LLAW1211 Legal Research and Writing [Research I, Writing I]

2017

4.5

1 x 50-minute lecture weekly
1 x 110-minute workshop weekly

1 Admission into BLAWLP-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice
1a Admission into BLAWLPG-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry)
1b Admission into BLAWLPR-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice
1c Admission into BLAWLPRG-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry)
1d Admission into BLAWLPRH-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours)
1e Admission into BLAWLPRGH-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry) (Honours)
1f Admission into BJSLP-Bachelor of Justice and Society (Law Pathway)
1g Admission into BLSLP-Bachelor of Law and Society (Law Pathway)
2 Admission into BJS-Bachelor of Justice and Society
2a Admission into BLS-Bachelor of Law and Society
3 Admission into BJS-LAWP-BJS Law Pathway
4 ^ 1 of LLAW1212, LLAW1104
Must Satisfy: (((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e or 1f or 1g)) or ((2 or 2a) and 3)) and (4)

1 of LLAW1101, LLAW1312 has been successfully completed

Assignments; Library exercise; Workshop participation; Oral.

Legal Research: including types of law reports (printed and electronic, official and unofficial); the tracking of cases; the use of legal databases; primary legislation and delegated legislation; secondary works including dictionaries, encyclopaedias; monographs and scholarly articles.

Legal Writing: applying accepted conventions of English grammar, spelling and usage, observing a style guide, forming a plan, drafting a paper, and executing a final copy; an understanding of plain English and the conventions of legal writing.

This topic aims to provide students with bedrock lawyerly skills in:

• selecting, locating, using and updating appropriate research resources for legislation, cases and secondary material
• applying these to solve a problem
• drafting and writing a legal paper
• implementing the conventions of legal writing
• observing the ethics of writing

On successful completion of this topic, students will be able to demonstrate the ability to:

• select appropriate legal research resources for legislation, cases and secondary material
• locate appropriate legal research resources for legislation, cases and secondary material
• use appropriate research resources for legislation, cases and secondary material in a manner that yields the most up to date results
• the ability to plan, draft and write a legal paper
• implement the conventions of English grammar, spelling and usage
• implement the conventions of legal writing
• the ability to recognise and explain the critical importance, within tertiary and professional environments, of proper acknowledgment of the sources of ideas and information
• implement correctly in their own writing set rules and legal academic conventions related to citation and referencing of the work of others