Legal Practice Experience (LPE) is a compulsory component of the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (GDLP). This workplace experience/placement is designed to meet the APLEC/LACC Competency Statements for Entry-Level Lawyers for admission as a legal practitioner.
The LPE Guidelines contain more information about the requirements that apply to LPE.
Students complete a 20, 50, 80 placement in a legal environment.
Subject to the LPE Guidelines you may do a placement with:
• a legal practitioner in private practice
• a government, semi-government or corporate legal office
• a community legal service
• a legal aid service
• a state or Commonwealth Prosecuting authority
• a judge or magistrate
• a Tribunal member (who is a legal practitioner)
• the Legal Workshop's Legal Aid Clinic Program
• any other place which the LPE Convenor is satisfied provides appropriate practical experience.
The work experience or placement must involve you in legal work, exercising legal skills in a legal environment (in contrast to administrative, financial or research/academic work). A person admitted to practise who has substantial experience in practising law and is currently practising law and is currently of good standing in the legal profession must supervise the work experience or placement.
The purposes of workplace experience are to provide an opportunity to:
(a) apply, test and reflect on what has been learned during the GDLP coursework while interacting with practising lawyers, other staff, government officers, clients, stakeholders and others;
(b) develop an understanding the nature of legal practice; and
(c) develop an aptitude for engaging in legal practice.
Ideally, you will:
• Be exposed to the systems, procedures and work commonly found in legal practice, which applies equally to government legal practice,
• Have contact with, and responsibility to, clients - which includes government and corporate clients, and
• Be exposed to the professional responsibilities of a lawyer.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Indicative Assessment
A report is required at the end of your placement, a template is provided. This must be read and signed off by your workplace supervisor.
The ANU uses Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. While the use of Turnitin is not mandatory, the ANU highly recommends Turnitin is used by both teaching staff and students. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website.
Workload
The workload of LPE is dependent on the total number of days you undertake, ie. a 20, 40, 60 or 80 day placement.
Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the ANU School of Legal Practice to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Prescribed Texts
None
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you 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). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 34
- Unit value:
- 3 to 12 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 3.00 | 0.06250 |
| 4.00 | 0.08333 |
| 5.00 | 0.10417 |
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
| 7.00 | 0.14583 |
| 8.00 | 0.16667 |
| 9.00 | 0.18750 |
| 10.00 | 0.20833 |
| 11.00 | 0.22917 |
| 12.00 | 0.25000 |
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.
