
- Brisbane, QLD (4 day intensive - enrolments are capped at 50)
Please refer to the topics link for further individual course descriptions.
* Please note that the jurisdiction studied within the course has no bearing on where a student intends on being admitted to practice.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Canberra / Melbourne / Brisbane / Sydney / AdelaidePlease refer to: Criminal Practice Outline 2013
Darwin
This 5 day intensive (Monday to Friday) course is offered twice a year - once in May and once in September in
Darwin. The course is designed for graduates preparing for legal practice who wish to build their knowledge and
skills in criminal law practice for the defence and for the prosecution. The course addresses the APLEC
Competencies for Criminal Law Practice while being jurisdictionally, procedurally and contextually specific to the
Northern Territory.
Themes include:
- The context of criminal law practice
- The roles and professional responsibilities of criminal defence lawyers and prosecutors
- Roles of key criminal justice agencies and facilities in the NT
- Police powers and practices particularly: investigation, arrest, charging, bail, police witnesses
- Magistrates Court criminal lists: routines; procedures; court etiquette
- Bail applications, plea in mitigation, sentencing options
- Preparing a case for defended hearing – the defence and the prosecution
- Questioning in chief, cross examination, tender of exhibits, objecting
- Acting in matters where the accused is a young person; substance dependent; has a mental health problem
- Aboriginal justice issues including: Anunga rules; Royal Commission into Deaths in Custody; Aboriginal Interpreter Service; NT Intervention; diversion and sentencing
- Particular charges: traffic offences; drink driving; drug offences; charges arising from domestic violence or breach of a domestic violence restraining order
- Victims crime: giving evidence, court support, Crime Victim’s Compensation
- Complaints about police, corrections and other agencies
- Current issues in criminal law, links between practice, policy and reform.
in Darwin.
The course includes:
- demonstration and practice sessions led by local practitioners and workers in relevant local agencies
- simulated advising, case preparation and practice appearances by students.
Commonwealth DPP, NT Legal Aid, North Australian Justice Agency, counsels chambers, Mitchell Street Police
Station. The involvement of the NT Aboriginal Interpreter Service has been one of the highlights of the course. This
includes the opportunity for students to practice working with Aboriginal interpreters.
Perth
The course involves a partnership between the ANU Legal Workshop and Legal Aid Western Australia. The current
course is delivered by Legal Aid WA as a 5 day intensive (Monday to Friday) course. It is offered once a year in
March in Perth. The course meets the Australasian Professional Legal Education Council’s (APLEC)
Competencies for Entry Level Lawyers in respect of Criminal Practice.
Other Information
Criminal Practice is an on site course held in Canberra, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth andDarwin. The Perth and Darwin Criminal Practice courses run for 5 days and are jurisdictionally specific in their
teaching. The Canberra, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide courses run for 4 days on-site with additional
coursework running before and after the intensive. The jurisdiction studied has no bearing on the state a student
plans to be admitted into.
Criminal Practice usually is scheduled to coincide with undergraduate non teaching periods.
Classification in Graduate Studies Select: Specialist.
In addition as an elective in the GDLP program, it can be used as part of the articulation into the LLM and LLM (in
practice) programs.
Indicative Assessment
Canberra / Melbourne / Brisbane / Sydney / AdelaideThis intensive, onsite course is offered in Canberra, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide for those with the
intention to practise in criminal law, as defence advocates or prosecutors. The delivery is through interviewing of,
and presentations from, people who work within our criminal justice system (for example, judiciary, prosecution,
defence advocate, mental illness, corrections, forensic science, victim interests, police). This course has a strong
'practical' element requiring court visits before and after the intensive days, written 'reflective' critique on those
visits, and 'advocacy' presentation.
Darwin
There are 4 assessable elements:
- Quality of participation in class discussion and exercises
- Exercise/s which involve taking instructions, giving advice and appearing (e.g. an application for bail / plea)
- Exercise which involves performance of examination ‘in chief’ and ‘cross-examination
- A reflective description of a summary criminal hearing which you observe after completing the intensive. The observation can be undertaken in the location / jurisdiction; it does not have to be undertaken in Darwin or in the NT.
In order to successfully complete the Criminal Practice WA course a participant must:
- Attend and participate in practical activities and assessments, and
- Demonstrate competency in relation to the APLEC standards for Criminal Practice.
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Workload
Canberra / Melbourne / Brisbane / Sydney / Adelaide- Pre-course reading and attending court,
- Four week days on site, 9am - 5pm
- Approximately five hours to attend court and write a report. Reports are to be submitted within three weeks from the completion of the on-site intensive.
- Approximately four hours pre-course on reading materials
- Five days face-to-face intensive
- Approximately five hours to attend court and write report within five weeks of the intensive.
- Approximately six hours pre-course on reading materials.
- All participants are also encouraged to observe a Magistrates Court criminal trial before commencing the course.
- Five days face-to-face intensive
Prescribed Texts
Canberra / Melbourne / Brisbane / Sydney / AdelaideHugh Selby, Advocacy: Preparation and Performance, which can be obtained from the publisher:
http://www.federationpress.com.au/bookstore/book.asp?isbn=9781862877443 .
Darwin
There are no prescribed texts. Course materials will be available before the course begins for download via the
Wattle area for the course.
Perth
There are no prescribed texts. Course materials will be sent to enrolled students before the commencement of the
course.
Preliminary Reading
Canberra / Melbourne / Brisbane / Sydney / AdelaidePlease refer to: Criminal Practice Reference Materials 2013
Darwin
Students should skim the course materials before the intensive to familiarise themselves in a general way with the content.
Perth
Students should read the course materials sent to them before attending the intensive.
Assumed Knowledge
LLB, JD or completion of LPAB program.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:
- 3 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 |
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3.00 | 0.06250 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
Year | Fee |
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2015 | $1092 |
- International fee paying students
Year | Fee |
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2015 | $1431 |
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.
Summer Session
Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
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Western Australia | ||||||
1532 | 09 Feb 2015 | 13 Feb 2015 | 13 Feb 2015 | 13 Feb 2015 | In Person | N/A |
Brisbane | ||||||
1726 | 16 Feb 2015 | 20 Feb 2015 | 20 Feb 2015 | 20 Feb 2015 | In Person | N/A |
Melbourne | ||||||
1727 | 23 Feb 2015 | 27 Feb 2015 | 27 Feb 2015 | 27 Feb 2015 | In Person | N/A |
Australian Capital territory | ||||||
1728 | 23 Mar 2015 | 27 Mar 2015 | 27 Mar 2015 | 27 Mar 2015 | In Person | N/A |
Australian Capital territory | ||||||
1760 | 23 Mar 2015 | 27 Mar 2015 | 27 Mar 2015 | 27 Mar 2015 | 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 |
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Darwin | ||||||
1539 | 11 May 2015 | 15 May 2015 | 15 May 2015 | 15 May 2015 | In Person | N/A |
Sydney | ||||||
1580 | 20 Apr 2015 | 20 Apr 2015 | 24 Apr 2015 | 24 Apr 2015 | In Person | N/A |
Adelaide | ||||||
1637 | 15 Jun 2015 | 15 Jun 2015 | 19 Jun 2015 | 19 Jun 2015 | 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 |
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Northern Territory | ||||||
1490 | 31 Aug 2015 | 04 Sep 2015 | 04 Sep 2015 | 04 Sep 2015 | In Person | N/A |
Australian Capital territory | ||||||
1578 | 07 Sep 2015 | 11 Sep 2015 | 11 Sep 2015 | 11 Sep 2015 | 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 |
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Sydney | ||||||
1510 | 28 Sep 2015 | 02 Oct 2015 | 02 Oct 2015 | 02 Oct 2015 | In Person | N/A |
Brisbane | ||||||
1511 | 28 Sep 2015 | 02 Oct 2015 | 02 Oct 2015 | 02 Oct 2015 | In Person | N/A |
Western Australia | ||||||
1602 | 28 Sep 2015 | 02 Oct 2015 | 02 Oct 2015 | 02 Oct 2015 | In Person | N/A |
Adelaide | ||||||
1604 | 09 Nov 2015 | 13 Nov 2015 | 13 Nov 2015 | 13 Nov 2015 | In Person | N/A |
Melbourne | ||||||
1634 | 26 Oct 2015 | 30 Oct 2015 | 30 Oct 2015 | 30 Oct 2015 | In Person | N/A |