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Focus on Skills

The Law School's undergraduate law degree focuses on the essential skills that make a competent lawyer. These lie in the areas of legal analysis and problem solving, research, written and oral communication, and information literacy.

The transmission of these skills is a central objective of two compulsory units: LS 100 - Introduction to Legal Systems and Methods, and LS 480 - Advanced Legal Writing and Advocacy, incorporating moot court. Many other units also focus on the development of core legal skills, particularly LS 459 - Advanced Torts, and LS 478 - Advanced Criminal Law.

Read more about these units in the School of Law Handbook.