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IPL002 - Legal Reasoning and Advocacy

2023

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Law

Unit Description

This unit is for students enrolled in the First Nations Pre-Law Program.

The First Nations Pre-Law Program as a four-week long intensive for students who are considering applying for an undergraduate law degree. Students will undertake learning experiences needed for successful participation in a law degree by exploring the foundational skills, knowledge and relationships needed to study law. This unit will focus on Legal Reasoning and Advocacy, key skill areas that include application of the Issue Rule Application Conclusion (IRAC) legal reasoning process. Students explore the foundations of legal argument and learn how to apply these through in-class presentations and debates.

Online enrolment is not available for this unit.

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Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Apply the Issue Rule Application Conclusion (IRAC) method to legal scenarios.
2.	Prepare and structure legal argument.
3.	Present legal argument
4.	Assess and evaluate effective legal argument
5.	Apply reflective and basic critical thinking skills

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Oral presentation (8-10 minutes)	P/F	2,3,4,5
2.	Group debate (5-10 mins)	P/F	1,2,3,4,5
3.	Final test (1.5 hours)	P/F	1,2,5

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2023	INT-1	Internal	CDU Waterfront Darwin	ITV,OLR

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ITV: This unit will be delivered/part-delivered intensively in this teaching period rather than over the full semester.

OLR: Internet access is required for this unit as students are required to access study materials provided on-line through Learnline. Please log into Learnline on the first day of each teaching period. For more information about Learnline, please click here.

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