Quality paralegal practice depends on legal reasoning abilities, an understanding of legal problems, and well-developed communication skills.
The Diploma of Paralegal Practice will prepare you for legal support work with foundational knowledge about legal principles and legal systems. You'll learn how to analyse legal policy and consider its implications for practice.Your studies explore historical and contemporary legal matters, including contentious national and international political issues relating to human rights and environmental law. Assessment tasks will enhance your ability to prepare written advice and develop arguments in response to legal problems. You will graduate with an understanding of ethical practice with essential skills across legal reasoning, research, and effective communication.Learning Outcomes:
1 Analyse and interpret legal materials to identify and assess legal problems.
2 Prepare basic legal advice to achieve solutions, using foundational knowledge of law, legal principles and legal systems appropriate to local and transnational contexts.
3 Work collaboratively and independently to inform the resolution of legal and ethical issues that incorporate diverse perspectives.
4 Implement legal research strategies utilising a variety of digital and other resources to inform legal arguments and advice.
5 Articulate persuasive arguments, in written and spoken form, to a range of audiences.Course structure
The Diploma of Paralegal Practice requires the completion of 100 credit points comprising;
50 credit points of Core units; and
50 credit points of Core Option units.