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Legal Internship (LAWS50059)
Graduate coursework level 5Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Summer Term
Graduate Services Coordinator (Work Integrated Learning)
Email: law-wil@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 8344 4475
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
Semester 1
Graduate Services Coordinator (Work Integrated Learning)
Email: law-wil@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 8344 4475
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
Winter Term
Graduate Services Coordinator (Work Integrated Learning)
Email: law-wil@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 8344 4475
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Graduate Services Coordinator (Work Integrated Learning)
Email: law-wil@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 8344 4475
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
November
Graduate Services Coordinator (Work Integrated Learning)
Email: law-wil@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 8344 4475
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
Overview
Availability | Summer Term Semester 1 Winter Term Semester 2 November |
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Fees | Look up fees |
The aim of this subject is to provide students with the opportunity to gain practical legal experience and a public interest / community-focused legal workplace experience that complements and deepens their coursework learning in the Melbourne JD.
Internships can be hosted by any public interest organisation that will facilitate the student undertaking legally-oriented work, including government departments, regulatory and statutory bodies, courts and tribunals, legal assistance sector organisations such as legal aid or community legal centres, and non-government or not-for-profit organisations. Host organisations can be locally based, national / interstate or international. The proposed internship must be approved by the Subject Coordinator – the internship experience should build on a students’ studies to date in the Melbourne JD and be of an appropriately demanding standard to model professional legal work or practice.
Students must complete Orientation, at least 20 days of unpaid practical legal experience at the host organisation and all of the assessment tasks which include a Reflective Journal and a Legal Writing Portfolio.
Intended learning outcomes
Student who successfully completes this subject will have:
- An enhanced understanding of professional legal practice through engaging directly in legal work;
- An enhanced practice-based understanding of a particular legal area relevant to the internship;
- An advanced understanding of, and increased capacity to engage with, law and policy in the area of the internship;
- Critical insight into some of the challenges facing public interest lawyers and/or organisations and the social and legal framework within which they operate;
- An enhanced understanding and appreciation of the role and value of public interest lawyering; and
- Enhanced insight into their own learning and professional identity.
Generic skills
Upon successful completion of the subject, students will have developed and demonstrated the following skills:
- Thinking skills, including the ability to gather information, understand context, apply knowledge and convey law or law related concepts in a way that is useful and effective to a variety of audiences;
- The ability to identify, research, evaluate and synthesise relevant factual, legal and policy issues in a practical context;
- Personal and professional skills, including learning autonomously, being accountable for work, self-reflection on performance;
- Skills required for effective workplace performance, such as communication, time management, co-worker collaboration and office organisation;
- An increased capacity to reflect on their own professional competencies, including an awareness of current aptitudes and identification of areas where skills need to be consolidated; and
- The ability to engage with colleagues and develop professional networks.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Only approved applicants can enrol into this subject.
Some internship host organisations may have specific requirements regarding prerequisite subjects.
Successful completion of all the below subjects:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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LAWS50027 | Dispute Resolution | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS50023 | Legal Method and Reasoning | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS50026 | Obligations | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS50024 | Principles of Public Law | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Hurdle Requirement: Attendance at a pre-internship orientation session or online equivalent;
- Hurdle Requirement: Legal internships activity log, due 2 weeks after completion of the internship placement;
- Reflective journal (1,500 words) due 2 weeks after completion of internship placement (30%);
- Legal writing portfolio (4,000 words) due 2 months after completion of internship placement (70%).
The assessed research work may take a variety of forms, including substantial research memoranda or advice, briefs or written submissions, legal policy advocacy, or a research essay. It may include work carried out during the internship (subject to agreement with the host organisation) or after the internship but directly connected with the internship.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Principal coordinator Kate Fischer-Doherty Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Students must complete at least 20 days of placement at an internship host organisation Total time commitment 180 hours Teaching period 3 January 2017 to 17 February 2017 Last self-enrol date 16 October 2016 Census date 13 January 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 February 2017 Assessment period ends 25 February 2017 Summer Term contact information
Graduate Services Coordinator (Work Integrated Learning)
Email: law-wil@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 8344 4475
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au - Semester 1
Principal coordinator Kate Fischer-Doherty Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Students must complete at least 20 days of placement at an internship host organisation Total time commitment 180 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 16 October 2016 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Graduate Services Coordinator (Work Integrated Learning)
Email: law-wil@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 8344 4475
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au - Winter Term
Principal coordinator Kate Fischer-Doherty Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Students must complete at least 20 days of placement at an internship host organisation Total time commitment 180 hours Teaching period 26 June 2017 to 16 July 2017 Last self-enrol date 16 October 2016 Census date 7 July 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 14 July 2017 Assessment period ends 21 July 2017 Winter Term contact information
Graduate Services Coordinator (Work Integrated Learning)
Email: law-wil@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 8344 4475
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au - Semester 2
Principal coordinator Kate Fischer-Doherty Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Students must complete at least 20 days of placement at an internship host organisation Total time commitment 180 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 16 October 2016 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Graduate Services Coordinator (Work Integrated Learning)
Email: law-wil@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 8344 4475
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au - November
Principal coordinator Kate Fischer-Doherty Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Students must complete at least 20 days of placement at an internship host organisation Total time commitment 180 hours Teaching period 14 November 2017 to 29 January 2018 Last self-enrol date 16 October 2016 Census date 15 December 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 9 February 2018 Assessment period ends 29 March 2018 November contact information
Graduate Services Coordinator (Work Integrated Learning)
Email: law-wil@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 8344 4475
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
180 hours (including 20 days internship placement, preparation for and completion of all assessment tasks)
Additional delivery details
Taught on campus and through a practical placement at an internship host organisation.
Applicants are selected through a competitive application process. Please refer to the JD LMS Community for more details.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
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Last updated: 3 November 2022