Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments: the online quizzes and the timed civil procedure hypothetical case task.

Word limits will be strictly applied and work above the word limit will not be marked. 

All assessments in the unit are to be submitted electronically. Plagiarism detection software is used in this unit. Any instances of plagiarism will be referred to the Faculty of Arts' Hearings Committee for disciplinary action. This may have adverse consequences for students wishing to be admitted as a solicitor after graduation. Students who are unclear as to the definition of plagiarism should re-read the Academic Integrity Policy (link below in Polices and Procedures).

For the Court Observation Assignment, students are required to complete and submit a Court Attendance Log. Any deliberate inaccuracies in this log will constitute fabrication under the Academic Integrity Policy (link below in Policies and Procedures). Any instances of fabrication will be referred to the Faculty of Arts' Hearings Committee for disciplinary action. This may have adverse consequences for students wishing to be admitted as a solicitor after graduation.

Rubrics will be made available on iLearn. The convenors moderate all assessments. All Fail essays and take-home examinations are double marked.

There is a weekly 2-hour lecture at 1pm Wednesdays in the T1 Theatre at 10 Hadenfeld Ave.

Weekly tutorials begin in Week 1.

The criminal procedure readings will be available on iLearn. There is no textbook for criminal procedure.

The civil procedure textbook is: Sonya Willis, Civil Procedure: Law, Principles and Practice (Palgrave Macmillan Australia, 2012).  

Week                       Lecture Topic

1                              Introduction to Civil and Criminal Procedure and Criminal Process I

2                              Criminal Process II

3                              Police Powers

4                              Bail

5                              Sentencing I

6                              Sentencing II

7                              Exploring key themes of civil procedure

8                              ADR and case management                       

9                              Commencing proceedings and pleadings                      

10                            Discovery and privilege                     

11                            Other documentary evidence and interlocutory applications                    

12                            Trials, appeals and enforcement