Unit of Study LAWS4003 Advanced Legal Research and Writing (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

Hons Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
Placement

No

Unit description

Builds on foundational research skills to enable students to employ advanced legal research skills to efficiently and accurately research, identify and retrieve legal and non-legal sources relevant to the resolution of legal issues and advanced techniques of effective written communication.

Unit content

Module 1: Introduction to Scholarly Legal Research and Writing

Module 2: Advanced Legal Research – Tools and Resources

Module 3: Data Collection, Analysis and Interpretation

Module 4: Mapping a Legal Project: The Literature Review

Module 5: Writing Methods and Theories

Module 6: Crafting an Effective Research Paper: Structure, Style and Academic Integrity

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term1	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate advanced knowledge of legal research

demonstrate effective legal research techniques to identify, evaluate, record and manage legal and non-legal materials

employ cognitive skills to demonstrate engagement with advanced research in a specialised area of law to provide solutions to complex problems with intellectual independence

employ advanced techniques of effective written communication and practise academic integrity and ethical behaviour in advanced legal research and writing.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Literature review	40%
Quiz	40%
Poster	20%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

Hutchinson, T, 2018, Researching and Writing in Law, 4th edn, LawBook Co., Thomson Reuters, Australia. ISBN: 9780455237800 (Print version); 9780455237817 (e-Book); .

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

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