This topic provides students with the skills required of an entry level lawyer in: advising clients before arrest, seeking bail, making pleas, participating in minor contested hearings, assisting in preparing cases for trial and representing a client in court in civil and criminal matters. Students will be taught to act ethically and demonstrate professional responsibility and professional courtesy in all dealings with clients, the courts, the community and other lawyers.
Competence in these skills is required for admission as a legal practitioner.
This topic aims to enable students to achieve competence, to the standard required by the admitting authorities in:
Timetable details for 2021 are no longer published.