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Overview

Work Integrated Learning (WIL) provides students with an opportunity to gain professional experience in an area of law and to prepare for a future legal career. During the internship students develop legal and professional skills such as research, writing, legal assistance for clients, advocacy, and related activities through real world … For more content click the Read More button below. Students can apply for an internship with Faculty WIL partners, or to self-source an internship with a law practice that aligns with their interests. For further information go to MyLaw   At the Host Organisation   Students work under the supervision of a solicitor within a host organisation for a minimum of 70 hours (10 days). The work tasks are determined by the host organisation, and generally include research, projects, advocacy, preparing case summaries, briefing papers, liaising with other organisations, and doing relevant work of a substantive nature.   Course Work   The internship placement is complemented with small informal classes which provide a supportive environment to share experiences and challenges arising from the internships. Through peer learning and self-reflection, students are invited to align career pathways with personal aspirations and values, and plan for a future career. This is a non-graded course (satisfactory/ not satisfactory). Students must attain a grade of satisfactory in each assessment item to achieve a satisfactory for the course overall. 

Conditions for Enrolment

Prerequisite: Completion of 78 UOC in LAWS courses.

Course Attributes

Work Integrated Learning

Delivery

In-person - Intensive

In-person - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)

Fully online - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)

Fully online - Intensive

Please note that the above delivery information is an indication on how this course may be delivered within the year.  Delivery mode(s) for each term can be viewed on other sources such as myUNSW and class timetable site.

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.

Fees

TypeAmount
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)$2124
Domestic Students$6720
International Students$6720

Disclaimer

Where a fee is displayed as “Not Applicable”, including some Work Experience and UNSW Canberra courses, please contact the relevant Faculty for any enquiry.

Note that the University reserves the right to vary student fees in line with relevant legislation. The fee information is provided as a guide and more specific information about fees, including policy, can be found here.

Commonwealth Supported Students:

Please refer to the information about new Student Contribution band classifications. Note that grandfathering arrangements are applicable for some cohorts of students, and other special arrangements apply for a limited number of programs. The Field of Education displayed on the right-hand side of this page may be applicable in understanding which fee rate will apply to you.

Where a Commonwealth Supported fee is displayed it does not guarantee that such places are available.

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