The Professional Course in Notarial Practice commences with a four day compulsory in-person workshop, (over two consecutive weekends) followed by self-paced study. Assessment will include practical problem solving exercises and the submission of a number of assignments. The flexible teaching approach has been designed to enable practitioners to readily undertake the Course.
The three modules are:
Module 1 - Applied Notarial Practice
Module 2 - Principles of Notarial Practice
Module 3 - Introduction to Comparative Law and Private International Law
Module 1 - Applied Notarial Practice
This module aims to provide students with an in depth, practical knowledge of the work of Australian notaries including a detailed understanding of notarial acts in public and private forms and instruction in a notary’s rights, obligations and duties. On completion of the module, students will demonstrate ability to draft acts in public and private form and identify practical problems faced in daily practice. The module comprises in-person workshops over four days. During the workshops, there will be several practical exercises. Following the workshops, an assessment task will be released to be completed by a specified due date. The tasks relate to key aspects of notarial practice that will be covered during the workshop.
Module 2 - Principles of Notarial Practice
This module is aimed at providing students with a theoretical background and understanding of the subjects and issues covered during the Applied Notarial Practice workshop. On completion of the module, students should be able to demonstrate their understanding of the theoretical bases of notarial practice in Australia, the major civil law jurisdictions and in the USA. This module is based on self-paced research. It is expected that, including preparation of an assessment task, the module will be completed in eight weeks.
Module 3 - Introduction to Comparative Law and Private International Law
This module is aimed at providing students with an introduction to the civil law and common law legal traditions and to the resolution of conflicts of laws between those traditions. This module is commenced during the workshop and is concluded by self-paced research.
On completion of the module, students should be able to demonstrate their understanding of the laws of major foreign jurisdictions and their ability to negotiate those laws in practice. It is expected that including the preparation of an assessment task, the module will be completed in twelve weeks from the time the assessment tasks are sent to students.
