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Name: Laura Grenfell
Room: 3.27
Phone: 83135777
Email: laura.grenfell@adelaide.edu.au

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Apply human rights law to real problems;
2. Enhance research and advocacy skills; 
3. Develop the capacity to analyse, evaluate and synthesise information from a wide variety of sources and experiences;
4. Develop critical thinking and problem solving skills;
5. Apply good inter-personal and communication skills in both written and oral communication and independently and as a member of a team; and,
6. Further enhance written and oral skills in the explanation of, analysis and synthesis of legal principle.

There is no set textbook in this course.

Assignment instructions will be made available on MyUni.

The internships enable students to build on their understanding of the theory of human rights law by gaining an appreciation of its practical operation. The course aims to give depth and context to students’ existing knowledge of human rights law. It is expected that students will be involved in day-to-day activities of their internship office and gain a broad understanding of how such organisations operate and of the operation of human rights law generally.

The University expects full-time students (ie those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of up to 48 hours per week to their studies. In law, this figure represents the bare minimum necessary to an understanding of the concepts covered.

Students are required to undertake a minimum of six weeks full time work for this internship placement.

There are no scheduled learning activities for this course. Instead, each student will be involved in the day to day activities of their host organisation and will be able to receive from the course coordinator regular feedback on their interim assessment as well as assistance in formulating their research essay question.

The course gives students academic credit for ‘internships’ with human rights law organisations that are of a duration of 6 weeks minimum.

Assessment Task	% of final mark	Due date	Length	Task Type	Redeemable	Learning Outcome
Diary summaries	30% (ie 10% each)	Intermittently during the course of the internship (ie every 2-3 weeks) and the final diary summary is due on or before Wednesday, Swotvac week, 2pm.	3 x 500 words	individual	no	1, 4, 5,6
Research Essay	60%	On or before Wednesday, Swotvac week, 2pm.	3500 words Max	individual	no	2, 3, 5,6
Reflection on research methodology	10%	On or before Wednesday, Swotvac week, 2pm.	500 words	individual	no	1, 4, 5
Organisation briefing	Pass/fail	On or before Wednesday, Swotvac week, 2pm.	1-2 pages	individual	n/a	1

The portfolio has four components:

(1) an agreed research task/essay (3500 words) (worth 60%);

(2) a reflection on research methodology employed in the research task (up to 500 words) (worth 10%);

(3) a briefing on the operation of the organisation and your role at the organisation (1-2 pages) (pass/fail); and

(4) 3 x 500 word diary summaries (worth 10% each) to be emailed during the course of the internship that identify and analyse
(i) how the internship is helping to develop your legal skills;
(ii) the legal texts/instruments that are relevant to your practice of international/human rights law;
(iii) the in/efficiency of the legal processes you are observing/interacting with, and;
(iv) how political dynamics are impacting on the practice of  international/human rights law of your organisation (in total worth 30%).

The first of these summaries must be submitted in the first 2-3 weeks of the internship so that feedback can be provided to assist in the preparation of subsequent summaries and preparation of the research essay.

1. The Agreed Research Task
The subject of your research task will be negotiated with the subject co-ordinator and, if possible, your internship supervisor. Ideally the focus of this research task/essay should be a practical one relating to your internship.

For example, if you are asked to research and write a paper for the organisation, you may use this as the base of your task/essay as long as you have the organisation’s permission to do so. This permission is important, especially where the material you are looking at is of a confidential nature.
Or you can use your experience as the basis of your paper – eg. How does the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review operate? Is it  effective? Why/why not? How could it be reformed?

1. All assignments must be submitted electronically via Turnitin. This means that all papers will be electronically checked for plagiarism. All assessments will be submitted and monitored through text or code comparative software (e.g. Turnitin) where possible.
2. There will be a penalty of 5% per day or part thereof for any late submission without a formal extension of the time granted.
3. The Portfolio must:

• Be footnoted (substantive footnotes will be included in the word count)
• Be double-spaced and paginated
• Have a bibliography appropriate for the topic
  Adhere to the word limit.

Students must retain a copy of all assignments submitted.

All written work in the Law school is required to comply with the approved Law School style guide, The Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed).

Extensions: Requests for extensions must be made electronically according to law school policy. Extensions will be granted only for unexpected illness, hardship or on compassionate grounds in accordance with University Policy. Work commitments, travel, holidays or sporting engagements are not unexpected circumstances.

Late Submission: 5% of the total mark possible will be deducted for every 24 hours or part thereof that it is late, including each day on a weekend. For example, an essay that is submitted after the due date and time but within the first 24 hour period, and that has been graded at 63%, will have 5% deducted, for a final grade of 58%. An essay that is more than 24 hours late will lose 10%, etc. Hard copy submissions made after 5.00pm on a Friday will be assumed to have been submitted on the next business day and will be penalised accordingly.

Word Length: Assignments which exceed the allocated length (word length or page limit) will be subject to a penalty of 5% of total marks possible per 100 words or part thereof (ie with a word limit of 3,000, an essay graded 63% will have 5% deducted if it is 3001 words long, for a final grade of 58%, 10% if it is 3101 words long, etc). Words are calculated including all footnotes and headings within the text but excluding cover page information. Quotations and all referencing information are included in the word count.

Finality of Assessment Grades

Students are advised that Course Coordinators will not enter into negotiations of any kind with any student regarding changes to their grades. It is irrelevant, in any given circumstance, that only a minimal number of additional marks are required to inflate a student’s grade for any individual assessment item or course as a whole. Pursuant to the University’s Assessment for Coursework Programs Policyand the Adelaide Law School Assessment Policies and Procedures, grades may only be varied through the appropriate channels for academic review (such as an official re-mark).

Moderation

In accordance with the University’s Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy, course coordinators ‘ensure that appropriate marking guidelines and cross-marking moderation processes across markers are in place’ in each course. Procedures adopted by Adelaide Law School to ensure consistency of marking in courses with multiple markers include:

• assurance of the qualifications of markers, and their knowledge of the content covered in each course;
• detailed marking guidelines and assessment rubrics to assist in the marking of items of assessment;
• sharing of example marked assessments at various grade bands across markers;
• reviewing of selected marked assessments from each marker by the course coordinator;
• comparison of the marks and their distribution across markers;
• automatic double-marking of all interim assessment receiving a fail grade, and of final assessments where a student’s overall result is a fail grade;
• the availability of re-marking of assessments in accordance with Adelaide Law School’s Assessment Policies and Procedures.

Approval of Results by Board of Examiners

Students are reminded that all assessment results are subject to approval (and possible moderation/change) by the Law School’s Board of Examiners. Assessment results at the University are not scaled. Under the Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy, students are assessed ‘by reference to their performance against pre-determined criteria and standards … and not by ranking against the performance of the student cohort in the course’. However, under that same policy, the Board of Examiners (as the relevant Assessment Review Committee for courses at Adelaide Law School) is required to ‘ensure comparability of standards and consistency’ in assessment. On occasions, the Board of Examiners will form the view that some moderation is required to ensure the comparability of standards and consistency across courses and years, and accordingly provide fairness to all law students. All assessment results are therefore subject to approval (and possible change) until confirmed by the Board of Examiners and posted on Access Adelaide at the end of each semester.

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Lex Salus Program

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Students can participate in the Lex Salus program by attending barbecue lunches, pancake breakfasts, knitting and crochet circles, seminars, guest speakers, conferences and other activities. Our , and regular all-student emails promote upcoming events, and have tips and information on wellness.

Our Lex Salus YouTube channel also includes videos on topics like managing stress, and interviews with LGBTQ lawyers and their supporters which celebrate diversity and individuality. Students who commit to 10 hours of volunteering with Lex Salus in one year can have their service recognised on their academic transcript and through a thank you morning tea with the Chief Justice and law school staff.

Student Life Counselling Support

The University’s service provides free and confidential service to all enrolled students. We encourage you to contact the Student Life Counselling Support service on 8313 5663 to make an appointment to deal with any issues that may be affecting your study and life.

Academic Integrity

All students must be familiar with the University’s Academic Integrity Policy. Academic Misconduct is a serious matter and is treated as such by the Law School and the University. Academic Misconduct (which goes beyond plagiarism) can be a ground for a refusal by the Supreme Court of South Australia to admit a person to practice as a legal practitioner in South Australia. Academic Integrity is an essential aspect of ethical and honest behaviour, which is central to the practice of the law and an understanding of what it is to be a lawyer.