THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES S nz Faculty of Law HANDBOOK 2000 THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES & Faculty of Law HANDBOOK 2000 Courses, programs and any arrangements for programs including staff allocated as stated in this Handbook are an expression of intent only. The University reserves the right to discontinue or vary arrangements at any time without notice. Information has been brought up to date as at 17 November 1999, but may be amended without notice by the University Council. © The University of New South Wales The address of the University of New South Wales is: The University of New South Wales SYDNEY 2052 AUSTRALIA Telephone: (02) 93851000 Facsimile: (02) 9385 2000 Email: [email protected] Telegraph: UNITECH, SYDNEY Telex: AA28054 http://www.unsw.edu.au Designed and published by Publishing and Printing Services, The University of New South Wales Printed by Sydney Allen Printers Pty Ltd ISSN 1323-7861 Contents Welcome 1 Changes to Academic Programs In 2000 3 Calendar of Dates 5 Staff 7 Handbook Guide 9 Faculty Information 11 General Faculty Information and Assistance 11 Faculty of Law Enrolment Procedures 11 Guidelines for Maximum Workload 11 Full-time Status 11 Part-time Status 11 Assessment of Student Progress 11 General Education Program 11 Professional Associates 12 Prizes 12 Advanced Standing 12 Cross Institutional Studies and Exchange Programs 12 Financial Assistance to Students 12 Commitment to Equal Opportunity In Education 13 Equal Opportunity in Education Policy Statement 13 Special Government Policies Student Equity 1'' Student Clubs and Societies Tiie Uw Society I"* Student Members of Faculty I"! Law Library 15 Computing at UNSW 15 Kingsford Legal Centre 15 indigenous Law Centre 15 Australian Human Rights Centre 15 European Law Centre 1® Australian Taxation Studies Program (ATAX) 16 Continuing Legal Education Centre 16 Communications Law Centre 16 National Children's and Youth Law Centre 16 Undergraduate Study ^ ^ Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Jurisprudence Qualification as a Legal Practitioner 17 College of Law 18 ANU Legal Workshop 18 Program Outlines Bactielor of Laws Degree Program (Full-time) for Graduates or Graduands 19 Bachelor of Laws Degree Program (Part-time) 20 Bachelor of Jurisprudence Degree Program 20 Combined Jurisprudence/Law Program 21 Combined Commerce/Law and Economics/Law Programs 21 4710 Bachelor of Commerce (IVIarketing)/Bachelor of Laws 22 4732 Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)/Bachelor of Laws 22 4735 Bachelor of Commerce (Finance)/Bachelor of Laws 23 4736 Bachelor of Commerce (Information Systems}/Bachelor of Laws 23 4738 Bachelor of Commerce (International Business)/Bachelor of Laws 23 4750 Bachelor of Commerce (Industrial Reiations)/Bacheior of Laws 24 4745 Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Laws 24 Combined Arts/Law Program 25 4760 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws 25 4762 Bachelor of Arts {Asian Studies)/Bachelor of Laws 25 Combined Social Science/Law Program 26 4761 Bachelor of Social Science/Bachelor of Laws 26 Combined Science/Law Program 26 4770 Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Laws 26 Combined Civil Engineering/Law Program 27 4775 Bachelor of Civil Engineering/Bachelor of Uws 27 4777 Bachelor of Environmental Engineering/Bachelor of Laws 28 Combined Social Work/Law Program 29 4785 Bachelor of Social Work/Bachelor of Laws 29 Combined Art Theory/Law Program 30 4703 Bachelor of Art Theory/Bactielor of Laws 30 Course Descriptions 31 Rules for the Award of Degrees 45 Postgraduate Study 49 Program Outlines 49 Doctor of Juridical Science 49 Master of Laws Degree by Coursework 49 Master of Law and Management 51 Graduate Diploma in Law 51 Postgraduate Enrolment Procedures 52 Course Descriptions S3 Conditions for tlie Award of Degrees 63 First Degrees 63 Higher Degrees 63 Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) 63 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 65 Master of Laws by Research (LLM) 66 Master of Laws by Coursework (LLM) 66 Master of Law and Management (MLM) 68 Graduate Diploma in Law (GradDipLaw) 69 Scliolarships 71 Undergraduate Scholarships 72 Postgraduate Scholarships 83 Prizes 95 Welcome In 2000 the students entering UNSW Law School will be a mixture of school-leavers, graduates from other disciplines, students who have begun but not completed another university course, people who left school some time back and are returning to study, and law graduates enrolling for a postgraduate degree. For the academic and administrative staff of the School, it is a pleasure to welcome a new intake of richly varying backgrounds. We hope that you enjoy your time at the School and that it proves to be an intellectually stimulating experience in which your talents find rich and fulfilling expression. Distinctive elements No two law schools are alike. Each has its distinctive ethos and aspirations. Let me outline those that shape UNSW and will affect your experience here. First, the School emphasises active learning. Lectures to large groups of students are unknown. The bulk of teaching is done in groups of no more than 40. Students prepare material before classes and participate actively in classroom discussions. This is not only the best educational approach for intending lawyers, whose future careers will regulariy make demands on their capacity to explain and argue about the law. but it also develops superior skills of analysis, understanding and facility with legal materials. You will also find it a more stimulating educational experience. Second, we are committed to the principle of a relatively small compulsory core of subjects in the LLB curriculum complemented with a wide choice of electives. This breadth of choice is necessary if legal education is to provide the foundation for different specialisations within legal practice as well as for the wide variety of other careers for which it has become a prized form of preparation. Third, the UNSW law curriculum has a national outlook and character. That national outlook, bolstered by an international dimension in many areas, prepares students for careers in a diversity of jurisdictions and occupations. Above all, the School firmly believes that students matter and that their intellectual and professional development is a central justification and focus for its activities. In small-sized class groups we get to know each other as individuals, with first names being used by students and teachers. We appoint special tutors to assist indigenous students and those whose first language is not English. Student representatives are actively involved in School governance. The UNSW Law Society organises a wide range of activities including a program of distinguished guest speakers, moot competitions, the UNSW Law Journal and participates in conventions of Australasian law students. The School also helps students to obtain summer clerkships before final year and employment after graduation. Law Library staff are always willing to assist students to locate materials. The School also has a strong cohort of postgraduate research students whom it draws into the intellectual life of the School. The mixed goals of legal education Legal education at UNSW is essentially a hybrid of two elements. The Law School is part of the great university tradition of scholarship and intellectual inquiry for its own sake. In that character, legal education emphasises reflection, critical discussion and systematic analysis of legal phenomena. On the other hand, the Law School is also a professional school which prepares its graduates for a diverse range of careers in and beyond the practice of law. In this latter character, it seeks to nurture a facility with legal principles and doctrines that is technically adroit, creative and imbued with high ethical standards. The theoretical and professional dimensions of legal education are interdependent, albeit in healthy competition and creative balance. An important dimension of the School's character lies in the pervasive recognition of the aspirations for social justice that underpin law's domain. In his welcome to the first students of this law school, the Foundation Dean, the Hon Hal Wootten AC QC, wrote in the 1971 handbook to readers such as yourselves: We believe that a law school should have and communicate to its students a keen concern for those on whom the law may bear harshly, either because they cannot afford its services, or because it does not sufficiently recognise their needs, or because they are in some way alienated from the rest of society. The poor, the Aborigines, the handicapped, the deviants, all need their champions in the law as elsewhere. This commitment to law being in the service of the community's yearning for justice, and being in dialogue with politics, morals, philosophy and the Institutions of economic action, is a central faith in the Law School. It shapes teaching programs, research activity and the wider engagements of its members. We hope that you will contribute to those engagements and to the great discourse, across the generations and with the central questions of the age, in which law Is intimately engaged. May you receive a legal education that brings out your deepest talents, capacities and understandings. We hope that you take much from the Law School. May it also be a richer place for your presence. Paul Redmond Dean Changes to Academic Programs in 2000 From the start of 2000, the University will move to a new academic structure that will be common to all undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The new structure will lead to greater flexibility and improved educational opportunities for students. While many programs are already structured in a way consistent with the new direction, others have been revised for 2000 to take advantage of the benefits of the new structure. What is the New Academic Structure? Units of Credit The new academic structure is based on units of credit, which From January, 2000 the University will move to a new academic replace credit points. A full-time enrolment for one year is defined structure based on units of credit.