Active participation

'Active participation' means much more than simply turning up for the on campus sessions. Students will also be assessed on:

• Their level of engagement in the discussions and activities during classes;
• Their understanding of the legal, ethical and moral issues, applicable rules and law evidencing their engagement with the set readings & online lecture materials.
• Online participation in the forums throughout the period of s3 - and not only during the on campus session.

This unit works best when all students attend and give the entire group the benefit of their views based upon the readings and their experience.

ONLINE FORUM DISCUSSIONS: All students are expected to join in the online Forum discussions. You may respond to the questions or observations made by others, or post your own question or discussion point about the law or some legal issue currently in the news. The point is to get involved in the discussion! Hopefully we'll have some fun with it as we learn from each other.

TOPICS 1-13 on iLearn cover the material normally taught over 13 weeks. Specific readings and exercises are set for each Topic. Students should work through each topic making sure to read the set readings, watch the lectures and make any notes or questions you would like to discuss in class. If there are things you don't understand, post your question on the Forum.

ON CAMPUS PROGRAM: A program for the on campus sessions will be posted on iLearn. All students are required to attend the sessions on the 11th to 13th January.

Students are required to participate in the role plays, online and face to face discussions, debates, reflective exercises and other activities. The tutor will engage in ongoing assessment of student participation. A rubric will be provided on iLearn.

ON CAMPUS PREP: Students will notice that under each TOPIC heading there is an 'On Campus Prep' section which involves an activity to complete. These will be discussed in class BUT SHOULD BE PREPARED BEFOREHAND. While these activities will be discussed in class, some of this work will be collected by your tutor and will count towards your participation mark.

ABSENCES: If you cannot attend an on campus session you must apply for Disruption to Studies and support your application with the appropriate documentation. Applications for Disruption to Studies are made online at ask.mq.edu.au.

This assessment is designed to encourage students to consider and reflect on a range of legal ethics and moral principles covered in the Unit   Your answers will be submitted electronically via Turnitin and marked electronically.  You must include references to scholarly sources outside of the textbook materials. Students must apply the principles of plain English in their writing.

Students are required to answer all four of these questions in no more than 350 words for each question. This means that your answers must be very focused and concise because, although brief, you will need to show an understanding of the relevant rules, law and scholarly materials.

The four questions will be released on iLearn.

In this paper students will be asked to provide a response to a question of legal ethics. Students will be required to be familiar with a variety of models of applied legal ethics in order to justify their ethical decision making choices.

Student responses are expected to be well researched and to critically reflect upon and analyse both the law and theory of professional responsibility for lawyers.

Students will also be assessed on their written communication skills, particularly their ability to write in plain English.

The maximum word count for this assessment is 2500 words.

Assessments will be submitted online via Turnitin and must comply with the Macquarie University Policy on Academic Honesty and the Macquarie Law School Assessment policy.

The complete question will be released on iLearn.