MLJ721 - Advanced Legal Analysis and Policy
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Online Trimester 2: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in M729 |
| Prerequisite: | Students must have passed MLP708 and MLP713 plus 8 x level 7 MLC/MLJ/MLM/MLP/MLT coded units |
| Corequisite: | MLP720 |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | Pre-recorded lectures up to a maximum of 2 hours per week, and 1 x 1.5 hour online seminar (recordings provided) per week. |
Content
This capstone unit integrates the legal knowledge, skills and capabilities that students have acquired throughout Deakin's Juris Doctor course. Building on the concept of ‘lawyers as problem solvers’ and ‘legal methods as problem-solving tools’, students have the opportunity to refine and extend their skills in using core legal methods, including statutory interpretation, to analyse and develop potential solutions to a range of socio-legal policy issues. Weekly learning materials focus on one main theme, such as ‘law and (in)equality’ and ‘law and criminal justice’, which students explore through highly topical case studies. Assessment tasks build on each other, enabling students to further refine their legal knowledge, skills and capabilities through the lens of a socio-legal policy issue of choice.
Unit Fee Information
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