LAWS382-14S1 (C) Semester One 2014

Legal Internship

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 24 February 2014
End Date: Sunday, 29 June 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 7 March 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 23 May 2014

Description

Study of theoretical and practical issues relating to legal services.

This is a skills course in which students are given the opportunity to develop expertise in the real-world environment.  Students must have work (paid or voluntary) in a host organisation (which may be a law firm, community group, government organisation or business).  They will be expected to engage in legal work in that organisation and must work a minimum of 48 hours over the period of the course.

Students applying for this course are required to provide a CV and covering letter on submitting an Expression of Interest, which must be submitted via email to Mrs Heather Couch by 12noon on Tuesday 14 January 2014.

Prerequisites

(i)LAWS101; and (ii) LAWS110; and (iii) Subject to approval of Head of School.

Co-requisites

Course Coordinator

Robin Palmer

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Essay 06 Jun 2014 60%
Reflective Journal 06 Jun 2014 30%
Employer Certification 10%


Assessment will be by a weekly journal, detailing the pivotal points of each week’s experiences (3,000 words, worth 30%), an employer evaluation of competency (worth 10%) and a 7,000 word research essay (worth 60%, on a topic to be approved by the Head of School) .

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $709.00

International fee $3,388.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Faculty of Law .

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