LAW4545 Technology, design, and innovation in legal services
Faculty of Law
LAW4545 Technology, design, and innovation in legal services is a level 4, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Law, offered in 2024 in Summer A at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Summer A
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before LAW4545
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After LAW4545
No unit lists LAW4545 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.
Enrolment rules
You must have completed at least 60 credit points of law study.
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
The purpose of this unit is to introduce students to the current and emerging legal technologies to enhance their employment prospects in the current legal services market. This unit is focused on understanding how innovation is operationalised in legal practice. Students will work collaboratively in teams to develop a web-based application that solves a contemporary legal problem. Law students will develop technological and entrepreneurial skills and apply the knowledge they have already gained in a practical setting. Teams will first create a meaningful and beneficial design question, and then carry out systematic research to develop and deliver a solution that meets industry standards. Throughout this innovation process, students will need to communicate ideas, knowledge and findings effectively and professionally to a range of stakeholders.
Offerings in 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Summer semester A | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Research essayResearch assignment20%
- Team problem statement and solution proposalAssignment40%
- Team video pitchPresentation20%
- Project critical reflection essayEssay20%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Demonstrate understanding of the principles and reasons underpinning the innovation development and design process.
- 2
Work collaboratively within a team and show understanding of the actions required to achieve cohesion and effective, meaningful outcomes.
- 3
Apply the principles of innovation to provide a solution for an identifiable problem related to the delivery of legal services.
- 4
Communicate innovative design ideas and the problems they seek to address, to a range of audiences.
- 5
Critically analyse and reflect on individual performance measured against a range of metrics and synthesise these into a personal development plan.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops36 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Learning resources
Required resources
See the Moodle unit page for prescribed and recommended resources. Prescribed texts are usually available for purchase through the University Bookstore and are sometimes available for short-term loan or as eBooks through the library.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Paul Burgess
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for LAW4545?
LAW4545 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is LAW4545 offered?
In 2024, LAW4545 runs in Summer A at Clayton.
How much work is LAW4545?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does LAW4545 have an exam?
No. LAW4545 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.