monash lss education education guide student tutorial program presenter: alicia simonds (vice...

Monash LSS EducationEducation Guide

Student Tutorial Program

Presenter: Alicia Simonds (Vice President)

Education Guide

• Study and Exam Tips

• Law Electives and Practice Areas Guide

• Clerkship and Traineeship Information

• Monash Opportunities, including Study Abroad and Monash LSS activities

• Monash Support Services

Concept

Education Guide

• Monash law degrees (LLB, JD and Masters)– Monash defining characteristics

– Curriculum review 2015

• Study tips

• Extra study support– LSS Education programs

– PASS Program

Contents

Education Guide

• Choosing electives– Commercial law

– Community Law

– Criminal Law

– Family Law

– Humanitarian Law

– International Law

– Plaintiff Law

Contents

Education Guide

• Elective structure (e.g. commercial law)– Why study commercial law?– What do commercial lawyers do in practice?– Monash law electives– What will I learn?– What else should I know about studying commercial law?– Perspective: Commercial lawyer– Perspective: Tax law– Perspective: Media law

Contents

Education Guide

• Enhance your degree– Hands on electives (practice / clinical units)

– Volunteering (LSS Social Justice & Equity Guide)

– Study aboard

– Monash LSS programs (e.g. competitions)

– Faculty programs

• Further study– Honours

– Masters

Contents

Education Guide

• If things don’t go to plan– Time extensions

– Deferral

– Failed (APC)

– Plagiarism and collusion (FDC)

• Further support– Faculty councillors (LSS Health and Well-being Guide)

– University support

• Admission to practice (LSS Clerkship Guide)

Contents

Education Guide

• Concept / content / sequence • Team– 4 writers– 2 editors

• Timeline– 6 weeks writing– 2 weeks editing TOTAL = 3 months– 2 weeks formatting– 1 week printing

• Faculty support• Money

Implementation

Education Guide

• Money (formatting, hard copies and launch)

• Formatting (InDesign)

• Timeline

• Faculty support

Main Issues

Education Guide

Comments orQuestions?

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Student Tutorial Program

• Study group with peers

• Collaborative learning

• Exam structure

• Practice exam questions

• Basic notes to provide foundation

Concept

Student Tutorial Program

• HD student tutors

• Exam structure

• Practice exam questions

• ‘SketchNotes’

• x12 subjects (compulsory subjects)

• x2 tutorials per week

• Over 10 weeks (starting week 3)

• Revision and Policy Seminar

Overview

Student Tutorial Program

• Faculty support – ‘LSS study group’

• Start with a first year subject (contract law, criminal law, tort law, property law)

• Source HD students

• ‘SketchNotes’ – 20-30 pages

• 10 topics

• Practice problems

• Timetable and marketing

How to Set Up a Program?

Student Tutorial Program

• Money (approx $9,000)

• Faculty support– v. Faculty tutorials

– v. Faculty run PASS Program

• ‘SketchNotes’

• Tutor time commitment and preparation

• Timetabling

• Communication to students

Main Issues

Student Tutorial Program

• Online practice problems

• Tutor payment

• Sponsorship

Improvement

Student Tutorial Program

Comments orQuestions?