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Professional Legal Practice

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In this unit of study students will: explore their legal workplace context by examining the organisational structure and identifying and defining their individual role as active and accountable employees within the organisation as well as that organisations position within the field of law; develop an understanding of the key issues relating to the transition to the professional legal workplace, including workplace culture, professional etiquette and communications; critically evaluate their own technical and generic skills against those required by their employer/ legal profession; gather evidence of their experiences and skills development for integration into a career portfolio reflect on the integration of their academic and legal workplace learning.

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Prerequisites

Nil.

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Assessment

Students are required to undertake a minimum of 350 hours of approved industry experience within the field of law, accompanied by evidence from the employer/host organisation. Situational Analysis Report and Career Plan, 20%; Reflective E-journals, 40%; Self Appraisal Report, 40%.

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You may be able to enrol in this unit as an elective.

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College of Business

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