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Summer Law School
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Applications are now open for the 2025 Summer Law School
Diversify your degree, amplify your legal experience or accrue continuing professional development (CPD) points with a fully-accredited online or face-to-face Summer Law School unit.
Students will be treated to a variety of practical and thought-provoking theoretical topics and gain a unique insight into contemporary legal contexts and dimensions.
Delivered by internationally-recognised experts in their field, the 2024/25 units continue the Summer Law School tradition of offering niche and non-mainstream subjects that tackle the most pressing and controversial legal concepts of our age.
The Summer Law School is ideal for students of all disciplines, lawyers, industry professionals, senior administrators and anyone wishing to expand their knowledge and expertise in the subject areas. Cross-institutional, non-award and international students are particularly welcome to apply.
Legal and other industry professionals may be eligible for continuing professional development (CPD) points.
Come join us this summer and study one or more of our socially-innovative and intellectually-stimulating subjects.
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LAWS2075 AI Regulation and Society
Date: 23-26 January, 2025 Location: Gold Coast or online Study Period: Summer Term
Presented face to face at the Gold Coast Campus or online by Dr Fabian Horton
Unit description
Delves into the multifaceted realm of AI-driven technologies and their impact on society. Students will explore the complexities, challenges, and controversies surrounding AI regulation, including technological intricacies, security concerns, biases, and societal implications. With a focus on Australian and global legal frameworks, this unit aims to foster an understanding of the mechanisms that underpin AI regulation. This includes an examination of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), Australian Consumer Laws, and anti-discrimination laws. The unit critically reflects on the implications of AI regulation on fundamental rights, particularly privacy, non-discrimination, and ethical considerations within the Australian and world-wide context. By exploring the ethical and legal solutions for effective AI governance, students will be well-equipped to navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape and advocate for responsible AI development.
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2024 Past Units
LAWS2052 Psychiatry, Psychology and the Law
Date: 8-10 November, 2024 Location: Online Study Period: Term 5
Presented online by Professor of Law and Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry and an Adjunct Professor at Southern Cross University Ian Freckelton AO KC.
Unit description
Addresses fundamental issues where the practice of the mental health professions intersect with the criminal and civil law of Australia. Students explore the mental health-law interface within the context of the adversary system as it functions currently within Australian courts. The role of experts in the contemporary legal system and how the courts have grappled with the evolving contribution made by forensic psychiatrists and psychologists are evaluated as well as major controversies surrounding compensability for psychiatric injuries and decisions to release mental health patients from involuntary status.