CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION
LAW3CLE
Not currently offered
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
The focus of this subject is community legal practice. Students work on real client files (under the supervision of a legal practitioner) assisting community legal centres and local Non-Government Organisations (NGOs). Practical legal skills of communication (interviewing and legal writing), legal research, file management and working in a team are developed together with an understanding of the ethical and practical aspects of legal practice. Students are encouraged to reflect on the adequacy of the law within an access to justice framework. Students spend one day of legal placement each week in addition to weekly seminars, and maybe required to complete out-of-hours work to meet deadlines.
School: La Trobe Law School (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 30
Subject Co-ordinator: Sue Marshall
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: Lectures and seminars, reading activities, clinical placement, assessment activities.
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Complete 60 CP's of LAW coded level 1 subjects and 60 CP's of LAW coded level 2 subjects and Enrolment in this subject is by application only
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: Application forms are available online and must be submitted to assc.internships@latrobe.edu.au
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Law In Perspective, Ethics, Society and Critical Thinking.
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Michael Head and Scott Mann
Year: N/A
Edition/Volume: Latest
Publisher: UNSW press
ISBN: 0868408344
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A