ANU LEGAL WORKSHOP
ADDRESS:
ANU Legal Workshop
Fellows Road, Building #5
Australian National University
Acton ACT 0200
WHO TO CONTACT
Legal Workshop Student Administration
+61 2 6125 4463
lwsa@law.anu.edu.au
WEBSITE ADDRESS
http://law.anu.edu.au/legalworkshop
The ANU Legal Workshop in the Australian National University is Australia’s largest university-based legal practice program. We provide Practical Legal Training in the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (GDLP).
Becoming a Practitioner Intensive
Students have to undertake our 5 day “Becoming a Practitioner” (BAP) intensive (held around Australia all through the year) to learn and practice some basic legal skills before commencing coursework. At this intensive, students meet and work with the members of their virtual firm. This is the only time students have to be on campus. The rest of the program is delivered online.
Professional Practice Core (PPC)
We have launched an innovative way of delivering the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. The Professional Practice Core has students operating in virtual firms conducting property, commercial and civil transactions (incorporating trust accounting and ethics) with each other and interacting with virtual senior partners, clients, clerks and all the players you would normally find in the legal world.
Each firm has a Practice Mentor to guide the firm through the transactions, through legal practice issues (such as time and risk management; work/life balance and dealing with clients) and to facilitate the team working collaboratively and equitably.
Legal Practice Experience
Students may do 80, 60, 40 or 20 days of legal practice experience. Students who do more legal practice experience do fewer electives. We approve legal practice experience placements in legal firms, government legal sections, corporations, community legal centres – in all states and overseas as well.
Students may have the opportunity to participate in the regional, rural and remote (RRR) legal practice experience.
Concurrent Enrolment
Students may do 20, 40, 60 or 80 days of Legal Practice Experience. The more Legal Practice Experience students do the fewer electives they need to study. We approve work placements in legal firms, government legal sections, corporations, community legal centres – in all states and overseas as well.
Admission to Practice
We have direct admission to legal practice in VIC, QLD, ACT, NSW, WA and NT.
Transfer to Masters
After completing the GDLP students can undertake an ANU Masters in Legal Practice with 50% credit or an ANU LLM with 25% credit.
Our Staff
We have an efficient and friendly administrative team who are available to answer any questions students may have about the program.
Many of our academic staff are practising lawyers. And members of the profession are involved in teaching activities and as members of ANU Legal Workshop committees.
“As always, I cannot thank you enough for ALL your ongoing help. I just wish there were more people and Universities as helpful and forthcoming as you”.
Rory Whitefield, Former GDLP student
For further information please call 02 6125 4463 or visit our website: http://law.anu.edu.au/legalworkshop or email lwsa@law.anu.edu.au
Important Dates
The next 2011 Becoming a Practitioner intensives will be held:
Canberra: 12 – 16 September 2011
Townsville and Canberra: 21 – 25 November 2011
Perth, Sydney and Toowoomba: 28 November – 2 December 2011
Adelaide: 19 December – 23 December 2011
Note: All applications close two weeks before each starting date.