LAWS6118
10 units
6000 level
Course handbook
Description
Final-Year Workplace Experience provides students with a work-integrated learning experience to enable students to acquire the specialised technical knowledge and skills in litigation and transactions required of entry level lawyers seeking admission to the legal profession.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Newcastle City Precinct
- Semester 1 - 2024
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Apply specialised technical knowledge of the practice of law in litigation and transactions;
2. Use practical legal skills including communication with real clients, drafting letters and legal documents together with the ability to conduct relevant and detailed legal research;
3. Identify and interpret the role of professional responsibility and judgment in the practice of law at an advanced level;
4. Use judgment, creativity, adaptability and initiative in applying the relevant law to new factual situations in professional legal practice;
5. Explain and value the management of legal practices and time management in legal practice.
Content
Work integrated learning undertaking assigned legal work in litigation and transactions at the University of Newcastle Legal Centre and/or external legal placement sites. The placement is under the supervision of a lawyer with a current practising certificate. The work will involve various forms of casework, legal research, drafting, client interviews, written and oral communication. This workplace experience partly satisfies the workplace experience requirements prescribed by the law admission regulatory authorities.
Requisite
Students must be active in one of the following programs to enrol in this course:
- Juris Doctor/ Grad Dip in Legal Practice [12334]
- Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Diploma in Legal Practice [12347]
Assumed knowledge
LAWS4054A, LAWS4054B, LAWS6000, LAWS6001, LAWS6120, LAWS6121, LAWS6130, LAWS6140, LAWS6141, LAWS6014A and LAWS6014B.
Assessment items
Participation: Mandatory attendance at all practicums with completion of 180 hours placement
Professional Task: Satisfactory completion of all professional placement tasks
Journal: Reflective Journal
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Newcastle City Precinct
Practicum-1
- Face to Face On Campus 180 hour(s) per term
- The Practicum will be a total of 180 hours at the University of Newcastle Legal Centre and/or at external legal practice placement sites.
Semester 2 - 2024 - Newcastle City Precinct
Practicum-1
- Face to Face On Campus 180 hour(s) per term
- The Practicum will be a total of 180 hours at the University of Newcastle Legal Centre and/or at external legal practice placement sites.
Course outline
- LAWS6118 - Semester 1, 2024 (Ncle) (PDF, 123.0 KB)
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