Year
2021
Units
9
Contact
2 x 3.5-hour workshops weekly
Prerequisites
1 Admission into BLAWLP-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice
2 130.5 units of topics
3 Admission into BLAWLPR-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice
3a Admission into BLAWLPRH-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours)
4 112.5 units of topics
5 Admission into BLAWLPRG-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry)
5a Admission into BLAWLPRGH-Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Graduate Entry) (Honours)
6 94.5 units of topics
Must Satisfy: ((1 and 2) or ((3 or 3a) and 4) or ((5 or 5a) and 6))
Other requirements
Topic Coordinator approval is required for enrolment in this topic. Students should apply via courseadvice.bgl@flinders.edu.au.
Enrolment not permitted
1 of LLAW4212, LLAW5902, LLAW5905, LLAW5907 has been successfully completed
Topic description

Students will study the legislative and common law requirements and the practical processes involved in transactional legal practice, incorporating commercial and corporate, property and succession and estates practice.

Educational aims

This topic aims to enable students to achieve competence, to the standard required by the admitting authorities, in the transactional areas of legal practice including:

  • Commercial and corporate practice
  • Property practice
  • Succession and estates practice
Expected learning outcomes
On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:

  1. Demonstrate a practical knowledge of the statutory and common law requirements and processes relating to transactional practice
  2. Demonstrate the competence required of an entry level legal practitioner in conducting a commercial transaction
  3. Demonstrate the competence required of an entry level legal practitioner in setting up standard commercial structures
  4. Demonstrate the competence required of an entry level legal practitioner in dealing with loans and securities
  5. Demonstrate the competence required of an entry level legal practitioner in transferring title
  6. Demonstrate the competence required of an entry level legal practitioner in creating leases
  7. Demonstrate the competence required of an entry level legal practitioner in creating and releasing securities
  8. Demonstrate the competence required of an entry level legal practitioner in advising on land use
  9. Demonstrate the competence required of an entry level legal practitioner in drafting wills
  10. Demonstrate the competence required of an entry level legal practitioner in administering deceased estates
  11. Demonstrate the competence required of an entry level legal practitioner in taking action to resolve wills and estates problems
  12. Demonstrate the competence required of an entry level legal practitioner in advising on revenue law and practice in relation to commercial and other property transactions
  13. Demonstrate the competence required of an entry level legal practitioner in drafting documents related to transactional practice
  14. Demonstrate acting ethically in relation to all of the above