In this capstone unit, students will draw together the theoretical, practical and professional skills and knowledge acquired throughout their degree and demonstrate this by creating significant real-world products (projects or research). Students will reflect on their disciplinary learning in law and/or justice throughout their degree as they are guided in the transition to their professional career. To facilitate this transition, students will develop enhanced professional skills.

This unit can form part of honours for honours students, or be taken in the final semester of the non-honours LLB course. All students must have passed 11251 Foundations of Law and Justice.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Create career-readiness, a clear professional identity, and insight into the skills, knowledge and personal attributes necessary to meet the standards of performance and practice expected by their profession;
2. Critically reflect on their academic learning and the development of skills throughout their degree and consider their ongoing development into their professional lives;
3. Synthesise high-level conceptual and practical understanding and relevant disciplinary knowledge to develop useful solutions to real-world problems in their research project;
4. Critically analyse the impact of the legal and/or justice professions on society including Indigenous perspectives on justice & society; and
5. Demonstrate advanced skills in professional research and writing and include reflection on legal, social, ethical and policy issues effectively (research project).

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development

Prerequisites

Students in a Bachelor of Laws must have passed at least 72 credit points and students in a Bachelor of Justice Studies must have passed at least 48 credit points including the 6 credit points for 11251 Foundations of Law and Justice before enrolling in this unit.

Corequisites

This unit is only available to students in a Bachelor of Laws or Bachelor of Justice Studies course.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

7019 Advanced Legal Research and Writing and 8358 Advanced Legal Research and Writing (Honours)

Assumed knowledge

None.