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Unit of Study LAWS3001 - Clinical Legal Experience (2022)

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  • Enrolment information

    It is recommended that students only undertake community engaged learning after completing the equivalent of one year full-time study.

Unit description

Exposes students to practice experiences in virtual a legal office environment to build skills to engage in the conduct of client matters, including legal interviewing, drafting, and negotiation. These skills and experiences will enable students to prepare for and reflect upon their transition from student to the role of legal practitioners.

Unit content

Topic 1. The role of the legal practitioner

Topic 2 Communicating with Clients

Topic 3. The Lawyer-Client Relationship: Interviewing skills

Topic 4 Negotiation

Topic 5 Legal Drafting

Topic 6. Emotional Intelligence and resilience

 

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Not currently available in 2022

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Demonstrate professional communication in legal interviewing

Demonstrate professional communication in negotiation and legal drafting.

Evaluate the role of the legal practitioner and their responsibilities to clients.

Evaluate and reflect upon the importance of well being, emotional intelligence and resilience to professional legal practice.