Class participation:

Participation marks will be assessed primarily, but not only, on a student’s participation when on call on two occasions. In the first tutorial, students will be allocated to be on call in two tutorials during the course of the semester: once in Weeks 4-6 and once in Weeks 7 to 13. (The tutorial problems will be in the Reading Guide and on Canvas.)

Students who are on-call should prepare answers to the tutorial questions and be prepared to answer the tutor’s/other student’s questions on the tutorial topic. They should demonstrate that they have read the required starred cases and any other required reading, reflected on the issues raised by the question, and have analysed these issues in light of their reading.

Students must be present and participate at their allocated tutorials in order for their tutorial participation to count. In the event that a student is unable to be on call at their allocated tutorial, or at an alternative tutorial arranged with their tutor, due to special consideration or for any other reason, the student will be required to make a personal presentation on one or two allocated tutorial problems to the unit of study convenor, by Zoom or in person on a date to be arranged. A student who is unable for any reason to complete this alternative assessment will receive nil for the 10% allocated to tutorial participation. The objective of the task is to evaluate oral communication skills (ULO4) and for this reason there is no written substitute available for this part of the course, which is aimed at assisting students to develop essential skills for their legal studies and the Law School’s graduate attributes. 

In-semester test: students will complete a 1.5 hour open-book in-semester test, with an additional 30 minutes of reading time (total 2 hours). This will take place on campus at 6.30-8.30pm Thursday 30 March 2023, venue tbc. It will be a pen and paper test. 

The test will consist of a combination of multiple choice questions, short questions, and a problem question on topics 1-7.

A grant of special consideration will lead to a replacement test in Week 8 (during working hours, not in the evening).

Short-Release Final Assignment: students will complete a 3000 word problem-based assignment addressing topics 8-15. This is a short-release assignment that students will have 10 days to complete. The question will be released on 26/5/23 at 9am and due on 5/6/23 at 9am.

This is a problem-based assignment and not a research essay. It is designed to test students’ problem-solving ability, i.e. the ability to identify and analyse legal issues in a hypothetical fact scenario. It aims to test students’ understanding of the cases and legislation set out in the Reading Guide, and discussed in classes, although the best answers may follow up issues by reference to recommended texts and other sources, as appropriate.

Students are required to retain pre-submitted drafts of the assessment on file. The final document uploaded is the document that will be marked. Students are responsible for uploading the correct version of the correct document to the correct box for this subject.

A grant of special consideration will lead to an extension. No extensions will be permitted after the closing date, and any students who successfully apply for special consideration after the closing date will be required to complete an alternative assessment (which may be a different format to the original assignment). 

Word count penalty: A piece of assessment which exceeds the prescribed word limit will attract a penalty of 10% of the total marks available for the piece of assessment for every 100 words, or part thereof.  The total word count for written assessments will:

• Exclude: bibliography; footnote numbers; footnote citation; cover page and
• Include: body text; headings and sub-headings; quotations; anything other than numbers and citations in footnotes

Use of assistance: The use of assistance in preparing and editing assessment tasks in this unit of study is strictly prohibited. Assistance includes human and automated writing tools (not including spell checking).

Requirement to pass a unit of study: A student must attend no fewer than 8 tutorials and make a genuine attempt of both assignments for this unit of study in order to obtain a Pass grade (or above): failure to comply with this requirement will lead to an Absent Fail grade being recorded as the student’s result for this unit of study. ( Students are strongly advised to attend all tutorials.)

Detailed information for each assignment will be found on Canvas in the assignment instructions.