LLAW3212 Civil Litigation

Dr Mark Rankin

2016

4.5

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

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)
2 1 of LLAW2211, LLAW2106
3 1 of LLAW2214, LLAW2101
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e) and 2 and 3)

1 of LLAW3321, LLAW4103, LLAW4103A has been successfully completed

Students will learn about the civil justice system and how to conduct civil litigation within it. In that context pre-trial procedural rules governing use of the civil justice system will be studied along with roles of lawyers and their ethical implications.

This topic aims to:

enable students to develop their knowledge of procedural principles and pre-trial steps in the conduct of civil litigation
encourage students to think about the role and functioning of the civil justice system
develop student understanding of the roles of lawyers within the civil justice system along with the ethical implications of those roles

Upon successful completion of this topic, students will have demonstrated the ability to:

apply procedural principles to a civil dispute
evaluate the major issues in civil justice reform
describe the civil justice system and analyse what it does
recognise the ethical obligations required of lawyers engaged in civil litigation

Key dates and timetable

Timetable details for 2016 are no longer published.

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