Law and Social Change
Subject LAWS50116 (2012)
Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2012.
Credit Points: | 12.50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Level: | 5 (Graduate/Postgraduate) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012: June, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Semester 2, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: To be confirmed. Total Time Commitment: 144 hours. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prerequisites: |
Entry to the subject is competitive, and permission is required from the coordinator before enrolment. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Corequisites: | None. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recommended Background Knowledge: | None. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non Allowed Subjects: | None. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Participation Requirements: |
The Melbourne Law School welcomes applications from students with disabilities. It is University and Law School policy to take all reasonable steps to enable the participation of students with disabilities, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student’s participation in the School’s programs. The inherent academic requirements for the study in the Melbourne Law School are:
Students must possess behavioural and social attributes that enable them to participate in a complex learning environment. Students are required to take responsibility for their own participation and learning. They also contribute to the learning of other students in collaborative learning environments, demonstrating interpersonal skills and an understanding of the needs of other students. Assessment may include the outcomes of tasks completed in collaboration with other students. Students who feel their disability will prevent them from participating in tasks involving these inherent academic requirements are encouraged to contact the Disability Liaison Unit: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/. |
Contact
Melbourne Law School Student Centre
Email: law-studentcentre@unimelb.edu.au
Tel: +61 3 8344 4475
Subject Overview: |
Law and Social Change provides a practical, clinical experience in which students support public interest lawyers in the delivery of pro bono legal services. Students will undertake 10 days of clinical placement with a partner organisation in the community sector. On placement, and under expert supervision, students will utilise the legal knowledge and skills acquired during their degree to undertake work on real legal issues and with real clients, and in doing so, will be exposed to the realities of community legal practice. The placement will either be in an intensive two-week format or one day per week for 10 weeks. A central component of the subject is that students critically reflect on their practical experience of public interest lawyering. The reflection serves several purposes. Firstly, it gives students the opportunity to consider how the issues and ideas raised in the scholarship on public interest lawyering are reflected in their practical experience of this area of law. On an individual level, it also provides students with the opportunity to reflect on their own use of legal skills, knowledge and approach to practice and consequently build on these skills, knowledge and competencies. |
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Objectives: |
A student who successfully completes this subject will have a sophisticated insight into, and be able to reflect critically and meaningfully on:
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Assessment: |
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Prescribed Texts: | Specialist printed materials will be made available from Melbourne Law School. |
Breadth Options: | This subject is not available as a breadth subject. |
Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
Generic Skills: |
Upon successful completion of the subject, students will have developed and demonstrated the following skills:
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