Credit Points 10

Legacy Code 201065

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Description This subject equips you with the skills to design and build applications using cutting-edge “vibe coding” and no-code platforms, without the need to learn computer programming. Working collaboratively in teams, you will apply entrepreneurial methods inspired by design thinking to develop and launch a bare-bones version of an original start-up idea that addresses a technology-related legal challenge for a specific group of users or stakeholders. Through this process, you will develop digital literacy, entrepreneurial thinking, and “horizon scanning” skills that are increasingly valued in the legal profession and beyond. In today’s job market, lawyers, policymakers, and legal scholars are expected not only to understand the law but also to demonstrate creativity, adaptability, and problem-solving skills. By completing this subject, you will gain practical, future-oriented capabilities that enhance your employability and prepare you to stand out in an evolving professional landscape.

School Law

Discipline Law, Not Elsewhere Classified.

Student Contribution Band HECS Band 4 10cp

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Level Postgraduate Coursework Level 7 subject

Restrictions

Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate program. Admission is by invitation only. Enrolment numbers are strictly limited and will be subject to competitive entry so as to ensure enrolment is limited to the best performing cohort. Students must have completed at least 80 credit points of 2826 Juris Doctor core subjects to be considered for admission into this subject.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Critically assess the limitations and implications of automated legal services in enhancing community access to legal information and services;
2. Collaborate with community partners to obtain instructions, isolate legal problems, and design creative and innovative solutions;
3. Design and build a basic automated legal information system to solve a real world problem;
4. Work constructively as a member of a self-managed team on an extended automated legal service project;
5. Present the automated legal solution clearly and persuasively;
6. Critically reflect on the complex impact of technology in providing legal services within community contexts.

Subject Content

- Working with community partners
- Overview of legal service applications
- how to build and use A legal application
- principles of programming ? including precision, modularity, efficiency, maintainability, scalability, provability, user engagement, effectiveness, testing, debugging
- design thinking for The new future: case-by-case analysis, aggregated data, data visualization, insights
- teamwork and Project collaboration
- work-based Project management
- Presenting Project solutions to clients