Overview

This unit, together with Advanced Legal Research Project 2, provides students with a capstone supervised research experience. The unit gives students the opportunity to work closely with an academic with expertise in the student’s field of enquiry to identify a suitable topic for research and to develop a research plan. The unit will also expose students to various legal research methodologies with a view of developing a preliminary literature review. The research proposal developed forms the basis of the research report undertaken in Advance Legal Research Project 2.

Requisites

Prerequisites
LAW30027 Advanced Legal Research Project 1

Rule

200 credit points

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
03-March-2025
01-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
16-March-2025
Census date
31-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
24-April-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
04-August-2025
02-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
17-August-2025
Census date
31-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the legal issues relating to an area of the law by identifying a research problem
  • Design a research proposal, including the development of research questions
  • Assimilate scholarly material from a range of sources
  • Effectively plan a research project

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning
12.50 12 weeks 150
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Design Research ProposalIndividual 25 - 35% 1,3,4 
Research ProposalIndividual 65 - 75% 1,2,3,4 

Content

Under the supervision of an academic member of staff the student will identify a research topic relevant to the chosen legal field and research and compile a research proposal.

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.