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LAWS14005 - Legal Knowledge Design for Change

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Legal processes and regulatory systems frequently operate at the fulcrum of social conflict and as the contested site of social change. Legal professionals function as change managers in the facilitation of legal systemic change and in the preservation of important principles such as fundamental rights. In this unit you will apply legal problem solving skills in a practical context which may include a workplace environment, a community engagement project, a government inquiry, through an international study experience or within the university research and learning community. In this context you will critically analyse the legal and regulatory environment, develop a practical solution to legal change management and reflect on the process of implementation. This unit will consolidate your existing legal knowledge in your chosen field of investigation and transform this through development of expertise in knowledge design, change management and social innovation. Your outcomes may include a strategy of engagement with a program of legal reform, design and curation of information resources for facilitation of change or the development of an organisational response to the challenge of regulatory and cultural change.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 4
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite:

Enrolment in CH75 Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

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).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2018

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 1 - 2018

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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 70%
2. Written Assessment 30%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2019 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 5 (on a 5 point Likert scale), based on a 66.67% response rate.

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.

Source: Personal Reflection.
Feedback
Artefact and reflection due on the same date, so they can be marked together.
Recommendation
Artefact and reflection due on the same date
Action Taken
Due dates remained one week apart this year, but students were provided more guidance on completion of the reflection activity earlier in the semester.
Source: Personal reflection
Feedback
This year a more cohesive structure was instigated which incorporated more emphasis on Social Innovation and the SDGs
Recommendation
Continue with this strategy as it was very well received by students.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Personal reflection
Feedback
Some of the texts were unavailable as eBooks which can be difficult for distance learners.
Recommendation
Negotiate with library well in advance to ensure eBook copies of all relevant texts are available to students.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: personal reflection
Feedback
This unit is interdisciplinary and could be offered to students in other disciplines interested in completing honours on legal or regulatory topics.
Recommendation
Discuss this option with honours coordinator.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Critically analyse the legal and regulatory aspects of a site of social change, social innovation or inequality and resistance to change
  2. Design and curate knowledge resources that address the change process and facilitate effective and ethical change management
  3. Transform existing knowledge of a legal problem and transmit outcomes to the relevant audience
  4. Work autonomously to plan a project, regularly review progress and reflect on learning
  5. Collaborate with peers and stakeholders, exercising judgment in negotiating the most effective solutions to the legal problem.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Written Assessment
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
3 - Critical Thinking
4 - Information Literacy
5 - Team Work
6 - Information Technology Competence
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Written Assessment