Overview
The Graduate Diploma in Legal Professional Practice (GDLPP) is an accredited practical legal training program for law graduates to meet the practical training requirements for admission to the New South Wales legal profession under the Legal Profession Uniform Admission Rules 2015.
Students must complete 42 units of credit for the … For more content click the Read More button below.
To complete the program, students must choose one of the optional components: Workplace Experience 2 OR the Practicum.
Workplace Experience 1 and 2 each require a minimum 20 days work experience placement as supervised employment in a legal office or supervised paid or unpaid placement in a law or law-related work environment.
The Practicum involves areas of innovation and technology, adaptive lawyering, or specialised social justice, through a combination of placement; simulated workplaces; technical learning spaces; law-related projects; continuing legal education; and structured reflective practice. The Practicum may involve acquiring additional specialised experience, skills, and knowledge with the guidance of UNSW PLT and students are responsible for contributing to the design of their Practicum, in consultation with UNSW PLT.
The full-time GDLPP 20-week coursework component commences with a compulsory 5-day onsite intensive that is followed by online courses. Students complete the Workplace Experience and Practicum components in their own time – however, the entire program must be completed within 2 years of commencement of the coursework component.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
UNSW PLT graduates will have advanced communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate and interact; share solutions to complex problems; and share knowledge, skills and ideas with diverse audiences using a variety of suitable media as appropriate for an entry-level lawyer intending to engage in professional legal practice.
- Global citizens
- Scholars
2.
Application of knowledge, skills and values
UNSW PLT graduates will apply their advanced knowledge, skills and values to demonstrate autonomy, well-developed judgement, adaptability and responsibility; and personal and professional integrity, ethical and respectful conduct appropriate for an entry-level lawyer intending to engage in professional legal practice.
- Global citizens
- Professionals
- Leaders
- Scholars
3.
Knowledge
UNSW PLT graduates will have advanced theoretical and technical knowledge in core and elective legal practices areas, legal ethics and values, and the rules of professional responsibility together with an advanced understanding of recent and emergent developments in law and legal practice methods; social justice principles; and research principles and methods appropriate for an entry-level lawyer intending to engage in professional legal practice.
- Professionals
- Scholars
4.
Thinking and problem-solving skills
UNSW PLT graduates will have advanced cognitive and technical skills to select and apply methods and technologies to independently analyse critically, evaluate, and transform information to complete a range of activities; and analyse and generate solutions to complex problems, including ethical problems appropriate for an entry-level lawyer intending to engage in professional legal practice.
- Scholars
- Professionals
5.
Self-management skills
UNSW PLT graduates will have advanced meta-cognitive and practical self-management skills to effectively demonstrate a high level of personal and professional accountability; time and task management skills; self-assessment and reflective practice skills, including appropriate use of feedback; and ability to implement personal wellbeing strategies appropriate for an entry-level lawyer intending to engage in professional legal practice.
- Professionals
- Scholars
Program Structure
Students must complete 42 UOC when taken as a standalone program.
Core Courses30 Units of Credit:
Prescribed Electives6 Units of Credit:
Elective6 Units of Credit:
Enrolment Disclaimer
Please note that this Handbook is a comprehensive catalogue of our offerings and includes courses that can be taken to satisfy program requirements irrespective as to their availability for a particular year. Availability of courses is best checked using filters on this site or on the class timetable site.
You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.
You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.
Admission Requirements
Entry Requirements
Minimum Entry Requirements
Program Requirements
Progression Requirements
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Professional Outcomes
Accreditations
Legal Profession Admission Board
Professional Recognition
Legal Profession Admission Board
Career Opportunities
Legal Professionals, Solicitors
Program Fees
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