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Legal Research and Writing provides students with a grounding in the core legal skills necessary for successful study and practice of the law. This course introduces foundational legal writing and research skills, such as legal citation, location of primary and secondary materials and various forms of legal writing and argument, … For more content click the Read More button below. All students enrolled in Legal Research and Writing will also enroll in the co-requisite course, Introducing Law and Justice LAWS1052, which introduces students to the history and operation of the contemporary Australian legal system, to the relationships between law and justice, and to the core legal skills necessary for successful study and practice. Students will attend classes for Introducing Law and Justice as well as classes for Legal Research and Writing. The topics covered in Introducing Law and Justice and Legal Research and Writing are linked, and the skills and knowledge taught in Legal Research and Writing are foundational to the skills and knowledge covered and assessed in Introducing Law and Justice.