These two multiple choice quizzes will require students to demonstrate:

• Understanding and application of principles of academic honesty; and
• Ability to follow the correct rules for citation (AGLC3).

This short answer assignment will require students to demonstrate:

• understanding of principles of statutory interpretation; and
• the ability to apply them to interpret legislation for the purpose of deriving and constructing legal rules and principles

In this short essay (500 words), students will be required to demonstrate:

• the ability to clearly and concisely summarise a case;
• understanding of the doctrine of precedent; and
• the ability to  interpret case law for the purpose of deriving and constructing legal rules and principles 

Students will prepare a short research note (500 words) on a contemporary legal issue in which they will be required to demonstrate:

• the ability to carry out basic legal research tasks, including finding and analysing relevant primary and secondary sources; and
• the ability to communicate effectively in a written form to a non-legal audience.

In this essay (1,000 words), students will solve a hypothetical problem in public law.  This problem will be the fact scenario for the annual Foundations Public Law Mooting Competition. Students will be required to demonstrate:

·         the ability to analyse factual scenarios and identify relevant legal issues;

·         the ability to understand and apply basic principles of legal problem solving and reasoning;

·         the ability to carry out basic legal research tasks, including finding and analysing relevant primary and secondary sources;

·         the ability to communicate effectively in a written form to a legal audience.

Using the wiki platform on the unit ilearn web page, students will publish a written submission (1,500 – 2,000 words) for their group project.  Students will be required to demonstrate:

• the ability to apply them to interpret primary and secondary sources for the purpose of deriving and constructing legal rules and principles;
• the ability to engage creatively with contemporary legal problems in their social context and to propose innovate solutions;
• the ability to collaborate effectively in a time-sensitive, multi-stage project;
• the ability to communicate effectively in written form with a non-legal audience; and
• the ability to demonstrate their understanding of the broader philosophical, ethical and/or socio-political context of legal issues and problems.

All individual student contributions to the Group Project must be evidenced by meaningful posts recorded on the wiki (including submission of original text, editing, revision and online discussion).  Collaboration that occurs outside the wiki online platform will not be credited.  Students who demonstrably fail to contribute meaningfully to the group project will receive a grade of ‘unsatisfactory’ for this assessment task and will be precluded from participating in Assessment 6.

Each group will be allocated 10 minutes to present their work, followed by up to 5 minutes for questions and answers in relation to the outcomes of their Group Project (assessment task 5). Students will demonstrate their ability to communicate research outcomes effectively in oral form to both legal (their tutors) and non-legal (their peers) audiences. 

Students who failed to contribute meaningfully to Assessment task 5 will be precluded from completing this assessment task.

Note:  Distance education students will commence their projects online prior to the residential school dates.  They will be provided with an opportunity to meet for one hour at the end of Day 1 to coordinate their ‘work in progress’ presentations, which they will deliver in Day 2. 

Students will write a short essay (750 words) in which they reflect on their own group project and that of one other groups and set out (1) how the relevant principles of public law would ground a solution for the issues at stake; and (2) how further study in the LLB program would assist them to build their knowledge base and legal skills to provide more rigorous, critical and innovative solutions. Students will be challenged to reflect on the anticipated relevance of each of the other compulsory units in the LLB program and at least four electives of their choice.

Through this assessment task, students will also be required to demonstrate their knowledge of foundational public law concepts covered in the lectures and their capacity to engage in reflective practice.