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As course staff work in the South Australian legal profession all communication should be directed to the GDLP Coordinator, Desiree Holland in the first instance: gdlpenquiries@lawsocietysa.asn.au

The GDLP Coordinator will contact the appropriate course staff as necessary.

Course Supervisor: Kerry Antoniou

Course Coordinator (Adelaide Law School): James Stewart

This course will be taught intensively. Full details of seminars and activities are made available on MyUni course website
prior to the course commencing. 

Students are required to attend all seminars.

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

1	Identify dispute-resolution processes incorporating client concerns and circumstances.
2	Interpret and transmit knowledge of family law matters to a diverse audience.
3	Analyse a case study within a group.
4	Apply critical thinking and problem solving skills to family law issues.
5	Plan for and implement strategies for the inclusion of cultural diversity.
6	Reflect on their abilities to effectively work within Family Law.

No textbooks are assigned for GDLP courses.

Seminar resources and readings are available on MyUni ONLY. Students must bring electronic devices to seminars to access seminar materials.

Due to an emphasis on current legal practice other materials may be added after the course outline has been posted. Students are required to check MyUni regularly (at least weekly) to keep up to date.

Most course resources are provided to students ONLINE via MyUni. Relevant law can be accessed online via:

http://www.comlaw.gov.au/
http://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/index.aspx
http://www.austlii.edu.au/

Due to the emphasis on current legal practice, other materials may be added after the course outline has been posted. Students are required to check MyUni regularly (at least weekly) to keep up to date.

The course is supported by the MyUni course website. The website contains the following resources:

1. Course information – including seminar schedule and assessment outline.
2. Course materials – such as lecture presentations, seminar materials, readings and resources.
3. Assessment – items of assessment and online submission.
4. Grade centre – where students’ results for assessments are entered.

MyUni will also be used to post announcements. Students are expected to check MyUni regularly (at least weekly) to keep up to date.

Students should regularly check their 成人大片 email.

The course will be taught intensively. Compulsory face to face interactive, problem-solving seminars and practical exercises are supported by online lectures and readings. 

Students must come prepared for seminars and, where applicable, having listened to online lectures, undertaken prior reading and developed draft responses to seminar questions.

A reminder that students must bring along electronic devices to the seminar so they can access the seminar materials electronically. A limited number of hard copy resources may be available.

Attendance at seminars is necessary to ensure that students are part of the interactive and reflective learning environment (which enhances learning outcomes) and provides students with the ability to develop their collaborative and oral presentation skills. Students are expected to behave in an ethical and professional manner as would be expected in the workplace environment (as per the professional conduct rules and standards). 

Full details of seminars and activities are made available on the MyUni course website prior to the course commencing. 

Attendance at all seminars is compulsory. Missing seminars will put you at a severe disadvantage in completing the requirements of the course. In most cases, assessment tasks are strongly linked to seminars activities with some assessment occurring during seminars.

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

Contact time

This course will be taught intensively. For those attending classes on either weekdays or weekends, 1 full day of seminars will be scheduled. For those attending evening classes (these classes will only be run subject to sufficient enrolment numbers), an equivalnet number of attendance hours will be required.

Preparation time

In addition to attending formal classes it is anticipated that students will do substantial independent work to prepare for classes and to complete the course assessments.

The University expects full time students, in particular those enrolled over a 6 month rather than 12 month period, to devote in excess of 40 hours per week to their studies. 

Learning activities will involve an intensive seminar series as well as online lectures and materials to be used in preparation for the seminars. 

- Lectures are a teacher-driven learning activity; relaying of knowledge and information. 
- Seminars are more interactive than lectures. Students are expected to prepare answers to seminar questions to facilitate useful in-class discussions between peers. As such, seminars are largely student driven. Seminar leaders are learning facilitators. 

Assessment tasks are also learning activities. 

A detailed seminar schedule will be posted to MyUni prior to the course commencing.

The course is based on the rules of the Legal Practitioners Education and Admission Council (LPEAC) 2004 and Law Admissions Consultative Committee 2015 which specifies the expected competency standards for entry level lawyers at the point of admission. 

In this course, the following elements of the National Competency Standards for Entry Level Lawyers are embedded:

• Ethics and professional responsibility
• Lawyers skills
• Problem solving
• Work management and business skills 

Students are required to demonstrate, where appropriate, the following:

• Punctuality
• Workload management and ability to adhere to deadlines
• Active engagement in practical activities
• Respectful behaviour towards others
• A high level of confidentiality at all times
• Satisfactory completion of prescribed exercises

For further information see: GDLP Hurdle Requirements

All students will be required to undertake a Workplace Experience placement and complete 5 units of CPD. Please see the 2018 GDLP Guide for details.

Assessments will be made available to students, prior to the nominated deadline. Assessment deadlines will be posted on MyUni prior to the course commencing.

All assessments are competency based (non-graded pass). Competence must be demonstrated in ALL assessment tasks and activities. MyUni requires a numerical value to display that competency has been demonstrated. Please note:

1 – Competency has been achieved (non-graded pass)
0 = Competency has not yet been achieved (re-submission required).

Assessment Task	Task Type	Due	Weighting	Redeemable	Learning Outcome
Draft Orders Childrens Matters	Individual	second week of course	n/a	no	1 - 6
Letter of Advice - Property Settlement	Individual	third week of course	n/a	no	1 - 6

In this course, the following elements of the National Competency Standards for Entry Level Lawyers are embedded:

Ethics and professional responsibility
Lawyers skills
Problem solving
Work management and business skills
Students are required to demonstrate, where appropriate, the following:

Punctuality
Workload management and ability to adhere to deadlines
Active engagement in practical activities
Respectful behaviour towards others
A high level of confidentiality at all times
Satisfactory completion of prescribed exercise
*Assesment deadlines will be provided prior to the course commencing.

Assessments will be made available to students, prior to the nominated deadline. Assessment deadlines will be posted on MyUni prior to the course commencing.

All assessments are competency based (non-graded pass). Competence must be demonstrated in ALL assessment tasks and activities.  MyUni requires a numerical value to display that competency has been demonstrated. Please note:

1 – Competency has been achieved (non-graded pass)
0 = Competency has not yet been achieved (re-submission required).

In this course, the following elements of the National Competency Standards for Entry Level Lawyers are embedded:

• Ethics and professional responsibility
• Lawyers skills
• Problem solving
• Work management and business skills

Students are required to demonstrate, where appropriate, the following:

• Punctuality
• Workload management and ability to adhere to deadlines
• Active engagement in practical activities
• Respectful behaviour towards others
• A high level of confidentiality at all times
• Satisfactory completion of prescribed exercise

Assessments will be made available to students, prior to the nominated deadline. Assessment deadlines will be posted on MyUni prior to the course commencing.

Assessments guidelines will be provided for each assesssment task. Unless otherwise stated, there will be no prescribed word limit for assessments. This is because the purpose of the GDLP program is to facilitate your transition from undergraduate academic law studies to the legal professional employment environment through the demonstration and practice of professionally-based skills and competencies. 

All assessments are competency based (non-graded pass). Competence must be demonstrated in all assessment tasks and activities.  MyUni requires a numerical value to display that competency has been demonstrated. Please note:

1 – Competency has been achieved (non-graded pass)
0 = Competency has not yet been achieved (re-submission required).

Students must retain a copy of all assignments submitted.

All assignments in this course are to be submitted electronically through Turnitin. Submissions to Turnitin are to be in Microsoft Word format (NOT in pdf)’.

Students work will be marked in accordance with the marking rubric. 

Resubmission 

Students are required to demonstrate competency in all elements of the national competency standards and failure to do so will result in the relevant assessment being marked as non-competent. If the assessment is deemed non-competent students may be offered the opportunity to revise and resubmit the assessment. Students granted a resubmission will have up to 2 days from the time they are informed by email from the LSSA GDLP team to resubmit the assessment. In most cases only the parts of the assessment that do not attain competence will be required to be resubmitted. Only ONE opportunity is provided for resubmission. 

Note: Students who submit an assignment late will not be granted an opportunity to resubmit should the assignment be deemed non-competent. 

Assessments that do not attain competence on resubmission (fail), per University policy, are double-marked before the results are released back to the student. The first and second markers discuss what the final result will be.

Extensions 

Requests for extensions must be made electronically via GDLP Enquiries GDLPEnquiries@lawsocietysa.asn.au  Students MUST apply for an extension prior to the deadline. 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 

Students who submit an assignment late may not be granted an opportunity to resubmit should the assignment be deemed non-competent.

In this course all assessment and course results are competency based (non-graded pass) as per the table below.

Competence must be demonstrated in all assessment tasks and activities.

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

Grade	Grade reflects following criteria for allocation of grade	Reported on Official Transcript
Fail No Submission	No work submitted for assessment	FNS
Fail	Competency not demonstrated	F
Non-Graded Pass	Competency demonstrated	NGP
Result Pending	An interim result	RP
Continuing	Continuing	CN
No Formal Examination	No formal examination	NFE

Courses for which a result of conceded pass has been obtained may not be presented towards the degree requirements for the Bachelor of Laws or the Honours Degree of Bachelor of Laws programs, or any postgraduate law program, nor to satisfy prerequisite requirements within any law course.

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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The centre offers practical advice and strategies for students to master reading, writing, note-taking, time management, oral presentation skills, referencing techniques and exam preparation for success at university through seminars, workshops and individual consultations.

Lex Salus Program

Lex Salus (law and wellbeing) is an initiative of the Adelaide Law School aimed at destigmatising mental health issues; promoting physical, mental and emotional wellness; building a strong community of staff and students; and celebrating diversity within the school. It also seeks to promote wellness within the legal profession, through the involvement of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia, the Honourable Chris Kourakis, as the official Patron of the program.

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 Honesty

Academic dishonesty is a serious act of academic misconduct. All students must be familiar with the University’s Academic Honesty Policy.

Academic dishonesty is a serious matter and is treated as such by the Law School and the University. Academic dishonesty (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 honesty 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.