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The Legal Profession Unit of Study is a mandatory `Priestley 11' subject. We critically examine issues relevant to lawyers' role in society: professionalism, lawyers' conduct, lawyers' ethical obligations and choices, and the regulation of legal services. We examine the nature of legal professionalism and its inherent relationship with ethics, values and morals, as well as its relationship with commerce. We explore the shifting profile of the profession, the response of the profession to these demographic changes, and the major cultural and economic forces that operate on legal professionalism and regulation of the profession. We critically analyse access to justice issues, different notions of lawyering, the structure of the legal profession, and diverse theoretical views and models of regulation. We consider the lawyer-client relationship and strategies to facilitate equality and effective communication in the delivery of legal services. We examine lawyers' duties to clients and the Court, and the ways in which the rules and principles of confidentiality and conflicts of interest affect the advice and representation lawyers provide for clients. This unit of study requires your active participation in class discussion, and your critical reflection on the issues raised throughout the semester.
Study level | Undergraduate |
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Academic unit | Law |
Credit points | 6 |
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LAWS5009 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
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Semester 1 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2024
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Normal evening | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive February 2024
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2020
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2020
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Normal evening | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2021
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2021
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Normal day | Remote |
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Semester 1 2021
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Normal evening | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2022
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2022
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Normal day | Remote |
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Semester 1 2022
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Normal evening | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Intensive February 2022
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Normal day | Remote |
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Intensive December 2022
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2023
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 1 2023
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Normal evening | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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