This course involves students (and supervising academic staff) partnering with Bridges Across Borders South East Asia Community Legal Education (BABSEA CLE) teaching Myanmar law teachers and students about Community Legal Education (teaching will occur in English).
Students will be teaching concepts such as access to justice, pro bono, professional ethics and generally developing the capacity to design, teach and deliver community legal education.
The course aims to
- give students a clinical experience in a developing country, so as to see first hand the legal and social justice issues arising in a country transitioning to democracy
- guide and support students in identifying, developing and applying practical legal skills in community legal education.
- develop students' critical understanding of the role of lawyers in providing access to justice in a developing country.
- contextualise the study of law and student learning in the wide range of other law courses.
- encourage, promote and validate student aspirations to promote access to justice and equality before the law specifically in relation to disadvantaged people and communities.
- encourage students to critically consider the effect of the law and its ability to deliver and or facilitate justice in a developing country transitioning to democracy.
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Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the ANU Law School to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
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- 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 |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $3660 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $5160 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Summer Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1702 | 01 Jan 2019 | 18 Jan 2019 | 18 Jan 2019 | 31 Mar 2019 | In Person | N/A |
