LEGAL PRACTICE AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
LAW5PPC
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
What constitutes ethical legal practice and conduct is the focus of this subject. This includes examining the legal practitioner's duty to the administration of law, the courts, clients and fellow practitioners and issues of personal and professional conduct. The context for this study is the issue of professional responsibility, reforms in the regulation of the legal profession and access to justice concerns. Students are encouraged to reflect on how a legal practitioner's duties and ethics are relevant to daily legal practice, as well as on the efficacy of law, the legal system, the legal profession and the nature of justice.
School: La Trobe Law School
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Mary Anne Noone
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Admitted to LMJD and completion of 120 cp of Law subject (LAW5%).
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Describe and illustrate knowledge of the regulatory, complaint and disciplinary processes applicable to the Victorian legal profession. and analyse how to handle them in an appropriate and professional manner.
- Activities:
- lectures, seminars, assessments
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
02. Apply the Legal Profession Uniform Law, statutory regulations and rules and the common law governing legal practitioners' conduct in relation to clients, the courts and other practitioners.
- Activities:
- lectures, seminars, assessments
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
03. Identify ethical dilemmas facing a legal practitioner and analyse how to handle them in an appropriate and professional manner.
- Activities:
- lectures, seminars, assessments
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
04. Identify and analyse the professional and ethical responsibilities of a legal practitioner having regard to a variety of lawyering paradigms and conceptual frameworks.
- Activities:
- lectures, seminars, assessments
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
05. Identify the principles relating to legal practitioners and the holding of money on trust
- Activities:
- lectures, seminars, assessments
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
06. Identify and analyse current issues pertaining to legal practice in Victoria
- Activities:
- lectures, seminars, assessments
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)