There are 4 requirements:
- Students complete a 60 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 60 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
- 60 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
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. 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:
- 9 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 |
|---|---|
| 9.00 | 0.18750 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $00 per unit |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $00 per unit |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1816 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4735 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5732 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6822 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9765 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9671 | 01 Oct 2016 | 23 Dec 2016 | 23 Dec 2016 | 31 Dec 2016 | In Person | N/A |