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Faculty of Law : Guide to courses
The Faculty of Law Undergraduate Studies Office houses the Manager, Undergraduate Studies, who is responsible for the administration of the LLB course and combined LLB courses within the Faculty, and legal studies in other faculties, under the academic direction of the Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies. The Manager is responsible for enrolment, re-enrolment, deferments and withdrawals, credit transfers, complementary enrolments, community access program enrolments and cross-institutional enrolments. The Manager also provides advice on course requirements, course planning, full and part-time study, leave of absence, exchange programs and HECS.
All matters regarding assessment are dealt with by the Manager, Undergraduate Studies, including extensions for assignments, special arrangements for examinations, special consideration applications, consideration for students from a non-English speaking background, supplementary examinations and additional assessment. The Manager will also assist students experiencing general study problems by referring them to appropriate support groups and learning programs, for example, the Learning Skills Unit. Students in the Faculty who have been admitted under the Targeted Access Program, Koori students, students with disabilities, and students from overseas are particularly invited to introduce themselves to the Manager to discuss any special concerns they may have, or their progress.
In addition to the Manager, Undergraduate Studies, the Faculty has appointed members of academic staff as Liaison Officers to meet the needs of particular groups of students: Kooris, students with disabilities, those who have come in under the special entry scheme and international students. If you are a student from one of these groups and have any concerns or need information, the liaison officers are a good place to start.
Koori students have been part of the Law Faculty for nearly 20 years. There are currently approximately 20 Koori students enrolled at all levels of the LLB course. In 1993 the Law Faculty appointed a Koori Liaison Officer to provide assistance to these students. Among other things, the Koori Students' Liaison Officers:
act as advisers for Koori law students;
liaise between Koori law students and members of academic staff where necessary;
arrange seminars and information sessions to sensitise academic staff to the issues involved in teaching Koori students;
help to link Koori students with tutors under the ATAS (Aboriginal Tutoring Assistance Scheme);
liaise between the Law Faculty and the University's Koori Student & Liaison Unit, which provides support services to all Koori students on campus;
provide advice to the Faculty on policies and projects relating to Koori students.
Students wishing to contact the Koori Liaison Officers may do so through the Undergraduate Studies Office, telephone 9344 4475.
At least 20 per cent of law students are from overseas or have English as a Second Language (ESL). Many of these students have particular educational needs, such as understanding the legal language used in texts, Australian teaching methods, and Australian historical or social events which other students may take for granted. The International and ESL Liaison Officers are members of the academic staff to whom such students may come for assistance and advice in their studies. Their roles include: acting as a mentor for overseas and ESL students; liaising with the ESL Centre to provide language assistance and with the International Office; assisting students to make applications for special consideration or to the Progress Committee; giving feedback from international and non-English speaking background students to academic staff, especially in relation to teaching and curriculum content; liaising between the Law Faculty and the Overseas Law Students' Society. Students wishing to contact the International and Non-English Speaking Background Students' Liaison Officers may do so through the Undergraduate Studies Office, telephone 9344 4475.
The faculty includes many queer students and staff. The appointment of two academic members of staff as Gay and Lesbian Liaison Officers is a recognition of the special interests and needs of queer law students. The primary role of the Officers is to provide the gay and lesbian student body with assistance and support in academic and academic related matters. This includes acting as mentors to the lesbian and gay law students and members of academic staff. The Officers also assist in the organisation of queer law interest group sessions as well as organising social functions.
The Lesbian and Gay Liaison Officers for 1999 will be appointed in the latter part of 1998.
Each year, approximately 35-40 students are admitted to the Faculty of Law through one of the Faculty or University Targeted Access and Mature Entry Programs. Broadly speaking, students accepted under these schemes have suffered a disadvantage of a social, economic or like nature, and include students from schools under-represented at the University of Melbourne. The program also provides for the admission of mature age students who have not completed VCE.
Each year the Law Faculty appoints a Targeted Access Liaison Officer to assist these students with their study and related needs. One of the Officer's most important responsibilities is to direct students to appropriate University services, ranging from the Learning Skills Unit to the English as a Second Language Program. The Officer is intended to act as mentor to special entry students, liaise between them and members of academic staff, assist them in making applications for special consideration (if necessary), and help establish a network of special entry students.
The Liaison Officer's responsibilities are to all Targeted Access students, not just those admitted to first year.
Students wishing to contact the Targeted Access Liaison Officer may do so through the Undergraduate Studies Office, telephone 9344 4475.
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