LAWS1014: Civil and Criminal Procedure

Early Feedback Task (0%): This unit includes an Early Feedback Task that is designed to provide students with timely insights into their understanding and engagement with the unit content and support students to stay on track for successful completion of the unit. The Early Feedback Task in this unit is an online quiz and will be tailored to check students' understanding of key content and concepts from Topics 1-2 of the unit.  The task will be available on Canvas from Week 2 and must be completed by 11.59pm Friday 13 March 2026 (Sydney, Australia time). Students will be provided with immediate automated feedback upon completion of the task.

Tutorial Participation (Civil 10% and Criminal 10%, total 20%) is designed to serve two pedagogical purposes. The first is to develop a crucial legal skill: the ability to construct and orally present an argument based on the law. The second pedagogical purpose is to give students the opportunity to showcase, and be assessed on, their oral presentation skills. Law demands an ability to communicate both in writing and orally – students must develop an ability to make logical, incisive vocal contributions in front of their peers.

Students are required to sign up to be "on call" for TWO tutorials, the first at the outset of Part 1 Civil (Weeks 1-5), and the second at the outset of Part 2 Criminal (Weeks 6-10). Students who are ‘on call’ are not only required to have prepared for the tutorial in the usual way, they are expected to lead and contribute to in class discussions and activities. Marks will be awarded (out of 10) based on a student’s on-call performance which will be assessed by reference to oratorial skills, analytical thinking, and the ability to connect law with fact to persuade a decision maker.

In-semester test (40%): The test will be conducted as a supervised on campus test and will be 1 hour long (plus 15 minutes of reading time) and held on Friday 17 April 2026, commencing at 10:15am (Sydney, Australia time). All substantive and critical material listed in the Required Readings and material identified by your lecturer for civil procedure in weeks 1-5 inclusive is examinable.  The exam will test problem-solving skills, critical and analytical capacity and substantive knowledge. The outcome of a successful Special Consideration application may include an alternative task such as a viva voce examination at the discretion of the Unit Coordinator.

Final Exam (40%): On campus supervised examination that will be 1 hour long (plus 15 minutes reading time) during the formal examination period. All substantive and critical material listed in the Required Readings and material identified by your lecturer for criminal procedure in weeks 6-10 inclusive is examinable. The exam will test problem-solving skills, critical and analytical capacity and substantive knowledge. The exam timetable will be released by the Exams Office in due course. For further information, please refer to Exam Timetables.  The outcome of a successful Special Consideration application may include an alternative task such as a viva voce examination at the discretion of the Unit Coordinator.

Special consideration: Successful grants of Special Consideration may involve alternative tasks, as appropriate.  

Assessment requirements to pass a unit of study: A student must make a genuine attempt at all assessment tasks set out in this Unit of Study in order to obtain a Pass mark and grade (or above); otherwise an Absent Fail grade will be recorded as the student’s result for this Unit of Study.  Please note that as the EFT is an early diagnostic tool, this task is not included in the final grade for the unit.