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This unit is a workplace practicum and is designed to provide selected students with the opportunity to learn and experience first hand many of the generic skills necessary for the responsible and successful practice of the law, including interviewing skills and problem solving, legal research and analysis, file management, oral and written communication skills and the use of information technology. Under the supervision of qualified legal practitioners, students will assisting the delivery of legal services, allowing students to apply much of the theoretical knowledge acquired in other law units. Students will also learn about the practical and ethical aspects of giving legal advice including management of client expectations and confidentiality, and will be encouraged to reflect upon the adequacy of the law within a social context. Reflecting the School of Business and Law's commitment to social justice, the unit is conducted in association with the Northern Suburbs Community Legal Centre (Inc), which is committed to developing and maintaining a quality legal service that ensues access and equality to the community in the northern suburbs of Perth in the areas of family law, tenant advocacy, elder abuse and criminal law.
(Students must pass 1 unit from LAW3107 AND Permission required)
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS
For more information see the Semester Timetable
This unit will be offered in the on-campus mode only and will require regular attendance at Joondalup office of the Northern Suburbs Community Legal Centre (Inc) or office of another community legal centre with which the School of Business and Law may be associated, and meetings as required by the students' allocated supervising legal practitioner. The Unit Coordinator will maintain contact with the supervising legal practitioner to ensure appropriate opportunities for learning and assessment are being undertaken. Students will be working in professional teams, closely supervised in their allocated tasks by a supervising legal practitioner. All written work is required to demonstrate professionally appropriate language skills. Students are required to research legal principles to complete workplace tasks. There is a strong focus on reflective learning. Students are required to attend and participate at the Joondalup campus centre office or other approved community legal centre for approximately 70 hours during the semester.
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Practical legal tasks as assigned by the supervising legal practitioner. | 70% |
| Practicum | Reflective journal experiences in Northern Suburbs Community Legal Centre (Inc) Practicum. | 30% |
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.
Breaches of academic integrity can include:
Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).
Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).
Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.
Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.
Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.
ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.
All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.
In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.
Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.
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