Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
By the conclusion of this course, it is intended that students who have successfully completed all of the course requirements should be able to:1. Demonstrate mastery of theoretical knowledge of law and legal practice, applicable research principles and methods in a range of contexts to draft complex wills.
2. Demonstrate specialised knowledge of recent developments in legal practice in the area of will drafting.
3. Apply professional knowledge, skills and ethical responsibilities to review, analyse and synthesise knowledge and information to advise and represent clients in a practical legal context.
4. Demonstrate specialised technical skills in the drafting of complex wills and apply critical thinking, creativity and initiative to justify and explain conclusions and solutions.
5. Demonstrate high level personal autonomy and accountability in legal practice through professional and ethical behaviour.
Indicative Assessment
- Taking Instructions ( Learning Outcomes 1,3, & 5)- Will Drafting Exercises for each of the 5 scenarios examined. Each scenario will be accompanied by 3 assessment items:
1. Critiquing Exercises - students will critique will drafting addressing the scenario under consideration,
2. Drafting Exercises - students will be required to draft a will to address each of the scenarios using the
precedents supplied,
3. Commentary - a commentary explaining decisions made in drafting (Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 )
- Discussion Board Postings.(Learning Outcomes 1, 2 & 3).
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Workload
The equivalent of a standard LLM course workload by working with online materials, participating in online discussions and activities, private study and completing assessment tasks.This is a wholly online course. It requires online participation throughout the duration of the course.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Awaiting publication of prescribed text (early 2016).Craig Birtles and Richard Neal, Hutley’s Australian Wills Precedents (LexisNexisButterworths Australia, 8th Edition 2014).
Preliminary Reading
Primary materials will include materials prepared by the instructor. The course will utilise existing library holdings applicable to LAWS 4236 (Succession) and LEGW 8114 (Wills, Probate and Administration).The course outline will be available on the Wattle course page.
Assumed Knowledge
Understanding of basic concepts of Succession law and Will Drafting.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 |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $3252 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $4638 |
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.
Spring Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9694 | 03 Oct 2016 | 07 Oct 2016 | 21 Oct 2016 | 09 Dec 2016 | Online | N/A |
