| Type: | Postgraduate Subject |
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| Code: | LAWS75-102 |
| EFTSL: | 0.125 |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Law |
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| Credit: | 10 |
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Description
Advanced Legal Reasoning, Research and Writing is an elective subject in the Master of Laws program offered by the Faculty of Law. The goals of this subject are (1) to provide high-level instruction to postgraduate students in structuring legal arguments and documents and in writing with concision, cohesion and clarity; and (2) to impart to students the legal research methodologies and key analytical techniques necessary for independent work at postgraduate level. Students will learn how to apply the elements of good writing to present facts and law effectively, to argue from precedents set by earlier court decisions, and to carry out self-directed statutory interpretation. Students will also receive advanced training in objective and persuasive writing styles and in sharpening their editing techniques.
Subject details
Learning outcomes
- Have knowledge and understanding of effective legal writing.
- Engage in accurate and concise legal writing.
- Have knowledge of the wide range of legal research tools and techniques, together with the ability to critically evaluate those legal research tools and techniques and to identify the most appropriate tool(s) or technique(s) in the circumstances.
- Undertake high-quality legal research for the purposes of both academic study and professional practice.
- Critically analyse the results of legal research and to use those results to solve complex problems and to construct persuasive legal and academic arguments.
- Systematically research and apply foreign and international legal materials to legal research questions.
Enrolment requirements
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Nil |
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| 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.
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This subject is not available to
Only available where included in a student's admitted program study plan OR to approved Law Study Abroad OR Law Exchange Students. 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
- January 2026 [Mixed (Face-to-Face) - Advanced Legal Reasoning, Research and Writing]
- January 2025 [Mixed (Face-to-Face) - Advanced Legal Reasoning, Research and Writing]
- January 2024 [Mixed (Face-to-Face) - Advanced Legal Reasoning, Research and Writing]
- January 2023 [Mixed (Face-to-Face) - Advanced Legal Reasoning, Research and Writing]
- January 2020 [Mixed (Face-to-Face) - Advanced Legal Reasoning, Research and Writing]
- January 2019 [Mixed (Face-to-Face) - Advanced Legal Reasoning, Research and Writing]
- January 2018 [Mixed (Face-to-Face) - Advanced Legal Reasoning, Research and Writing]
- September 2017 [Mixed Mode* - Advanced Legal Reasoning, Research and Writing]
Subject dates
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January 2026
Non-Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 16/11/2025 Semester start: 19/01/2026 Subject start: 19/01/2026 Last enrolment: 28/01/2026 Teaching census: 08/02/2026 Withdraw - Financial: 09/02/2026 Withdraw - Academic: 22/02/2026
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| Enrolment opens: | 16/11/2025 |
| Semester start: | 19/01/2026 |
| Subject start: | 19/01/2026 |
| Last enrolment: | 28/01/2026 |
| Teaching census: | 08/02/2026 |
| Withdraw - Financial: | 09/02/2026 |
| Withdraw - Academic: | 22/02/2026 |