LAWS76-106: Legal Skills

Description

Legal Skills is a compulsory subject in the Juris Doctor Online program offered by the Faculty of Law. It provides an overview of the range of professional and entrepreneurial skills essential to contemporary legal practice, with a particular emphasis upon statutory interpretation, legal research, and legal reasoning.

Subject details

Type:	Postgraduate Subject
Code:	LAWS76-106
Faculty:	Faculty of Law
Credit:	10
Study areas:	Law

Learning outcomes

Identify and explain the range of professional legal skills, including statutory interpretation, legal research, legal reasoning, dispute resolution, communication, collaboration and advocacy.
Apply and synthesise these professional legal skills to resolve authentic legal problems using appropriate sources and methods.
Demonstrate ethical skills and professionalism in simulated legal practice contexts.

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 This subject is not available to students on US Financial Aid. Students on a Student Visa may be restricted from enrolment due to the mode of delivery in the chosen semester. Check the subject outline for further details. This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure.

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
This subject is not available to students on US Financial Aid.
Students on a Student Visa may be restricted from enrolment due to the mode of delivery in the chosen semester. Check the subject outline for further details.

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