Pre-Law Course

Sunday, January 11, 2009

In March I am taking up a position as a lecturer in the Pre-Law Alternative Entry Course at Murdoch University. The pre-law program is an alternative entry course to study law.

The pre-law course is designed to attract people who have the intellectual ability to study law but do not have recognized qualifications that would allow them entry to the Law School through the normal channels.

The alternative entry course recognizes that learning for some people takes place outside of formal education. This viewpoint is certainly supported by the number of students who have successfully completed the Pre-Law Course and gone on to win some prestigious Murdoch law prizes.

The course, which comprises approximately the same contact time, workload and rigor of a three point law unit, will consist of:

•    Three lectures covering the Australian Legal System;

•     Two intensive library tutorial sessions;

•     Seven lectures covering the Law of Contract;

•     Two assessable projects;

•     A final exam.

As an advocate of alternative entry programs I am very pleased to have been offered the opportunity to be a part of this program.

The University is currently taking applications for the March course. The course will run on Wednesday evenings from 11 March 2009 to 10 June 2009.