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New Technology Law (LAWS90107)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
Availability(Quotas apply) | July - Dual-Delivery |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject investigates the way in which new technological innovation is affecting almost every aspect of the law. It will provide students with an advanced understanding of the impact of new technologies on the business and practice of law. Topics will include:
- Innovation and disruption to existing business models and the legal profession (both in terms of the delivery of legal solutions and the law firm operations);
- The impact and regulation of blockchain, smart contracts, and artificial intelligence in legal practice; and
- The burgeoning growth of the tech industry and its relationship with traditional legal business models, and social enterprise.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete this subject will have developed specialised skills in investigating, navigating and critiquing the new technological developments intersecting with law and legal practice.
On completion of the subject students should have developed the following skills:
- the ability to engage with and understand the new technology both supporting and disrupting existing business and legal practices;
- the able critically to analyse the impact of technological innovation on law and legal practice;
- the ability to identify and analyse the law relevant to managing and regulating new technological innovation; and
- the ability to provide advice to both legal and non-legal audiences on the relationship between new technology and law and legal practice.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into the MC-JURISD Juris Doctor
AND
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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LAWS50023 | Legal Method and Reasoning | Summer Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS50024 | Principles of Public Law | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS50025 | Torts | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS50026 | Obligations | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - 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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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In-class presentation on an agreed topic with ppt slides (no more than five slides and 500 words)
| During the teaching period | 20% |
Essay on a choice of topics provided by the lecturers
| 4 Weeks after the end of teaching | 80% |
Additional details
The assessment will be based on material covered in class. Part of the assessment also takes place in class. Given the nature of the assessment it is important that students enrolling in the subject are able to commit to attending all classes.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- July
Coordinators Jeannie Paterson and Cameron Whittfield Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Students are expected to attend all sessions whether participating on-campus or remotely. Total time commitment 144 hours Pre teaching start date 27 June 2022 Pre teaching requirements Please refer to the Reading Guide on the LMS subject page for confirmation of which resources need to be read and what other preparation is required before the teaching period commences. Teaching period 11 July 2022 to 15 July 2022 Last self-enrol date 29 June 2022 Census date 12 July 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 August 2022 Assessment period ends 26 August 2022
Additional delivery details
This subject has an enrolment quota of 30 students.
All timely JD elective enrolments are subject to a selection process, which the Academic Support Office will perform after the timely re-enrolment period ends. Late self-enrolment is on a first-in basis up to quota.
Please refer to the Melbourne Law School website for further information about the management of subject quotas.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Specialist materials will be made available on the LMS.
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Type Name Course Juris Doctor - Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024