Type: | Postgraduate Subject |
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Code: | LAWS77-110 |
EFTSL: | 0.125 |
Faculty: | Faculty of Law |
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Credit: | 10 |
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Description
The Digital Lawyer is an elective subject in postgraduate programs offered by the Faculty of Law in which undergraduate students may be permitted to enrol. This subject examines recent changes in the legal services industry and explores a range of ideas about how technology can be deployed in legal practice. The business model of the traditional law firm is under threat from new, technology-driven market entrants. Work traditionally completed by lawyers can now be done faster, cheaper and better by increasingly capable smart machines employing techniques such as machine learning, data analytics and natural language processing. During this subject, students will develop a technology based prototype to address customers' legal needs.
Subject details
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate knowledge of: (a) trends in the legal services industry, including: business pressures on the traditional law firm model (such as the growth of in-house legal teams, offshoring, commoditisation of formerly bespoke legal work), new market entrants and the changing ways that legal professionals are employed and undertake their work; (b) developing technologies and techniques with relevance and potential application to law, including artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics; and (c) how software is developed, including an introduction to coding, how to prototype apps and how to work with software developers.
- Demonstrate the reasoning, research and communication skills to: (a) reflect critically on the changing nature of the legal services industry; (b) investigate, analyse and evaluate developing technologies and their potential application to the delivery of legal services; and (c) generate, justify and present a prototype of a technology-based product to enhance the delivery of legal services, whether through the application of advanced technological or mathematical techniques, user-centred design, or another novel approach to the delivery of legal services.
- Demonstrate the ability to apply the above knowledge and skills: (a) with creativity and initiative to new situations; (b) with high level personal autonomy and accountability; and (c) to plan and execute substantial research based projects.
Enrolment requirements
Requisites: |
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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. Juris Doctor students are expected to have completed a minimum of 80 credit points of compulsory law subjects. |
Restrictions: |
This subject is not available to
Must be admitted into a Masters Law degree OR LA-43040 Doctor of Legal Science (Research) OR be an approved Law Study Abroad or Law Exchange student. Anti-requisites: |
Subject outlines
- September 2023 [Mixed (Face-to-Face) - The Digital Lawyer]
- September 2022 [Mixed (Face-to-Face) - The Digital Lawyer]
- September 2020 [Mixed (Face-to-Face) - The Digital Lawyer]
- September 2019 [Mixed (Face-to-Face) - The Digital Lawyer]
- September 2018 [Mixed (Face-to-Face) - The Digital Lawyer]
- September 2017 [Mixed Mode* - Technology and Legal Practice]
Subject dates
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September 2023
Non-Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 16/07/2023 Semester start: 11/09/2023 Subject start: 11/09/2023 Cancellation 1: 25/09/2023 Cancellation 2: 02/10/2023 Last enrolment: 24/09/2023 Withdraw - Financial: 07/10/2023 Withdraw - Academic: 28/10/2023 Teaching census: 06/10/2023
Non-Standard Offering | |
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Enrolment opens: | 16/07/2023 |
Semester start: | 11/09/2023 |
Subject start: | 11/09/2023 |
Cancellation 1: | 25/09/2023 |
Cancellation 2: | 02/10/2023 |
Last enrolment: | 24/09/2023 |
Withdraw - Financial: | 07/10/2023 |
Withdraw - Academic: | 28/10/2023 |
Teaching census: | 06/10/2023 |