Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
To check the availability of face to face activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.
Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Sonya Willis
Contact via iLearn
6 First Walk Room 520
11am-1pm Thursday
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to LLM or MIntTrdeComLaw
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit will expose students to legal professional and business models in the context of the evolving nature of the legal profession and the changing roles of legal professionals. Students will explore the use of emerging technology in the legal profession and the influence of new models of legal practice on Australian and global legal culture and professional skills. Assessments will focus on the enhancement of professional skills. Much of the unit is 'experiential' involving working with practicing professionals to better understand the Australian and global legal environment. |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Professional Practice Task | 30% | No | Friday 18 September 2020, 11:59pm |
Professional Writing | 30% | No | Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 11:59pm. |
Professional Report | 40% | No | Tuesday, 3 November 2020, 11:59pm |
Assessment Type 1: Practice-based task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Friday 18 September 2020, 11:59pm
Weighting: 30%
Students will engage in a negotiation or other professional task either online or face to face
Assessment Type 1: Practice-based task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: Wednesday, 14 October 2020, 11:59pm.
Weighting: 30%
Students will undertake professional writing tasks across the semester and submit these for grading
Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Tuesday, 3 November 2020, 11:59pm
Weighting: 40%
Students will prepare a report either based on their legal project experience in the unit or related to an identified issue in modern global legal practice.
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
This unit will be delivered 100% online in 2020 due to the overseas location of many enrolled students caused by COVID 19.
Blended Learning Delivery partly synchronous and partly asynchronous.
Asynchronous delivery will be through online prerecorded lectures, readings and other weekly material.
Synchronous delivery will be through 6 online workshops conducted through Zoom on the following dates:
There is no set text for this unit but students looking for a basic introduction to key concepts covered by the unit are advised to read: Lawyering and Positive Professional Identities by Rachael Field, James Duffy and Anna Huggins, Lexis Nexis, 2014.
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02/08/2020 | Unfortunately there was an error in the due date for the first assignment in this version of the Unit Guide. This error has now been corrected so that due date (18 September 2020) is now consistent across both Unit Guides for this Unit and with the iLearn site. |