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Journal of Equity Internship - JURD7675

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 8

Enrolment Requirements:

Pre-requisite: Equity & Trusts (LAWS2385/JURD7285) OR Property & Equity 1 (LAWS2381/JURD7281). Co-requisite: Resolving Civil Disputes (LAWS2371/JURD7271) OR Litigation 1 (LAWS2311/JURD7211).

Equivalent: LAWS3375

Excluded: LAWS3375

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

The Journal of Equity is a law journal, publishing peer-reviewed articles, book reviews, case notes and comments on the diverse area of equity. An international forum for intellectual debate, the Journal of Equity charts contemporary legal developments in Australia and across the common law world. Equitable rules and principles, as outlined and analysed in the Journal of Equity, are crucial to the study and practice of many areas of law, including commercial and taxation law.

The Journal of Equity was awarded an A ranking in 2010 ERA list published by the Australian Research Council. The journal has a high calibre editorial board includes members of the judiciary, academy and legal profession.

Interns will be involved in the following tasks (including but not limited to):
  • Formatting articles into house style
  • Doing research to identify issues for future articles and assisting in identifying and approaching authors
  • Day to day management of the journal
  • Attendance at journal board meetings where relevant
  • Attendance at journal conferences where relevant
This course will assist in honing editorial skills, academic writing skills and self-management skills. More importantly, interns will deepen and broaden their knowledge of equitable doctrine and principle. The internship also provides an invaluable opportunity for interns to make connections with members of the profession and judiciary.

Recommended Prior Knowledge

Completion of JURD7701 Remedies or JURD7379 Restitution would be beneficial, but not essential.

Course Aims

The aim of this internship is to give students exposure to the running of a leading academic law journal and to give them the opportunity to contribute to the development of journal articles through identifying potential topics for special issues. The internship will expose students to outstanding examples of academic writing and, through the task of converting articles into house style, allow interns to develop the skills to produce quality academic writing. The internship will also provide students with networking opportunities which may assist outstanding students in the development of future career paths in law.

Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to:
  1. Communicate well both orally and in writing.
  2. Understand at a deeper level some of the key academic issues related to equity.
  3. Work successfully as part of a small but collaborative team, assuming increased levels of responsibility.
  4. Demonstrate initiative and signs of leadership where appropriate.
  5. Appreciate and respect difference and diversity, often developed by reading articles from a range of differing standpoints and by liaising with work colleagues with different personalities and backgrounds.
  6. Reflect on the quality of their own work in order to improve over time.
  7. Appreciate what goes into writing legal journal articles so that they can apply these skills to their own work, with a view to submitting that work for publication, where appropriate.
  8. Understand and obey the principles of confidentiality in the processes of refereeing journal articles and liaising with authors as well as in the conduct of board meetings.

Assessment

A student may be deemed, on the recommendation of the academic supervisor to the Journal of Equity, to have satisfactorily completed this course on the basis of work done for the Journal of Equity.
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