Advocacy
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
LAWS 3085
Undergraduate
No
158001
4.5
No
The 2025 timetable is
not yet available.
UniSA Justice & Society
This course provides a theoretical framework to enable an advanced understanding of the practical and ethical skills of advocacy. It provides students with the opportunity to develop a broad range of skills towards all aspects of effective advocacy.
Includes basic advocacy skills; the role and etiquette of an advocate; the underlying notion of ‘ethical’ advocacy to all aspects of advocacy; taking clients' instructions; negotiation and alternative dispute resolution; written advocacy; opening and closing addresses; advocacy situations junior advocates might encounter and, lastly, an introduction to appellate advocacy. Students will conduct both oral and written advocacy exercises as part of the course.
Nil
Students must have successfully completed 72 units to enrol in this course.
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Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, CITY WEST | |||
Seminar | 4 hours x 10 weeks | ||
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE) | |||
Seminar | 40 hours x N/A |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Advocacy exercise, Reflection, Report
EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.