Michelle Sanson is an International Lawyer and Humanitarian and Adjunct Fellow at UWS School of Law. Thalia Anthony is a Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney.

1. Learning Law: How Can I Develop a Legal Mind?1: Law as a discipline2: Legal reasoningExercise: Inductive and deductive reasoning3: Outcomes of your legal educationExercise: Priestley 11 requirementsExercise: Critical thinkingExercise: Assessing sources4: Success in law school2. Sources: What Is the Law Itself?1: Primary and secondary sources of lawExercise: Sources practice2: LegislationExercise: Anatomy of an Act3: CasesExercise: Case summary 1Exercise: Case summary 24: Secondary sources3. Legal Institutions: How Is Law Made?1: Government in Australia2: Constitutions of the Commonwealth and the states and territories3: Parliament's role in creating law4: The executive's role in administering law5: The judicature's role in interpreting law6: Alternatives to courts4. Classifying and Practising Law: How Are Cases Resolved?1: Major legal classifications2: Branches of substantive law3: Aspects of procedural law5. Research: How Do I Find the Law?1: The importance of legal research2: Legal research methodologyExercise: Research typesExercise: Research strategy scenarioExercise: Ranking sources3: Using a library catalogue or search engineExercise: Boolean searching4: Finding legislation5: Finding casesExercise: Using FirstPoint and CaseBaseExercise: Searching phrases in CaseBase6: Finding and using secondary sources7: Legal referencing6. Communication: How Do I Engage with Others about the Law?1: The importance of communication2: Formulation: Preparing to communicateExercise: Reading a case for a particular purposeExercise: Preparing to be excused from jury duty3: Engagement: In-person communications4: Engagement: Written communications5: CollaborationExercise: Good team, bad teamExercise: Group work scenario6: Review: Continual improvement7. Jurisprudence: What Is Law?1: Introduction2: Traditional theories3: Modernism, Marxism and socio-legal theory4: Legal realism5: Critical legal theories6: Dominant jurisprudence todayExercise: Applying jurisprudence8. History: How Did Australian Law Develop?1: Legal systems of Indigenous societies and their early exclusion from the common law 2: Displacement of Indigenous laws3: Reception of English law4: Military origins of the Australian legal system5: Key concepts from English legal and constitutional history6: How English legal and constitutional history applies in Australia7: Adoption of English common law - from the frontier to the Australia Acts8: Federation and British remnants today9. Australia: Where Does Indigenous Law Fit In?1: Historical developments in official policies relating to Indigenous people: Exclusion and inclusionExercise: The Intervention2: Recognition of Indigenous rights to land3: Developments since Mabo4: Other forms of recognition of Indigenous rights to land5: Ongoing non-recognition of customary law6: Alternative paths for incorporating customary law into the common law7: Filling the legal gap - treaty and sovereignty rights10. Precedent: How Do Judicial Decisions Become Law?1: Introduction to precedent2: Key concept s in the law of precedentExercise: Low blow for a high rollerExercise: Finding more than one ratioExercise: The ratio of disturbance3: Applying precedentExercise: Which judgment is which?4: Judicial approaches to precedentExercise: Judging Sophie5: Problem solving using precedentExercise: Which precedent takes precedence?Exercise: Application of precedents11. Statutory Interpretation: How Do Courts Interpret Legislation?1: Introduction to statutory interpretation2: Modern statutory approachExercise: 'Make Poverty History'3: Traditional common law approaches4: Other tools of statutory interpretationExercise: Applying ejusdem generisExercise: Latin maximsExercise: Getting out of military service5: Applying the rules of statutory interpretationExercise: Jimbo and Baba visit Parliament HouseExercise: No standingExercise: Double jeopardyExercise: Danny and his motorbikeExercise: SupergrassExercise: Olympic ring accessorising12. The Profession: What Do Lawyers Do?1: Overview of Australian legal practice2: SolicitorsExercise: Confidentiality and disclosure3: Barristers4: Judges5: Some other roles in the legal profession6: EthicsExercise: Ethical decision making7: What kinds of work do lawyers do?13. Law in Society: What Are the Problems and Remedies for Accessing Justice?1: Access to justice - key issues2: Access to justice for specific groups3: The role of legal aid4: Other initiatives to promote access to justice14. My Law Career: How Can I Best Prepare for It?1: Is law really for me? How do I know?Exercise: Identifying your top interestsExercise: Identifying your top skillsExercise: Identifying your top valuesExercise: Am I suited to becoming a lawyer?2: What kind of career can I expect as a lawyer?3: Important choices of subjects and course structures4: What can I do as a student to become the lawyer I want to be?5: Maintaining wellbeing