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New Technology Law (LAWS90107)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (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 |
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Note: In 2023 this subject is an experiential subject and will require an application before enrolment is approved. Students in this subject will be required to travel.
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 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS50024 | Principles of Public Law | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS50025 | Torts | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS50026 | Obligations | 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: 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 due date of the above assessment will be available to students via the Assessment Schedule on the LMS Community.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- July
Coordinators Cameron Whittfield and Jeannie Paterson Mode of delivery On Campus (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 26 June 2023 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 10 July 2023 to 14 July 2023 Last self-enrol date 13 November 2022 Census date 11 July 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 August 2023 Assessment period ends 25 August 2023
What do these dates mean
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- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Additional delivery details
This subject has an enrolment quota.
This subject is an application-based enrichment subject. More information about the application process can be found on the JD LMS Community.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Specialist materials will be made available on the LMS.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
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