LAWS6031Client Interviewing and Negotiation Skills

Course handbook

Description

This course involves the study of the theory, procedure and skills necessary to conduct legal interviews and to negotiate as an agent for a client in a legal setting and particularly in settlement conferences and mediations.

Availability

Not currently offered.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate specialised and advanced knowledge of the theories of negotiation and theories of interviewing.

2. Work in a team and communicate effectively to recognise and solve ethical dilemmas.

3. Use the acquired professional skills in an integrated manner to hypothetical problems in a legal setting.

4. Demonstrate effective research skills by considering established theories, reflecting critically on these theories (including assessment of the methodology used by the researchers) and evaluating their application in a legal context.

Content

Topics in this course include:

1. Acquiring oral communication skills
2. Online communication
3. Interviewing theory
4. Management of risk and ethical issues
5. Emotional competencies
6. Cultural awareness and working with children
7. Negotiation theory Part 1
8. Negotiation theory Part 2

Requisite

This course is only available to students enrolled in the programs:

[12334] Juris Doctor/Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (JD)

[12340] Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[12341] Bachelor of Social Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[12342] Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[12343] Bachelor of Aboriginal Professional Practice/Bachelor of Laws(Honours)

[12346] Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[12347] Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Diploma of Legal Practice

[12348] Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40036] Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40037] Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40129] Bachelor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40130] Bachelor of Development Studies/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40150] Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40188] Bachelor of Global Indigenous Studies/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40189] Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40272] Bachelor of Criminology/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40279] Bachelor of Coastal and Marine Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40280] Bachelor of Biomedicine/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40290] Bachelor of Psychological Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[50005] Bachelor of Media and Communication/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[50016] Juris Doctor

Assumed knowledge

LAWS6001, LAWS6002A, LAWS6002B, LAWS6003A, LAWS6003B, LAWS6004A, LAWS6004B, LAWS6005.

Assessment items

In Term Test: Multiple choice test

Project: Research Assignment

Role Play: Practical exercise interviewing hypothetical client

Role Play: Practical exercise for negotiation

Course outline

Course outline not yet available.