Inte​rnal 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. Students 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. Failure to fulfil class participation requirements will result in a zero mark for class participation.

External students will be expected to fulfil the class participation requirements at the On-Campus Session (OCS), which is to be held on Thurs 28 Sep and Fri 29 Sep. 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 for the student to complete in lieu of attendance. Failure to attend the OCS without formal approval will result in a zero mark for class participation.

Tutorials and the OCS will focus on addressing the set Questions in the Tutorial Program. 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. 

The early assessment task is an online multiple choice quiz to take place at the end of week 4 (Sat 26-Sun 27 Aug). This assessment task’s purpose is to engage students with their unit early in the session and to provide an opportunity for relatively early feedback. The early assessment will test students' incorporation of fundamental concepts of litigation systems, trial fundamentals and the adducing of testamentary evidence. It will test students' knowledge and understanding of materials and readings based on the first three lectures of the semester.  The multiple choice test will consist of 20 multiple choice questions to be completed in 20 minutes. Further instructions to students about completing the quiz online will be posted in due course.

Students who are unable to sit for the test at the designated time must not attempt it at all and must make a disruption to study application. If it is approved, they may sit for an equivalent paper test by appointment with the unit convenor in his office. Failure to complete the quiz will result in zero marks for this assessment.

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 1,700 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. 

Turnitin will accept only one submission so students must ensure what they submit is the final iteration of their assignment. If a student incorrectly uploads an assignment for another unit instead of their Evidence assignment, the assignment will not be marked and will result in a zero grade for the assessment task.

The end of semester examination in this unit will be a take-home 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 a choice of hypothetical problems and essay questions. The examination questions will be uploaded to iLearn at a time to be announced and three hours will be provided for students to upload their responses. The take-home exam will be held on the morning of Thursday 9 Nov and more details will be provided in due course. 

If, for justifiable reasons, a student is unable to attempt the final examination at the above time or their performance in the final examination is adversely affected, they must submit a valid Disruption to Study application with the appropriate supporting evidence.  If approved, the student will be allowed to complete an open-book formal supplementary examination. The supplementary examination will be held on a date to be determined. In such cases, students must be prepared to attend the supplementary exam outside the official university exam period.

Any student who does not submit answers to the final examination or supplementary examination, as the case may be, on time or at all, will receive a zero mark for the exam assessment item.

FIT TO SIT MODEL Macquarie University operates under a ‘Fit to Sit’ model. This means that in sitting an exam and/or in-class test or otherwise submitting an assessment, a student declares themselves fit to do so. Therefore, if a student is feeling unfit to sit the exam or test, or otherwise submit the assessment (as the case may be), they should not do so. If a student sits an exam or test, or otherwise submits an assessment, knowing that they are unfit to do so, they will not be granted Special Consideration.  

It is the responsibility of the student to determine whether they are fit to sit an examination or test or otherwise submit an assessment, or whether a Disruption to Studies claim should be submitted for non-participation.

A student’s sitting an examination or test or otherwise submitting an assessment will not preclude the student from being granted Special Consideration if the student can demonstrate that:

• they were unfit to make reasonable judgement on their fitness to undertake the assessment, due to mental illness or other exceptional circumstances;
• they were taken ill during the assessment (in the case of an examination or test); or
• other exceptional circumstances beyond their control vitiated the Fit to Sit declaration.