Students will participate in a compulsory one-hour tutorial every week that will provide the opportunity to explore, analyse and apply the principal doctrinal rules covered in lectures. Student must enrol in a tutorial group and attend tutorials only for that group for the rest of the semester. In order to qualify for a class participation mark (10%), internal students must attend at least 9 of the 12 scheduled tutorials in the tutorial group in which they are enrolled. External students will be expected to fulfil the class participation requirements at the On-Campus Session (OCS), which is to be held on Tue 30 Sep and Wed 1 Oct. Failure to fulfil class participation requirements will result in a zero mark for class participation.

All external students must make the necessary personal and work arrangements to attend the On Campus Session. In the event of an exceptional and unforeseen inability to attend the On Campus Session, students must contact the unit convenor urgently and also make an application with appropriate evidence under the university's disruption to study policy. If approved, the unit convenor will allocate written work to the student in lieu of attendance. An unauthorised absence from the On Campus Session will provide the unit convenor with grounds to exclude the student from the unit. 

Tutorials will focus on addressing the set Questions in the Tutorial Program, although other tutorial exercises may be distributed from time to time. Because of the minimal time available in tutorials, students will be expected to have attempted the Questions at home in study time and to bring their notes to class where group discussion will take place. Students should be prepared to talk to any of the set Questions when called upon to do so by their Tutor. Grading criteria for the class participation mark will be posted on the iLearn unit web page. Class participation marks will be posted on the iLearn unit web page (in student number order) upon the cessation of classes.

This assessment task complies with the University's early assessment policy. Its purpose is to engage students with their unit as soon as possible and to provide an opportunity for early feedback. Internal students will complete this task in their tutorial class in week 4. External students will attempt the test on the first day of the OCS. 

The early assessment will test students' incorporation of fundamental concepts of litigation systems and civil procedure. It will test students' knowledge and understanding of materials and readings based on the first three lectures of the semester.  The test will be an in-class 20 minute closed book paper quiz comprising twenty (20) multiple choice questions. Each tutorial group will attempt a different but comparable test. Early assessment test marks will be posted on the iLearn unit web page (in student number order) in week 5.

Students who are unable to sit for the test in their enrolled tutorial group in week 4 must contact the unit convenor at the earliest possible opportunity to complete the test at a time and place determined by the unit convenor. They will not be permitted to sit the test in another tutorial class, or in their own group in any subsequent week. Any student who has not completed the test must not be present in their tutorial group at a time when feedback on the test is given by the tutor. If that occurs, the student will not be permitted to sit the test at all and will receive a zero grade for the early assessment task. 

The Assignment in this unit is compulsory and will be a hypothetical problem question. The assignment question will be available on iLearn in week 2. The assignment must be a properly referenced formal response with appropriate analysis and argument supported by relevant authoritative cases and commentary. It must be kept to a maximum 1,500 words (excluding footnotes) and is to be submitted on the Turnitin link in iLearn. The actual word length must be stated on the assignment. In completing their assignment, students must comply with the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (3rd ed). The Guide is available at:  

http://mulr.law.unimelb.edu.au/go/AGLC3

Assignments lodged out of time will not be marked and will result in a zero grade for the assignment. Students who are seeking an extension of time must contact the unit convenor at the earliest possible opportunity and also lodge an application in accordance with the University’s disruption to study policy. If the application is approved by the unit convenor, an extension may be granted.  The length of the extension will depend on the extent and nature of the disruption, but extensions are usually limited to maximum of seven days. A failure to submit an Assignment will provide grounds for the unit convenor to have the student excluded from the unit.

The end of semester examination in this unit will be a formal sit-down open book examination. It will be based on material covered in the unit (more detailed information will be provided by the unit convenor).The examination will provide choice between hypothetical and essay questions. Two and a half hours plus reading time will be provided. The University’s examination period in Session 2 is from 17 November 2014 to 5 December 2014. Students must be available for examination at the time and place designated in the University examination timetable. The timetable will be available in draft form approximately eight weeks before the commencement of the examinations and in final form approximately four weeks before the commencement of the examinations. 

Any student who is unable to attend the final exam due to exceptional and unforeseen circumstances must contact the unit convenor at the earliest possible opportunity and also make an application, with appropriate evidence, in accordance with the university's disruption to study policy. If approved, the student may be permitted to attend any supplementary exam that is held for the unit at a time and place determined by the unit convenor. In such cases, students must be prepared to attend the supplementary exam outside the official university exam period.