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LAWS13011 Family Law
Family Law
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General Information

Overview

Family Law is a third-year unit delivered via intensive mode. The assessment in Family Law will require you to participate in advocacy-based tasks, which may include live oral assessment in the form of a viva voce, peer work conducting a hearing, written advice and submissions. Family Law will equip you with the knowledge and skills to practice family law. You will develop the ability to identify legal issues and structure legal arguments to resolve the issue. Family Law will provide you with an understanding of the legislation and case law relating to the dissolution of the marriage relationship and de facto relationship, financial arrangements including the division of property, spousal maintenance and child support, the role of dispute resolution in family law and negotiating child focused arrangements pertaining to children.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 3
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 10
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-Requisites:72 credit points in LAWS units including LAWS12078 Equity and Trusts

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 2 - 2025

Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Website

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Class and Assessment Overview

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This information will be available on Monday 19 May 2025
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Previous Student Feedback

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Student feedback via email, in Zoom sessions and SUTE

Feedback

The unit materials were available the day Moodle went live which was great for studying via intensive mode

Recommendation

In 2024 the UC should have all materials available on the day Moodle goes live for Term 2.

Feedback from SUTE feedback

Feedback

Some students felt week 1 had alot of content

Recommendation

In 2023 based on feedback from 2022, module 2 moved into week 1 so that students had an additional week to work on assessment 1 which is based on module 1 and module 2 (delivered via intensive mode in week 1). In 2024 the UC has already amended the unit profile to put module 2 back into week 2. In 2024 students will be reminded that they can access all materials for module 2 the day Moodle goes live.

Feedback from Student feedback via email, in Zoom sessions and SUTE

Feedback

Positive feedback from students in regard to the live Zoom sessions which discussed family law scenarios from a real life perspective

Recommendation

In 2024 the UC should continue to give examples of family law scenarios that will prepare students for practice as a family lawyer.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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This information will be available on Monday 23 June 2025
Academic Integrity Statement

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