Teacher Professional Development | Legal Studies

Join us for a Professional Development Day designed for Legal Studies teachers. This session covers key areas of the Senior Legal Studies syllabus, with a practical emphasis on Criminal Law and Legal Research.

Across the day, you’ll explore essential legal concepts, current issues and classroom‑ready strategies to support student learning. The program includes case studies, teaching resources and opportunities to collaborate with fellow teachers.

LEGAL STUDIES TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY 2026 | SCHEDULE 

TimeSessionStaff ResponsibleObjectives
9am – 10.30am

Legal Research Session

 

How lawyers and students at university research law, translated into practical classroom strategies. Good research is not about quantity; it’s about relevance to the legal issue and purpose.

 

 

Ian Edwards

 

  • Selecting legal information from sources
  • Select and use relevant legal information from a range of sources, including primary and secondary legal sources, to investigate and respond to legal issues and law reform.
  • Making decisions based on relevance, currency, purpose
  • Supporting analysis and evaluation
10.30am – 11amMorning Tea  
11am -12.30pmEvaluating Criminal Justice Problems: From Analysis to ReformAssistant Professor Mathew Raj

Objectives

By the end of this session, teachers will:

  • Understand how lawyers and legal academics evaluate legal problems
  • See how criminal justice issues naturally generate legal alternatives
  • Gain practical strategies to help students justify recommendations using legal criteria as per the QCAA senior syllabus (pg. 7)
  • Be able to adapt these into student friendly strategies across Units 1 - 4 and the Internal Assessments
12.30pm – 1pmLunch  
1pm – 2pm

Session 3: Applying evaluative reasoning: alternatives, criteria and reform

 

Assistant Professor Matthew Raj  

 

John Forde Senate Room

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