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LAWS13026 Legal Advocacy and Court Skills

Legal Advocacy and Court Skills

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General Information

Overview

Legal Advocacy and Court Skills concerns the skills and knowledge needed for making persuasive legal arguments before a court of law. The unit covers preparing for court, navigating court files and court forms, legal ethics, and courtroom etiquette, making oral submissions and advocating a theory of the case when doing appearance work in a court. The unit assessments include two moots to simulate virtual courtroom hearings.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate

Unit Level: Level 3

Credit Points: 6

Student Contribution Band: 10

Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites: 48cp of Laws Units including LAWS11057 and LAWS13010.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 3 - 2026

No offerings for LAWS13026

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).