Practitioner Legal Skills for Australian Migration Law

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

1. Apply appropriate approaches to the interpretation of legislation that demonstrates a sound knowledge and understanding of the legislative process, the distinction between primary and subordinate legislation and regulatory impact process, parliamentary scrutiny and registration of legislative instruments.
2. Engage in legal analysis, reasoning and problem solving to develop complex arguments and conclusions.
3. Deconstruct and apply rules, policies and findings from cases and identify the arguments and reasoning.
4. Critically examine the role of administrative law in the Australian legal system and its impact on administrative decision making
5. Undertake research to assess current and relevant information from a range of sources including case law.
6. Formulate and implement communication strategies orientated to key stakeholders including clients.
7. Participate in an academic community through reflective and critical engagement in academic texts and understanding of principles of academic integrity.