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Unit of Study LAWS4003 - Advanced Legal Research and Writing (2026)

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Unit description

Builds on foundational research skills to enable students to employ advanced legal research skills to efficiently and accurately research, identify and retrieve legal and non-legal sources relevant to the resolution of legal issues and advanced techniques of effective written communication.

Unit content

Module 1: Introduction to Scholarly Legal Research and Writing

Module 2: Advanced Legal Research – Tools and Resources

Module 3: Data Collection, Analysis and Interpretation

Module 4: Mapping a Legal Project: The Literature Review

Module 5: Writing Methods and Theories

Module 6: Crafting an Effective Research Paper: Structure, Style and Academic Integrity

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Location Domestic International
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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:

evaluate advanced legal research techniques

apply effective legal research techniques to identify, evaluate, record and manage legal and non-legal materials

apply cognitive skills to engage with advanced research in specialised areas of law to provide solutions to complex problems with intellectual independence

apply advanced techniques of effective written communication and practise academic integrity and ethical behaviour in advanced legal research and writing.

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Hutchinson, T, 2018, Researching and Writing in Law, 4th edn, LawBook Co., Thomson Reuters, Australia. ISBN: 9780455237800 (Print version); 9780455237817 (e-Book); .
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