| Short Description: | Legal Writing and Research |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
| School or Department : | School of Law and Justice |
| Student contribution band : | Band 3 |
| ASCED code : | 090900 - Law |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
Requisites
Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BBLA or BBBL or BCLW or BCLA or LLBP or BALW or BABL or BART or BEDU or BSED
Enrolment is not permitted in LAW1112 if LAW1201 has been previously completed
Other requisites
Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to UConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at .
Synopsis
This course provides students with an introduction to the key skills necessary to undertake their substantive law courses, including legal citation, legal research, problem-solving, legal writing, analysis, synthesis, reflection and evaluation. Students will continue to build and develop these skills as they progress through other core courses in the Law program. In this course, fundamental doctrines of the criminal law and elements of criminal procedure are used as the substantive legal basis for developing legal writing and research competencies.
Course offers
| Semester | Mode | Campus |
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1, 2020 | On-campus | Springfield |
| Semester 1, 2020 | On-campus | Toowoomba |
| Semester 1, 2020 | Online | |
| Semester 2, 2020 | On-campus | Springfield |
| Semester 2, 2020 | On-campus | Toowoomba |
| Semester 2, 2020 | Online | |
| Semester 3, 2020 | Online |