Lawyers' Ethics and Professional Responsibility

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

1. Research relevant information on principles of legal ethics and legal practitioners’ ethical obligations;
2. Canvas the framework for the regulation of the legal profession and the professional conduct of legal practitioners to a variety of audiences;
3. Elucidate and critically reflect on principles of legal ethics and legal practitioners’ ethical obligations in professional legal practice in 21st century contexts;
4. Analyse and canvass ethical issues that commonly occur in professional legal practice in contemporary multicultural Australia and apply the relevant principles to creatively resolve those issues with accountability and responsibility;
5. Devise and collaboratively innovate arguments from existing principles to support or counter propositions for reform in legal ethics;
6. Communicate clearly, both orally and in writing, use appropriate language and present coherent arguments and independent exposition of ideas.