Foundations Enrichment 1 (FE 1) builds on and extends the Indigenous Pre-Law Program. It involves small group tutoring to develop problem solving, comprehension and legal writing skills. It also seeks to develop critical and analytical skills. FE 1 provides targeted academic support, closely tied to the first year program and related assessment. Students are required to hand in drafts of Foundations of Law assignments for comment by the FE1 teacher prior to handing them in. FE runs in Session 1 and 2, alongside the first year courses. Completion of the Session 1 component of FE is a pre-requisite for Foundations Enrichment 2. Completion of FE 1 and FE 2 provides students with 3 Units of Credit (UOC) for each course. To successfully complete FE 1, students must attend class, participate in class discussion and prepare and complete in-class activities. There is no additional assessment in FE 1. Students who have completed the Indigenous Pre-Law Program receive 6 UOC towards their law degree. Together with the 6 UOC awarded for the successful completion of FE 1 & 2, this represents the equivalent of completing 12 UOC in law electives.

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As this course is designed to help students in their Foundations of Law work, there is no fixed schedule of topics to be covered. This course is an example of an emergent curriculum where students and lecturer can chart the topics to be navigated to ensure that they address the ongoing needs of students. Topics generally covered, include strategies for reading cases, adjusting to the demands of studying law, working through scenarios, doing practice case notes, writing in legal style, and participating in class.

As this course is assessed on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis, assignments are designed to complement the work done in Foundations of Law classes. Therefore, the focus is on developing students’ skills in reflective writing, thinking and speaking. To this end, a student’s work is assessed by Reflective Notes, ongoing Class Participation, and an informal oral presentation on a current legal issue. As well as satisfying the normal university rules on attendance, a student must perform satisfactorily in all these assignments. The aim is that students can fulfil the graduate attributes, related to writing and communicating, in their core classes.

There is no recommended or required reading for this course. Students are asked to bring 'Foundations of Law' text and notes to each class. Other materials, such as copies of journal articles, newspaper articles and additional case readings, will be supplied to students in class.