LAWS76-326: Ethics and Professional Responsibility

Description

Ethics and Professional Responsibility is a compulsory subject in the Juris Doctor Online program offered by the Faculty of Law. It examines the regulation of the legal profession and the scope of lawyers’ professional responsibilities, with a focus on the practitioner's duties to the law, to the courts, to clients, and to fellow practitioners. It includes an introduction to the principles relating to the holding of money on trust.

Subject details

Type: Postgraduate Subject
Code: LAWS76-326
Faculty: Faculty of Law
Credit: 10
Study areas:
  • Law

Learning outcomes

  1. Analyse and evaluate legal principles and regulatory frameworks governing professional conduct, trust accounting, and disciplinary processes.
  2. Apply and synthesise technical knowledge and legal and ethical reasoning to resolve professional responsibility issues in simulated legal practice contexts.
  3. Demonstrate professional legal skills at an advanced level in the context of ethics and professional responsibility, with a particular focus upon legal ethics and professionalism skills.

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Nil
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.