Legal Professional Skills

• • Topics will be available to enrolled students in the subjects Learning Management System site approximately one week prior to the commencement of the teaching period.

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

UNE-LAW100-Foundations of Law ;

Special requirements

• EquipmentDetails - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media) Headset, including microphone (highly recommended) Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or media presentations).
• SoftwareDetails - It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units, regardless of whether they contain an on campus attendance or intensive school component. For additional information please visit UNE Hardware Requirements: https://www.une.edu.au/current-students/support/it-services/hardware
• OtherDetails -

  Textbook requirements:

  Textbook information is not available until approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the Teaching period.

  Students are expected to purchase prescribed material.

  Textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

This subject teaches online and database research strategies for primary and secondary legal materials. Students are taught how to plan a legal writing project from research stage through to analysis of materials and written execution. It introduces students to the skill of writing persuasively, concisely and in plain English to legal audiences in a variety of contexts.

Assignment 1: 800 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes (LOs) 1, 2 Assignment 2: 1500 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes (LOs) 3, 4, 5 Assignment 3: 2000 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes (LOs) 1-6

• Assignment 1 (15%%)
• Assignment 2 (35%%)
• Assignment 3 (50%%)