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Law Internship (Capstone)

Course convenor: Matthew Zagor
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: This course does not have standard teaching dates and times. Hours in the workplace will be negotiated with the host.
Course type: Compulsory
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start date.

Students must apply to enrol in this course. Please refer to this website for application dates and eligibility: https://law.anu.edu.au/law-internships

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Litigation and Dispute Management

Course convenor: Prue Bindon
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Compulsory
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Required Text: 

Stephen Colbran, Peta Spender and Tania Penovic, Civil Procedure: Commentary and Materials (LexisNexis, 8th ed, 2022).

A full list of readings will also be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Youth Law Clinic

Course convenor: Amy Kilpatrick
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements:  There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Community Law Clinic

Course convenor: Genevieve Bolton
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements:  There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Indigenous Community Legal Clinic

Course convenor: Genevieve Bolton
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements:  There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Environmental Law Clinic

Course convenor: Stephanie Booker
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements:  There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

International Law Clinic

Course convenor: Imogen Saunders
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements:  There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Prison Legal Clinic

Course convenor: Katrina Marson
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements:  There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Law Capstone Project

Course convenor: Jo Ford
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements:  There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Blockchain Legal Innovation I

Course convenor: Scott Chamberlain
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - Online
Textbook and reading requirements:  There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Law

Course convenor: Ron Levy
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Readings will be made available on Wattle.

Recommended Resources:

Statutes:

  • The Constitution
  • Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth)

Books:

  • Cheryl Saunders and Adrienne Stone, The Oxford Handbook of the Australian Constitution (Oxford University Press, 2018)
  • Ron Levy, Hoi Kong, Graeme Orr and Jeff King (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Deliberative Constitutionalism (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
  • Ron Levy, Ian O'Flynn and Hoi Kong, Deliberative Peace Referendums (Oxford University Press, 2021)

Key Journals:

  • I-CON (International Journal of Constitutional Law)
  • Federal Law Review
  • Public Law
  • Public Law Review
  • Comparative Constitutional Studies

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Tort Liability and Public Authorities

Course convenor: Benjamin Wickham
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

TBC

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Conflict of Laws

Course convenor: Kieran Pender
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. Readings will be made available on Wattle.

Recommended Resources:

Students seeking additional guidance may consult the two leading textbooks:

  • Martin Davies et al, Nygh’s Conflict of Laws In Australia (LexisNexis, 10th ed, 2019)
  • Reid Mortensen, Richard Garnett and Mary Keyes, Private International Law in Australia (LexisNexis, 5th ed, 2023)

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

International Humanitarian Law

Course convenor: Yasmin Naqvi
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. A list of readings will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date. 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

International Humanitarian Law

Course convenor: Yasmin Naqvi
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. A list of readings will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date. 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Chinese Law and Society

Course convenor: Clement Chen
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Required Text:

Jianfu Chen, Chinese Law: Context and Transformation. Revised and Expanded Edition (Nijhoff: Brill, 2016). E-copy available at ANU Law Library.

Recommended Resources: Albert HY Chen, An Introduction to the Chinese Legal System, Fifth Edition (Hong Kong: LexiNexis, 2019).

A full list of readings will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Postgraduate Law Dissertation

Course convenor: Jo Ford
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements:  There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Law Internship

Course convenor: Matthew Zagor
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: This course does not have standard teaching dates and times. Hours in the workplace will be negotiated with the host.
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There are no textbooks or required reading for this course. Please see the class summary published two weeks prior to the course start date.

Students must apply to enrol in this course. Please refer to this website for application dates and eligibility: https://law.anu.edu.au/law-internships

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Information Technology Law

Course convenor: Surend Dayal
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Required Text:

Ian Lloyd Information Technology Law (9th Ed, Oxford University Press).

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Information Technology Law

Course convenor: Surend Dayal
Teaching start date: 17-02-2025
Teaching end date: 23-05-2025
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 23-05-2025
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU MyTimetable
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Required Text:

Ian Lloyd Information Technology Law (9th Ed, Oxford University Press).

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.