Real Estate Practice deals with the practicalities of selling and buying real estate. This is done by way of a role play in which students play the roles of either a seller's or a buyer's solicitor.
Students can choose to study Real Estate Practice as it applies in the ACT, NSW, NT, Queensland or Victoria.
This course is a compulsory component of the Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon completion of the course, students should:
- understand the practical aspects of Real Estate practice
- demonstrate skills in legal writing, legal drafting, negotiating, file and time management
- understand what is required when acting for sellers and buyers of a property
- demonstrate reflective practice about their performance in the role-play conveyance.
Other Information
When Offered and Delivery Mode: This online 8 week course is offered twice a year in the 1st and 3rd 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
In summary the assessment for this course consists of the following:
- drafting an initial letter of advice and costs agreement
- a conveyancing role play including a telephone settlement interview as follows:
- negotiating and preparing the contract
- preparing for settlement
- settlement interview
- report and bill to client
- reflections
- commercial leasing and mortgages assignment.
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Workload
There are no set contact hours. Students should expect to spend about 10 - 15 hours per week in reading and course related tasks to complete the course.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Course materials supplied in hardcopy or online.
Preliminary Reading
Reading lists are available through the course website in WebCT.
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 |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $2184 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $2994 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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