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Table of Contents SUMMER ELECTIVES ......................................................................3
5035LAW: Health Care Law ........................................................4 5212LAW: Sports Law ...................................................................5 5061LAW: Advanced Family Law Clinic ...................................6 5056LAW: Vis Moot Written .........................................................7 5065LAW: Native Title ..................................................................8 5241LAW: Prison Law ...................................................................9 5327LAW: Wild Law: The Theory and Practice of Earth Jurisprudence .............................................................................. 10 5239LAW: Jessup Moot .............................................................. 11 5278LAW: Law without Walls International Clinic ............... 12
2016 GULS Summer Electives Guide Authors: Avery Schoen | Education Officer Madison Edwards | Education Officer Editors: Kathryn Townsend | Vice President Education Rhys Kasper | President Jesse Hill | Local Fool Griffith University Law Society | www.guls.org | 2016
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Summer ELECTIVES
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HEALTH CARE LAW 5035LAW Course Convenor Dr Colleen Davis colleen.davis@griffith.edu.a u
Campus Offering Gold Coast Campus Mode of Teaching On Campus Pre-Requisite Courses None Notes The course will be run as an intensive.
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Course Description:
This course builds on undergraduate courses such as criminal law, torts and contract law to explore the legal aspects of the provision of health services and related developments in technology. Topics covered include the interface between the criminal law and health professionals; medical negligence; issues at the beginning and end of life such as abortion and euthanasia; patient rights including consent and privacy; and other topical issues such as tissue transplantation, AIDS, assisted reproduction and surrogacy. The course will also consider the intersection of law with ethics and morality in the management of health. The course focuses on the legal position in Queensland, but will also refer to other Australian and overseas jurisdictions. The course is not offered online. It is delivered in the form of workshops, and these will not be recorded. Students will be expected to prepare for workshops, and attend and participation in class discussion. In addition to attendance four hours a day, students need to set aside about three hours a day for reading and preparation. Student Comment: I highly recommend this course to students that have a passion or interest for the influential interaction and relationship between the health care system and legal system in Australia. I found the content really interesting, and quite different to other subjects. I was exposed to a dynamic variety of cases, ranging from the psychological and legal requirements of getting a sex change, to the contentious ethical issues with euthanasia, and the separation of conjoint twins. Extremely beneficial for those who are interested to pursue a career in criminal law, or even personal injuries (medical negligence). No chances of getting bored with such engaging content presented in a couple weeks of collaborative classes. Assessment Profile:
This information is based off the 2015 Course Profile and is subject to change
50% Presentation – Technical or Professional 50% Assignment – Problem Solving Assignmen Page 4 || GULS Summer Electives Guide
SPORTS LAW 5212LAW Course Convenor Tim Fuller tfuller@millsoakley.com.au
Campus Offering Gold Coast Campus
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Course Description: The topics that make up this course are areas that are commonly encountered by sports lawyers, managers, agents, administrators and athletes in sport. They include organisational structure of sporting groups, sporting contracts; intellectual property rights in sport, competition law in sport, specialised sporting tribunals; doping law and policy, discrimination in sport and behavioural misconduct in sport. Student Comment:
Mode of Teaching On Campus Pre-Requisite Courses
If representing sports stars through legal agency interests you then check out sports law! Tim Fuller, former Gold Coast Titan turned successful sports lawyer (with an impressive clientele of star athletes at his disposal); will teach you the ropes in engaging and interesting classes. You will look into a variety of sport related quasi-legal issues and areas, and receive hands on advice from a number of industry professionals and special guests.
None Assessment Profile:
Notes Four day course taught over two consecutive weekends.
40% Presentation – Technical or Professional – Court of Arbitration for Sport – Written Submission 60% Assignment – Research-based Assignment – Research Paper
This information is based off the 2015 Course Profile and is subject to change
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ADVANCED FAMILY LAW 5061LAW Course Convenor Zoe Rathus z.rathus@griffith.edu.au
Campus Offering Nathan Campus
Mode of Teaching On Campus
Pre-Requisite Courses
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Course Description: Advanced Family Law Clinic involves a major clinical component which is supplemented by attendance at seminars in which skills and particular areas of client work are considered. The clinical component of the course involves students taking responsibility for assisting people in relation to family law issues at Caxton Legal Centre. Their work is fully supervised by an experienced solicitors and academics. The classroom component of the course involves intensive teaching in respect of the issues which arise at the clinic followed by student-led seminars throughout the semester dealing with legal skills and important issues in family law practice. Students also attend at the Brisbane Family Law Duty Lawyer Service operated by Caxton and observe the work of that service.
5027LAW Family Law
Notes Enrolment in this Course is by Successful Selection in the Ballot Process. It is limited to 6 students. Ballot process information can be obtained from the law school.
Assessment Profile: 20% Presentation – Seminar participation and presentation 60% Workplace based assessment – Placement performance 20% Workplace based assessment – Duty Lawyer Observation and Reflection
This information is based off the 2015 Course Profile and is subject to change
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VIS MOOT WRITTEN 5056LAW Course Convenor Dr. Therese Wilson Therese.wilson@griffith.edu .au
Prof. Mary Keyes m.keyes@griffith.edu.au
Campus Offering Nathan Campus Mode of Teaching On Campus Pre-Requisite Courses 5177LAW International Arbitration Notes Enrolment into this course is through audition, and only students who have completed 5177LAW International Arbitration are eligible. The audition and selection process will be explained to students during their study of International Arbitration.
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Course Description: The Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot is an annual competition involving teams representing law schools throughout the world. In 2016, we will be competing in Hong Kong against approximately 100 other teams. The Moot is designed as a clinical tool to train law students in the writing of memoranda of argument and the oral presentation of those arguments. The first component of the moot - which is the subject matter of this course - is a written exercise, which concerns issues of international contracting relating to the sale or purchase of goods under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and other uniform international commercial law, in the context of an arbitration of a dispute under specified Arbitration Rules. Student comment: If you've successfully completed International Arbitration at any point in your degree, you're eligible to try out for the Vis Moot (which is run as 2 courses - first the written with approximately 8 students and then the oral with approximately 4 students). I strongly recommend you give it a go. You're not forced to try out for the oral team (although I highly recommend that too!) so if mooting isn't your forte but you work well in a team, enjoy a challenge and can write a mean memorandum of argument, Vis Written may be the summer course for you! It's a fantastic way of applying your legal skills as you work your way through a lengthy hypothetical, complete with exhibits, witness statements, you name it. It's one of the only opportunities you'll get in Law School to work a case from start to finish, with excellent guidance from the coaches (Dr Therese Wilson and Prof Mary Keyes) along the way. Assessment Profile: 10% Peer Assessment – (Throughout) 35% Guided Discussion with Peers 5% Workplace Based Assessment 50% Assignment – Research-based Assignment
This information is based off the 2015 Course Profile and is subject to change
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5065LAW NATIVE TITLE 5065LAW Course Convenor Heron Loban h.loban@griffith.edu.au
Campus Offering Nathan Campus
Mode of Teaching On Campus
Pre-Requisite Courses 3014LAW – Property 1 3016LAW – Constitutional Law
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Course Description: In recent years, native title has emerged as a dynamic and complex area of legal practice. As suggested by the title, this course focuses on the law and practice of native title. In doing so, it looks at the common law principles established in Mabo and the legislative response, the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth). The course explores the development of the legislation, the various amendments and the case law. It also looks at Indigenous issues such as cultural heritage, resource management, land rights and Indigenous sovereignty. The course is designed to introduce students to the increasingly complex web of laws and regulations which impact on native title. Assessment Profile: 30% Presentation – Negotiation Brief 10% Assignment – Class Workshop Negotiation 60% Take Home Exam
Notes
This information is based off the 2015 Course Profile and is subject to change
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5241LAW PRISON LAW 5241LAW Course Convenor Matilda Alexander matilda.alexander@qut.edu.au
Campus Offering South Bank Campus
Mode of Teaching On Campus
Pre-Requisite Courses Notes
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Course Description: Prison Law considers the legal aspects of incarceration, aside from criminal law. Content covers the body of principles and procedures by which prisons are managed, controlled and supervised. An understanding of the legal rights available to prisoners will be developed. Although the course will focus on Australian developments, other jurisdictions will be considered especially as relates to intersectionality and human rights. Convenor Comment: It has been said that “the law for most purposes tends to stop at the prison gates.� This course considers how far the rule of law extends beyond the prison gates in contemporary jurisprudence. Prison law is an important topic to consider as a whole because of rising incarceration rates and the disproportionate effect on disadvantaged people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. In Australia, our history and apparent future extensively utilizes the total institution of the prison, yet little attention has been paid to the legal frameworks and remedies for prisoner rights. This course will provide an insight into an area of law that is exceptionally susceptible to violations of rights. It will deepen a practical understanding of other areas of law including administrative law.
Assessment Profile: 50% Assignment 50% Exam
This information is based off the 2015 Course Profile and is subject to change
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5327LAW WILD LAW: THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF EARTH JURISPRUDENCE
5327LAW
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Course Description:
Course Convenor Michelle Maloney m.maloney@griffith.edu
Campus Offering Nathan Campus
Mode of Teaching On Campus
Pre-Requisite Courses
Notes
Earth Jurisprudence is an emerging field of legal philosophy that critiques law and governance from an Earth centred perspective and proposes new approaches to law, economics and governance. This course introduces students to selected ecological, social, ethical and legal issues that must be addressed by industrial societies if we are to respond to life threatening climate change and ecological destruction. It will examine existing and emerging Earth centred legal regimes in Ecuador, Bolivia, the USA and New Zealand, and enable students to analyse the potential of implementing Earth centred law in Australia. It will consider the implications of Earth Jurisprudence for Australian domestic law, including: property law, the doctrine of standing, constitutional law and ‘traditional’ environmental and planning law. it also introduces students to alternative legal frameworks being proposed and implemented by wild law advocates, including the Rights of Nature, Ecocide, Earth democracy and rightsbased approaches to local environmental law making. This course will enable students to analyse and critique the current legal system and design new approaches to law and governance in the 21st century. Assessment Profile: 10% Assignment – Short Commentary – Nature Reflection 50% Assignment – Critical Evaluation 40% Exam – Understanding of Course Content
This information is based off the 2015 Course Profile and is subject to change
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5239LAW JESSUP MOOT 5239LAW
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Course Description:
Course Convenor Don Anton d.anton@griffith.edu.au
Campus Offering Nathan Campus
Mode of Teaching On Campus
Pre-Requisite Courses 5045 Public International Law
Notes
This course uses the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Competition to enable students to gain significant experience in written and oral advocacy in international law before a simulated international tribunal. As the International Law Students Association highlights, "Jessup is the world's largest moot court competition, with participants from over 550 law schools in more than 80 countries. The Competition is a simulation of a fictional dispute between countries before the International Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the United Nations Assessment Profile: 40% Assignment – Respondent Memorial 40% Assignment – Applicant Memorial 20% Exam – Presentation – Oral Argument
Notes: The course is capped at 5 students, selected through a competitive process. Criteria include: moot experience, transcript, interview, writing sample, and short research and writing exercise.
This course is run from November 2016 to March 2017.
This information is based off the 2015 Course Profile and is subject to change
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5278LAW LAW WITHOUT WALLS INTERNATIONAL CLINIC 5278LAW Course Convenor John Flood j.flood@griffith.edu.au
Campus Offering Gold Coast Campus
Mode of Teaching Mixed Mode, Supervised Research
Pre-Requisite Courses Students must be in their final or penultimate Year
Notes
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Course Description: Law Without Walls brings together over 30 law and business schools from around the world in a collaborative course that includes undertaking projects and participating in online seminars over the course of four months. LWOW has the following elements. 1. LWOW begins with a KickOff, a face to face meeting, held at one of the participating schools in January. The KickOff brings together all the participating students and the LWOW faculty. A series of exercises are held over two days to prepare the students for the course. In addition, the students are introduced to the faculty who consist of academics, practitioners, entrepreneurs, technologists, and venture capitalists. During the KickOff the students are formed into multi-cultural groups and assigned a set of mentors from the faculty. Finally, the groups are assigned a theme which forms the basis of the project design. 2. Following the KickOff LWOW moves into online mode during which the students attend a weekly seminar and begin work on their projects. There are regular monitoring sessions to assess progress in the project work and also to ensure the groups remain cohesive and functional. Attendance at the weekly seminars is compulsory. And from time to time students will be expected to present or discuss issues in the seminars. 3. The final component of LWOW is the ConPosium, which is held at the University of Miami in April. All students and faculty attend. The groups will present their projects and be evaluated and judged. Criteria include quality of substance, viability of project, and the presentation itself. The project with the highest score will be eligible to enter an incubator program for development. 4. All alumni of LWOW are expected to become future members of the mentor group and continue their participation in whatever form is suitable. Assessment Profile: TBA
This information is based off the 2015 Course Profile and is subject to change
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