Welcome to LAW112 Residential School Associate Professor Alison Gerard, Director of the Centre for Law and Justice at Charles Sturt University Haley McEwen, Lecturer in Law, CSU Associate Professor Bill Walsh, Barrister in Residence, CSU

Acknowledgement of Country

Let’s meet you! …and the staff of the Centre for Law and Justice

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Learning Outcomes this Residential School: Legal Research: be able to plan and apply effective strategies in legal research of case law and legislation based scenarios Case Analysis: be able to identify and explain the facts pertaining to cases and ratio decidendi within the Australian judicial system Statutory Interpretation: be able to interpret statutes and common law and identify legal problems in scenarios and cases Apply legal Skills: be able to present persuasive and informed arguments based on leading precedents Indigenous Australians and Law: understand the place of Indigenous law and customs in the Australian legal system and begin to explore the relationship between Indigenous Australians and the law Assessment Workshops: be prepared for assessment success in the remaining two assessments!

Ground Rules Knowing, Acting and Doing as Legal Professionals in training… Law 112 Ground Rules?? To ensure everyone is heard, can challenge each other in respectful ways, work together effectively, draw on personal experience only. You can only knowingly talk about your own experience. Listen actively. Ask questions if confused Take responsibility for a quality discussion Critique ideas and not people Challenge each other respectfully Do not monopolize discussion Let’s have conflict, but let it be transformative Use of technology? Mobile off Arrive on time Laptops for legitimate reasons Only leave if ok with me PENALTIES: gold coin, mobile phone, facebooking etc.

Modules 1-4 Recap

If signs were statutes..

If signs were statutes All shows cancelled until further notice

Houses of parliament

Summary: Political nature of Parliament and law-making Sources of law Origins of our Australian legal system