Legal Professional Skills

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  Upon completion of this subject, students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate legal research skills to locate relevant primary and secondary legal sources;
  2. evaluate alternate research strategies for identifying, understanding and utilising research results in a legal context;
  3. critically analyse legal research results and materials and apply them for addressing legal problems;
  4. plan and execute a legal research and writing project;
  5. understand and demonstrate the different written communications conventions that apply to writing for different contexts; and
  6. demonstrate plain English legal writing skills using appropriate professional language, a logically ordered structure and with appropriate referencing.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of New England

Entry requirements

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:

• UNE-LAW100-Foundations of Law

Additional requirements

• Equipment requirements - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media). Headset, including microphone (highly recommended). Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or media presentations).
• Software requirements - It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units, regardless of whether they contain an on campus attendance or intensive school component. For additional information please visit UNE Hardware Requirements: https://www.une.edu.au/current-students/support/it-services/hardware
• Other requirements -

  Textbook requirements:
  Textbook information is not available until approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the Teaching period.
  Students are expected to purchase prescribed material.
  Textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.