Year 11/12 Legal Studies
There is a lot of loose talk in Australia about democracy, the rule of law and basic rights. Yet unless we educate future citizens concerning the broad outline of our laws, they may grow up feeling that law is alien to their experience. I want them to grow up insisting that the law must be just and modern and accepting the citizen's responsibility to ensure that this is so.
Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG
Justice of the High Court of Australia
Legal Studies offers excellent preparation for life through an understanding of the legal system, its principles structures, institutions and processes. Legal Studies fosters a respect and understanding for cultural diversity. It allows students to question and evaluate the legal institutional structures within the domestic and international environment and to undertake a comparative analysis of other political and institutional structures. Students are taught using the NSW Board of Studies syllabus
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Assessment Schedule 2012
Students are given the opportunity to plan their assessment tasks ahead to encourage time management of across all KLA's (Key Learning Areas). Below is a downloadable version of the Preliminary and HSC Assessment Schedule for 2012.
Prelim/ HSC Assess 2012 (docx, 35 KB)
Assessment Tasks 2012
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Preliminary Legal Studies Assessment Task 1
Preliminary Legal Task 1 (doc, 107 KB)
