Professional Legal Conduct Charles Sturt University

Overview

This Professional Legal Conduct degree from  Charles Sturt University introduces students to skills of ethical problem solving within the context of professional practice, and the regulations and standards that govern them. 

A significant component of the subject covers discrete problems of legal ethics such as confidentiality, access to justice, truth in the adversarial system, conflicts of interest and relationships between lawyers, clients and the community. Students are also introduced to the principles of trust accounting.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

• be able to critically analyse the role of the lawyer within the context of the Australian adversarial system, including the cost of justice and alternatives to litigation;

• be able to demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the values, principles and standards of practice articulated in the professional codes of ethics and the provision of relevant statutes and case law;

• be able to demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the values, principles and standards of practice articulated in the professional codes of ethics and the provision of relevant statutes and case law;

• be able to identify and analyse value conflicts and ethical dilemmas that occur in professional legal practice and propose solutions by applying legal, statutory and ethical principles to hypothetical scenarios to resolve those issues;

• be able to use initiative and judgement to analyse critically persuasive legal argument that applies the relevant regulation and theoretical insights to both practical issues and theoretical understandings pertaining to the role of the modern-day lawyer;