MULR - Editorship

Subject LAWS40094 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 4 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:

Summer Term, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
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Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable

Semester 1, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable

Semester 2, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable

Practical experience with ad hoc guidance from the Subject Coordinator.

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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: Not applicable.
Total Time Commitment: 144 hours.
Prerequisites:

730-111 Legal Method and Reasoning; 730-112 Principles of Public Law; 730-114 Torts; 730-213 Obligations; 730-113 Dispute Resolution; 730-214 Constitutional Law; 730-215 Contracts; 730-366 Property (or 730-326 Property A); 730-212 Legal Theory.

A student must be an Editor of the Melbourne University Law Review (MULR) during the enrolled semester.

Corequisites: None.
Recommended Background Knowledge: None.
Non Allowed Subjects:

A student can not have previously completed or be concurrently enrolled in the subject 730xxx MULR – Research and Writing or 730-431 MULR - Editorship (Year Long), 730-448 Melbourne Journal of International Law or 730-432 MJIL – Editorship (Year Long)

Students will not be permitted to enrol in more than 25 credit points of journal subjects in total. These include:

  • 730448 Melbourne Journal of International Law;
  • 730432 MJIL – Editorship (Year Long);
  • 730xxx MJIL – Research and Writing;
  • 730xxx MJIL – Editorship;
  • 730xxx MULR – Research and Writing;
  • 730xxx MULR – Editorship;
  • 730431 Melbourne University Law Review.
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills, and Assessment Requirements of this entry.

The University is dedicated to providing support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/.

Coordinator

Assoc Prof David Brennan

Contact

Melbourne Law School Student Centre
Email: law-studentcentre@unimelb.edu.au
Tel: +61 3 8344 4475
Subject Overview:

This subject is available only to students who are appointed as an Editor of MULR during the enrolled semester. The subject permits students to provide evidence of what the student has learnt about the nature of legal research from undertaking their tasks as an Editor of MULR. This evidence takes the form of one of the writing tasks specified below, requiring engagement with legal scholarship.

Note: The 5,000-word written work in this subject is regarded as a substantial piece of legal writing.

Objectives:

On completion of this subject, students should:

  • Be able to write in a style suitable for a generalist university law journal publication;
  • State an informed personal perspective or position relative to a body of international legal research published in the journal;
  • Identify, recognise and contrast attributes of different varieties of legal research — such as critical legal studies, doctrinal, multi-disciplinary or empirical;
  • Be able to describe and discuss the broad state of the research field relevant to the journal;
  • Perceive the diversity of what classifies as legal research, including its underlying philosophies and approaches;
  • Decide where their personal views and approaches are placed relative to that body of research;
  • Be aware of trends in legal research, including what drivers may influence those trends; and
  • Appreciate differences in legal research in terms of approach and quality.
Assessment: Written work of 5,000 words on a topic related to the state of the research field, to be developed in consultation with the Subject Coordinator. Written work should have a sufficient nexus to MULR, either in the writing styles published by MULR (eg an article, case note, commentary or review essay), or relating to the student’s current MULR work. A code 3 word limit will be regarded as recommended and no student will be disadvantaged by exceeding the limit. (100%)
Prescribed Texts: None.
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

On completion of the subject, students should have developed the following generic skills (and graduate attributes):

  • Attitudes towards knowledge that include valuing truth, openness to new ideas and ethics associated with knowledge creation and usage;
  • The capacity for close reading and analysis of a range of sources;
  • The capacity for critical and independent thought and reflection;
  • The ability to collect and evaluate information;
  • The capacity to communicate, both orally and in writing;
  • The capacity to plan and manage time; and
  • Intercultural sensitivity and understanding.

In addition, on completion of the subject, students should have developed the following skills specific to the discipline of law:

  • Analysis of the nature and quality of legal research, including an ability to:

    - Read legal research in a critical and informed manner;
    - Critically engage with new ideas;
    - Understand and apply ethics in academia;
    - Situate a particular piece of legal research within a broader body of international legal scholarship and within a particular style or approach; and
    - Develop and express a personal position on legal research.
  • Legal writing skills, including an ability to:

    - Use and synthesise legal research;
    - Be able to convey a coherent appraisal of legal research; and
    - Produce complex pieces which offer comprehensible analysis of international legal research.

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