Prerequisites: LW201 & LW202 & LW203 & LW204 & LW205 & LW206
Course Coordinator: To be advised
Continuous Assessment: 100/100
Law Clinic is essentially a course in applied civil procedure. It is conducted at the Community Legal Centre at Emalus Campus, Port Vila and the Community Law Centre, Suva City (where the Centre is co-located with the Legal Aid Commission). Both Legal Centres are fully functioning law firms charged with the provision of legal advice and assistance to, and representation of, clients who cannot afford a private lawyer. Students are trained in legal skills, professional practice and ethics and gain practical experience in a law firm where they are required, under supervision, to interview and take instructions from clients, research and prepare legal advice, manage client files, write letters of advice to clients and correspond with other law firms, draft court documents, brief counsel and attend the Magistrates and Supreme/High Court with their clients. `Law Clinic? is NOT a substitute for the Professional Diploma in Legal Practice (PDLP), but students whose home jurisdictions do not require completion of the PDLP will find this unit particularly useful.
- Lecturer: Cathy Hite