This unit will enable students in the LLB program to attain key legal skills (legal research, reasoning, and writing; applying precedent; statutory interpretation; and legal problem solving) and to acquire foundational legal knowledge (Australia legal institutions, legal theory, comparative legal systems, parliamentary process, role of the judiciary) necessary for further study in law. This unit will challenge students to apply their skills and knowledge to examine a contemporary socio-legal issue through a collaborative group project. Students will also engage in reflective practice. (Graduate LLB students will complete part of the unit as an intensive prior to the start of semester.). -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Carlos Bernal-Pulido
Prerequisites: [Admission to combined or distance LLB program or graduate LLB program] or [18cp in non-LAW units and admission to law quota]
