Course Title: Clinical Legal Education
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Clinical Legal Education
Credit Points: 12
Important Information:
This course requires permission to enrol. Carefully read the instructions below.
Mental Health Legal Centre (MHLC) and Law and Advocacy Centre for Women (LACW) placements:
To apply for Clinical Legal Education MHLC and LACW submit the following documents to Kate Ottrey, Student Program Manager at cij@rmit.edu.au:
- Cover letter (no more than one page) noting your year level and expected JD completion date, as well as first and second preference of organisation.
- A copy of your resume that includes current contact details (no more than three pages).
Only students with successful applications will be contacted for an interview.
Young Workers Centre (YWC) placements:
To apply for Clinical Legal Education (YWC) placements submit the following documents to Kate Ottrey, Student Program Manager at cij@rmit.edu.au:
- YWC application form;
- Cover letter;
- CV;
- Academic transcript.
Only students with successful applications will be contacted for an interview.
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
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LAW2434 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
660H Graduate School of Business and Law |
Face-to-Face | Sem 2 2010, Spring2011, Sem 2 2018, Sem 1 2019, Sem 2 2019, Spring2019 |
Course Coordinator: Professor Bronwyn Naylor
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 1297
Course Coordinator Email: bronwyn.naylor@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: building 13
Course Coordinator Availability: by appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Required Prior Study
040015 - Introduction to the Australian Legal System and Legal Methods
Course Description
Clinical Legal Practice introduces students to the practice of law. Under the supervision of the Course Coordinators, students are directly involved in: the provision of pro bono legal services to clients through a specially designed legal practice operating within an inner city community legal centre. Clinical Legal Practice will also introduce students to the regulatory framework which applies to legal practitioners in Victoria and engage with some of the theory behind, and issues relevant to, contemporary legal practice.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
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Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:
1. demonstrate an advanced and integrated understanding of the rules that relate to legal practice;
2. critically evaluate the justice system and identify areas of reform that relate to community legal practice;
3. analyse and research complex problems relating to legal practice in both civil and criminal contexts and make reasoned and appropriate choices amongst alternatives;
4. demonstrate sophisticated cognitive and creative skills in approaching legal issues relating to legal practice and generate appropriate responses
5. show effective, appropriate and persuasive collaboration and communication skills for legal and non-legal audiences through engagement with legal practice in a clinical setting.
Overview of Learning Activities
Learning in this Course occurs principally through engagement in the direct provision of legal services, or observation of the work of Magistrates, under the supervision of the Course Coordinators. Learning is supplemented and supported by the course guide, topic guides and the prescribed text.
Overview of Learning Resources
From 2018, Canvas is RMIT University's Learning Management System. Canvas is a flexible online system which will provide you with an engaging and exciting learning experience as part of your studies with us. The Canvas platform will be the primary site for you to gain access to all the resources designed to support your learning in this course. Your Canvas portal can accessed by logging into the following RMIT page: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students
Overview of Assessment
The assessment tasks, their weighting and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows:
Assessment Task 1: 10%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2
Assessment Task 2: 70%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Assessment Task 3: 20%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 5