Overview 2020
Location
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- CRICOS: 040663G
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Course objectives
To ensure that aspiring practitioners have the essential knowledge, values, attitude and skills to practice law competently.
Career outcomes
Successful completion of the course is normal prerequisite for admission as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania.
Course structure
Schedule
At the conclusion of the unit trainees should be able to conduct civil litigation in first instance matters in courts of general jurisdiction and will have learnt fundamental advocacy skills.The unit covers litigation strategy, conducting civil litigation, applications in the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Legal Practice | ||||
View all details for LCA101 Civil Litigation Practice: Supreme Court Practice and Advocacy
This unit is organised in to three modules: familiarisation with the Court, Applications and Submissions (practice and advocacy) and conducted defended criminal proceedings. Throughout the duration of the Course a series of fortnightly exercises are distributed to trainees in the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Legal Practice | ||||
View all details for LCA102 Criminal Law Practice: Magistrates' Court Practice & Advocacy
This module is concerned with the general areas of law comprising Commercial Practice as well as the role, and duties of a commercial practitioner. Trainees are given a series of seminars and workshops addressing business structures generally and in particular…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Legal Practice | ||||
View all details for LCA103 Commercial and Corporate Practice
Land Purchase and SalesThe unit is concerned with the transfer of interests in real estate, and business and other assets, and is primarily transaction based. There is a series of formal introductory lectures, which will cover the following areas: The…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Legal Practice | ||||
This module is concerned with the principles governing, trust and general accounting in legal practice as well as the keeping of account records according to law and good practice to the standard expected of an employed solicitor.The format of the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Legal Practice | ||||
In this unit trainees gain an understanding of the practice and procedure in the Family Court and the Federal Magistrates' Court as well as an understanding of the role of the State Courts in dealing with matters arising from the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Legal Practice | ||||
View all details for LCA106 Family Law Practice and Procedure
This unit is divided into five modules:lawyers' skills, which includes interviewing clients, advocacy, writing letters, drafting other documents and negotiating settlements,competency, ethics and professional responsibility, which includes acting ethically, discharging the legal duties and obligations of legal practitioners, complying with…
Credit Points: 25
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| Hobart | Legal Practice | ||||
View all details for LCA107 Skills, Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Entry requirements
Eligibility
Applicants need to have EITHER:
successfully completed an academic qualification in law leading to admission to the legal profession, OR
have no more than 2 academic subjects to complete:
(i) where none of the outstanding subjects is one of the academic areas of knowledge referred to in Schedule 1 of the Legal Profession (Board of Legal Education) Rules 2010 (as amended by the Legal Profession (Board of Legal Education) Amendment Rules 2014); and
(ii) for which the applicant must be enrolled while undertaking the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice; and
(iii) the applicant has received the prior permission of the Board of Legal Education to commence the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.
1A If the applicant has completed their academic qualifications in law at a time that will be more than five years before their application to the Board of Legal Education for assessment of their academic qualifications for the purposes of admission, the applicant must, before entry to the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, apply for assessment of their academic qualifications under rule 4(3) of the Legal Profession (Board of Legal Education) Rules 2010 (as amended by the Legal Profession (Board of Legal Education) Amendment Rules 2014), and receive the Board's approval;
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Domestic students enrolled in a full fee paying place are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the fees you pay for each unit you enrol in. Full fee paying domestic students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Detailed tuition fee information for domestic students is available at the Domestic Student Fees website, including additional information in relation to a compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
International students
2020 Total Course Fee (international students): $21,950 AUD*.
Course cost based on a rate of $21,950 AUD per standard, full-time year of study (100 credit points).
* Please note that this is an indicative fee only.
International students
International students are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the annual rate. International students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
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