Course overview
This course supports students undertaking internships with a legal practice to appreciate the operation of the law in practice and develop their practical legal skills, while undertaking academic assessment on topics related to legal practice. Students are responsible for obtaining their own placement of at least 20 days in a legal practice, where they are required to participate actively in all aspects of the work at the office, such as client interviewing, research, drafting and case file management. This course provides a compulsory induction equipping students with basic skills that will form a foundation for the internship and assessment which follows.
Course learning outcomes
- Actively apply theoretical legal principles to client legal casework
- Demonstrate legal practice skills in dealing with clients, colleagues and the courts, through appropriate professional activities such as drafting legal documents, conducting client or witness interviews, undertaking practical legal research, providing legal advice (to colleagues not clients), or engaging with opposing lawyers and the courts
- Exercise forensic judgment and make informed and considered decisions in a legal practice environment
- Work effectively and reliably in a professional environment, both individually and as a member of a team
- Demonstrate reflexive learning practices.