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Policies and Procedures [currently under review]

The documents below outline the Law School's Procedures for all students and staff.

Essential Information for Law Students

These documents have been developed in order to assist you in your Law studies. It is important that you read them carefully and take account of the information they contain. A Law degree is a very well-respected qualification; part of the reason for that is that it is a relatively demanding field of study, so Faculty of Law staff want to ensure that you have a good understanding of our expectations and hopefully can avoid some of the common pitfalls that students face. We have a strong interest in being able to retain our students and promoting their success so we hope to work collaboratively with you to achieve good outcomes. Part of your responsibility in this endeavour is to engage with these materials and take seriously the advice they contain.

Communication Expectations in Law Courses This document seeks to convey the importance of good communications skills for legal education and ultimately for professional life. In particular, it highlights the importance of reading instructions carefully, complying with them and developing your writing skills. (This document is drawn from the Constitutional Law unit which involves letter writing within ‘firms’ – the key messages are however, of more general importance and are relevant also for day-to-day communications such as emails.)

Academic Misconduct This document provides important information about what academic misconduct is and how it can be avoided. This is especially important for Law students who wish to gain admission to practice Law because having a finding of academic misconduct on your record is something that you have to disclose when preparing your formal papers for admission as it is seen as reflecting on the issue of whether you are a ‘fit and proper person’ to be admitted to legal practice.

Workload Expectations for Law Units This document contains important advice, based on longstanding experience of what is required for successful Law studies. Law has fewer contact hours than for some other degrees (e.g. Medicine) and this can create a deceptive sense of having lots of time. Many students make the mistake of taking on too much employment which interferes with their study. This document seeks to give an objective account of the hours required per week for successful Law studies and the expectations that we have of you (reading cases, preparing for classes etc.)

In addition to these core documents, we encourage you to also read the documents on Law Faculty Procedures which are all relevant to your studies. In particular, preparing for written assessment, including in-class tests and written exams. It is important to ensure that you are familiar with these procedures before undertaking your assessment tasks in Law. There are Law Faculty Procedures for: