Diploma of Paralegal Practice
Diploma of Paralegal Practice
Quality paralegal practice depends on legal reasoning abilities, an understanding of legal problems, and well-developed communication skills. The Diploma of Paralegal Practice will prepare you for legal support work with foundational knowledge about legal principles and legal systems. You’ll learn how to analyse legal policy and consider its implications for…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Quality paralegal practice depends on legal reasoning abilities, an understanding of legal problems, and well-developed communication skills.
The Diploma of Paralegal Practice will prepare you for legal support work with foundational knowledge about legal principles and legal systems. You’ll learn how to analyse legal policy and consider its implications for practice.
Your studies explore historical and contemporary legal matters, including contentious national and international political issues relating to human rights and environmental law. Assessment tasks will enhance your ability to prepare written advice and develop arguments in response to legal problems. You will graduate with an understanding of ethical practice with essential skills across legal reasoning, research, and effective communication.
Learning Outcomes:
1 Analyse and interpret legal materials to identify and assess legal problems.
2 Prepare basic legal advice to achieve solutions, using foundational knowledge of law, legal principles and legal systems appropriate to local and transnational contexts.
3 Work collaboratively and independently to inform the resolution of legal and ethical issues that incorporate diverse perspectives.
4 Implement legal research strategies utilising a variety of digital and other resources to inform legal arguments and advice.
5 Articulate persuasive arguments, in written and spoken form, to a range of audiences.
Course structure
The Diploma of Paralegal Practice requires the completion of 100 credit points comprising;
50 credit points of Core units; and
50 credit points of Core Option units.
REQUIREMENTS
Admission to undergraduate courses at the University of Tasmania requires the completion of qualifications equivalent to a 12th year of education in Australia.
Most of our undergraduate programs have the following English language requirements.
IELTS (Academic) – 6.0 (no individual band less than 5.5)
TOEFL (iBT) 72 (no skill below: Reading 10; Listening 9; Speaking 16; Writing 19)
PTE Academic 50 with no score lower than 42
UTAS English for Academic Purposes – EAP2 – 60% (no individual score less than 55%)
Cambridge CAE (Certificate of Advanced English) – B Grade
Cambridge CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) – C Grade
Cambridge BEC (Business English Certificate) Higher – C Grade
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
The University of Tasmania was officially founded on 1st January 1890 and is located at Sandy Bay, Tasmania. In addition to the main campus at Sandy Bay, it also operates out of the Newnham Campus and the Cradle Coast Campus. The most popular courses offered are the environmental studies that include wilderness management, marine sciences and indigenous studies in Tasmanian literature. Other unconventional courses include agriculture development, studies on the community and population and ocean study programs. The university also comprises of a Music Conservatorium, Art school and a School of Clinical studies.
