Community Justice Project

Course aim

The course provides students with the opportunity of undertaking a community service-learning project.

Course content

Students will work in teams to solve real problems experienced by community organisations. They will engage with the organisation to understand its needs and the problem situation, and help develop, test, and implement appropriate solutions. Students will complete a learning journal throughout the course reflecting on their experience from implementing the problem-solving process, their use of the knowledge and skills taught during their legal studies, and the relevance of the service-learning project experience to their future careers. Advanced skills development relevant to the problem-solving process, teamwork and the specific project topics will occur.The Community Justice Project course seeks to engage first-year law students with concepts of social justice and community engagement. The course exposes students to a selection of topical ‘real-world’ issues and encourages students to engage with, and reflect upon, those issues from a legal, societal, and economic perspective.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Contribution, Literature review, Presentation, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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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.