LAWS13-496: Law Internship

Description

Law Internship subject is an undergraduate elective subject offered by the Faculty of Law. This subject is intended to provide students with practical opportunities to recognize and apply theoretical legal knowledge to practical legal problems in the real world via an internship undertaken in a professional legal environment. This will allow students to integrate their theoretical and conceptual knowledge with the legal skills and problem-solving techniques required in the workplace. This subject provides students with the ability to ultimately make an informed transition between their university studies and what is required of them to work as legal professionals.

Subject details

Type: Undergraduate Subject
Code: LAWS13-496
EFTSL: 0.125
Faculty: Faculty of Law
Semesters offered:
  • January 2023 [Standard Offering]
  • May 2023 [Standard Offering]
  • September 2023 [Standard Offering]
Credit: 10
Study areas:
  • Law
Subject fees:
  • Commencing in 2022: $3,950.00
  • Commencing in 2023: $4,050.00
  • Commencing in 2022: $5,260.00
  • Commencing in 2023: $5,400.00

Learning outcomes

  1. Work collaboratively, ethically, and professionally with legal and other professionals in the workplace.
  2. Use oral and written skills to problem-solve legal issues and challenges that occur in legal practice .
  3. Reflect on and analyse the relationship between theoretical law and its practical application to real life legal problems.
  4. Identify and evaluate the impact of professional and ethical issues that arise in the workplace.

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Nil
Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Restrictions: This subject is not available to
  • Study Abroad Students

Students are expected to have completed at least 120 credit points of LAWS subjects.| Faculty approval is required. | Students must be admitted into an approved Bachelor Law degree OR Bachelor of Laws combined degree.

This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure.

Subject outlines

Subject dates

  • Standard Offering
    Enrolment opens: 13/11/2022
    Semester start: 16/01/2023
    Subject start: 16/01/2023
    Cancellation 1: 30/01/2023
    Cancellation 2: 06/02/2023
    Last enrolment: 29/01/2023
    Withdraw - Financial: 11/02/2023
    Withdraw - Academic: 04/03/2023
    Teaching census: 10/02/2023
  • Standard Offering
    Enrolment opens: 19/03/2023
    Semester start: 15/05/2023
    Subject start: 15/05/2023
    Cancellation 1: 29/05/2023
    Cancellation 2: 05/06/2023
    Last enrolment: 28/05/2023
    Withdraw - Financial: 10/06/2023
    Withdraw - Academic: 01/07/2023
    Teaching census: 09/06/2023
  • Standard Offering
    Enrolment opens: 16/07/2023
    Semester start: 11/09/2023
    Subject start: 11/09/2023
    Cancellation 1: 26/09/2023
    Cancellation 2: 30/09/2023
    Last enrolment: 24/09/2023
    Withdraw - Financial: 11/10/2023
    Withdraw - Academic: 29/10/2023
    Teaching census: 10/10/2023
Standard Offering
Enrolment opens: 13/11/2022
Semester start: 16/01/2023
Subject start: 16/01/2023
Cancellation 1: 30/01/2023
Cancellation 2: 06/02/2023
Last enrolment: 29/01/2023
Withdraw - Financial: 11/02/2023
Withdraw - Academic: 04/03/2023
Teaching census: 10/02/2023