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Law Professional Practicum 2019 Course Outline

Contact DetailsPracticum Facilitator: Australian Consortium for ‘In-Country’ Indonesian Studies (ACICIS)

www.acicis.edu.au

Perth Office: ACICIS Secretariat

[email protected]

+61 8 6488 6675

Academic Program Officer: TBC

TBC

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ACICIS Resident Director: Dr Adrian Budiman

[email protected]

+62 274 561 477

Program Details ACICIS Law Professional Practicum

January 2 – February 16, 2019

Jakarta, Indonesia

Credit Points: Recommended equivalency 50% of a full-time student semester load (0.25 EFTSL). Actual subject

weighting and academic credit awarded to be determined by a student’s home university.

Mode: Off-Campus

Contact hours: Total program time commitment: Approximately 300 hours

Approximately40hoursofIndonesianlanguageclasses

Approximately30hoursoflecturesandseminars

Approximately70hoursofindependentstudy

Approximately160hoursofpracticumplacement

http://www.acicis.edu.au/programs/practicum/law-professional-practicum-lpp/

1 Description

3 Educational Principles and Graduate Attributes

3 Teaching and Learning Strategies

4 Assessment

8 Reading List

14 Appendix I: Industry Seminar Series and Fieldtrips

24 Appendix II: Reflective Journal Reading List & Journal Template

27 Appendix III: Practicum Report Outline

29 Appendix IV: Marking Rubrics

Contents

ACICIS LPP 2019 COURSE OUTLINE 14 THE AUSTRALIAN CONSORTIUM FOR ‘IN-COUNTRY’ INDONESIAN STUDIES

DescriptionACICIS’ Law Professional Practicum (LPP) is designed for students who do not necessarily have Indonesian

language skills or experience in Indonesia but wish to gain experience of Indonesia’s legal system. The LPP

will provide Australian (and international) law students with an introduction to the Indonesian legal system

and an opportunity to put legal theory and analysis into practice within an Indonesian context.

Indonesia’s legal system is characterised by complexity and pluralism. It is the product of inherited

colonial European civic and criminal codes, seventy years of post-independence legal reform under both

authoritarian and democratic regimes, as well as often overlapping – bodies of pre-colonial, Islamic, and

customary adat law. With increasingly important commercial, trade, tourism, and security links between

Australia and Indonesia, understanding the legal system of Australia’s northern neighbour has never been

more important.

Host organisations for the month-long professional placement include a broad range of firms and

organisations operating within Indonesia’s legal sector, including, but not limited to, those practising in the

fields of: commercial, industrial, environmental, international, human rights, administrative, and Islamic

law. Placements will give students the chance to engage with the complexity of Indonesia’s legal system.

The LPP is designed as an academic credit-bearing university program that meets requirements for work

integrated learning modules and other practicum-based courses at ACICIS member universities. The LPP is

a competitive entry program with an anticipated limit of 30 participants per program iteration.

AimsThe main aims of the LPP are to:

1. Provide students with a practical learning experience with a Host Organisation (or individual

practitioner) in the Indonesian legal environment;

2. To develop students' knowledge of Indonesian law and legal practices, and the application of these

legal concepts and practices within Indonesia's legal sector;

3. To enhance bilateral understanding through the creation of new partnerships between Australian and

Indonesian counterparts, and serve as a medium for the exchange of ideas in the field of law.

SupervisionACICIS programs in Indonesia operate under the overall direction of the ACICIS Resident Director, Ms Elena

Williams, MA.

In addition, an Academic Program Officer (APO) will be appointed for the duration of the LPP to provide

academic supervision of the program. ACICIS’ LPP Academic Program Officer for 2019 is TBA. Students will

also be allocated a workplace mentor at their respective practicum Host Organisations who will manage a

student’s work within the organisation for the duration of the student’s practicum placement.

Structure and Schedule of Learning ActivitiesThe LPP will run from 2 January – 16 February, 2019. The structure of the six-week program is as follows:

� Two weeks of intensive Indonesian language classes (mornings) at Atma Jaya University, designed to

give participants basic Indonesian language capacity;

Followed by

� A series of seminars and fieldtrips (afternoons), also at Atma Jaya University, led by experts and

practitioners from Indonesia’s legal sector.

� A four-week supervised practicum placement designed to give participants an (English-speaking)

professional experience within an Indonesian or international organisation or with an individual

practitioner - operating within Indonesia’s legal sector.

Practicum Placement Options and SelectionIn their initial program application, students are asked to nominate sectoral interests and preferred

professional placements. A student’s preferences will be considered alongside their academic record,

demonstrated skill-set, relevant work experience, future career goals, and Host Organisation requirements

in order to assign the student a placement that is appropriate to both student and Host Organisation.

The LPP Academic Program Officer and ACICIS Resident Director manage selection and practicum

placement allocation. Host Organisations are encouraged to provide details in advance of preferred or

required candidate skill‐-sets for their workplaces.

ACICIS will confer with Host Organisations prior to confirming students' placements. Host Organisations may

nominate to review participant qualifications or to arrange an interview over phone, Skype or email prior to

accepting a practicum candidate.

Teaching and Learning StrategiesStudents undertake an unpaid practicum placement (160 hours) in a work environment in Indonesia under

the professional supervision of a Host Organisation mentor as well as the academic supervision of the

ACICIS LPP Academic Program Officer. This experience is augmented by a two-week classroom-based

course of study conducted at Atma Jaya University — prior to students’ practicum placements. This course

of study consists of compulsory Indonesian language classes as well a series of industry seminars and

fieldtrips designed to equip students with an understanding of Indonesia’s legal system.

EvaluationThroughout the program, the LPP Academic Program Officer will conduct monitoring visits to each

student’s workplace to garner feedback from both student and Host Organisation mentor. Upon completion

of the program, students are invited to provide specific feedback to the Academic Program Officer at a final

debriefing session. Students are also asked to complete an anonymous online student feedback survey to

assist ACICIS in improving the quality of subsequent iterations of the program.

AttendanceStudents must attend a minimum of 80% of all language classes, seminars and

fieldtrips, as well as the practicum placement to complete the program satisfactorily.


AssessmentUpon completion of the program, the LPP Academic Program Officer provides a student’s home university

with a two-page ‘Student Outcome Evaluation’ report detailing a student’s academic performance on the

program. Student performance will be assessed only as ‘Satisfactory’ or ‘Unsatisfactory’ (equivalent to an

‘ungraded pass/fail’).

The student's Host Organisation workplace mentor is also required to provide a brief report on a student’s

activities and performance while undertaking their placement. This includes evaluation of a student’s

professional demeanour and conduct, their ability to reflect critically and adapt to issues encountered in

the workplace, their approach to work, and their demonstrated cross-cultural communication skills (both

oral and written). Assessment of the academic classwork component of the program will be carried out by

academic personnel from Atma Jaya University and the ACICIS LPP Academic Program Officer.

To complete this program satisfactorily, students must demonstrate the ability to perform tasks in a

workplace, at a satisfactory standard, as well as to reflect on the experience and relate it back to their

academic studies. Students must attend a minimum of 80% of scheduled language classes, industry

seminars and fieldtrips, as well as achieve a grade of at least 60% in the Indonesian language component.

A student’s home university retains the right to set and grade other assessment tasks related to the

program. While ACICIS makes a recommendation about the appropriate level of academic credit for

a student’s participation in the program, it is up to individual home universities to determine their own

protocols and rules for awarding academic credit to students who undertake the program. Home

universities are able to adjust ACICIS’ recommended LPP assessment weightings to suit home institution

requirements.

Educational Principles and Graduate Attributes Through the LPP, students are encouraged and assisted to:

� Develop and apply their academic skills and knowledge in a real-life legal workplace;

� Make a valued contribution to the Host Organisation;

� Enhance employability by increasing awareness of employer’s expectations of performance and

conduct;

� Enhance their understanding of Indonesian organisational culture;

� Gain first-hand experience of the challenges of intercultural management and communication;

� Establish networks and contacts with professionals working within Indonesia’s legal sector. and

� Increase their knowledge of Indonesian law and legal practices, and the applicability of these concepts

and practices to the Indonesian context.

Learning OutcomesStudents who complete the LPP successfully should be able to:

� Apply legal knowledge and academic skills to a workplace environment;

� Identify and analyse real-life legal problems;

� Perform tasks set by an employer to a satisfactory standard;

� Critically reflect and report on experience in the workplace;

� Demonstrate sound cross-cultural communication skills and cross-cultural teamwork behaviour; and

� Respect diversity in a range of academic and professional environments.


be awarded an overall ‘Satisfactory’ grade for the LPP; participants must achieve a mark of at least 60% for

this component.

2. Seminar Series and Fieldtrips (30 hours)The Seminar Series and Fieldtrip component of the LPP consists of eight seminars and two fieldtrips.

Students are expected to attend and participate actively in a minimum of 80% all scheduled seminars and

fieldtrips. Prior to each seminar or fieldtrip, students are required to complete a number of set readings.

Students must demonstrate adequate preparation through informed contributions to discussions and

activities in order to pass this component. Lively discussion groups and Q&A sessions will be a key aspect

of these sessions. Please see Appendix I for more detail about this component of the program.

3. Practicum Placement (160 hours)Students undertake a supervised practicum placement at a participating Host Organisation. Required

tasks will vary depending on the Host Organisation. Without good reason and the permission of their

Host Organisation mentor, students must attend their placement during all contracted working hours.

Furthermore, students must satisfy both their Host Organisation and the LPP Academic Program Officer

that they have performed all assigned tasks to a satisfactory standard. On completion of the practicum, the

Host Organisation mentor will be asked to evaluate the student’s performance. The mentor will be asked

to comment on criteria related to both generic skills (e.g. interpersonal, communication, professionalism,

initiative) and discipline-specific knowledge. A marking rubric for this component is provided in Appendix IV.

4. Reflective JournalThe purpose of the Reflective Journal is to encourage critical thinking and reflection from students on their

theoretical and vocational learning processes while on the LPP. It should serve as a space in which students

are able to reflect on the challenges and rewards of working in a cross-cultural professional environment,

and guide students’ workplace tasks week-to-week based on input from their LPP Academic Program

Officer and workplace mentor. The reflective journal should also demonstrate evidence of students’

understanding of set course readings and ability to relate these readings to their practicum experience.

To complete the Reflective Journal, students are required to:

� Complete a set of required readings on cross-cultural learning and self-reflective learning. The list of

readings is provided in Appendix II.

� Keep a weekly log submitted to the LPP Academic Program Officer of activities and duties performed

in the workplace during their practicum period. Students should provide a brief account (no more than

1-2 paragraphs each day) of observations, challenges, learning experiences, or unexpected outcomes

encountered in the practicum workplace. Students should note down any important meetings

they attended or interesting stakeholders with whom they met. Students must be mindful of client

confidentiality when preparing their weekly submission.

� Some questions students may like to reflect on at the end of each week might include, but are not

limited to:

How did your daily tasks contribute to your project’s end goals?

Did you come up against any hurdles this week (and if yes, how did you overcome them)?

How do you find working in a cross-cultural environment?

Do you notice different styles of management or teamwork in your Indonesian workplace

Assessment MechanismsThe following components are used to inform the ACICIS LPP Academic Project Officer’s ‘Student Outcome

Evaluation’ report. Students are required to satisfactorily complete all components in order to achieve an

overall grade of 'Satisfactory' for the program::

# Component Dates Weighting Notes

1 Indonesian

Language

Classes

7-18 January 10% Undertaken at Atma Jaya University – assessment

administered by Atma Jaya University's Language

Training Centre through weekly assignments and

written tests.

2 Seminar Series

and Fieldtrips

7-18 January 10% Attendance at, and participation in, all seminars and

fieldtrips organised by ACICIS is required. Evidence of

familiarity with set readings will be assessed through

seminar participation.

3 Practicum

Placement

21 January -

15 February

50% Practicum host organisation mentor to submit an

evaluation to the LPP Academic Program Officer (APO);

APO to gauge performance based on monitoring visits

and discussions with host organisation mentor and

student.

4 Reflective

Journal

21 January –

15 February

10% Weekly submissions to be submitted electronically

to the LPP APO by 4pm each Friday throughout the

practicum placement. Evidence of familiarity with set

readings will be assessed through student’s reflective

journal submissions.

5 Practicum

Report

17 February 20% Student to submit a 2,000-word report on a

contemporary legal issue in Indonesia to be assessed

by LPP Academic Program Officer.

Assessment Component DetailsThe LPP is designed to meet the Australian university equivalency requirements of half of a full-time

semester load (0.25 EFTSL) at ACICIS member universities, and includes the following assessable

components:

1. Indonesian Language Classes (40 hours)Students are required to attend two weeks of intensive classes in Indonesian language and culture at Atma

Jaya University in order to develop language skills that will help them operate more effectively in their

practicum placements and in the wider Indonesian community. Students will sit a placement test on the

first day of orientation and be placed in Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced Indonesian language classes.

Language classes are four hours in duration each day from Monday to Friday for the first two weeks of the

program. Students will be assessed on four macro skills areas: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.

Students will sit a final language exam and be given a percentage mark and grade for this assessment. To


Award of Grade for the CourseBoth the student and the student’s home university will receive a copy of the LPP Academic Program

Officer’s student outcome evaluation report as well as an official academic transcript from Atma Jaya

University.These assessment documents will be sent electronically from the ACICIS Secretariat in Perth

within six weeks of a student's completion of the program.. The home university may choose to award

a numerial grade or an ungraded pass/fail on the basis of these documents and any additional home

university assessment requirements for the program.

Detailed marking rubrics for assessment items 3, 4 and 5 (practicum placement, reflective journal, and

practicum report) are provided in Appendix IV. These rubrics are provided as background information to

students and home university course coordinators regarding how the ACICIS Academic LPP Program

Officer assesses these particular assessment items and their contribution to a student’s overall grade

of ‘Satisfactory’ or ‘Unsatisfactory’ for the program.

compared with your home country?

Have you noticed any cultural differences during interactions this week? How did they affect

communication or outcomes or the effectiveness of your work?

How does this compare with workplaces in which you have worked previously?

How does your experience in the workplace compare with your university studies in this field

previously?

Describe your organisation’s location in the broader context of Indonesia’s legal sector.

� Reference and reflect on the set readings and seminar topics.

Students are encouraged to use the Reflective Journal to record and elaborate on the significant issues

encountered during each week of their practicum placement, and to talk these through with their Host

Organisation mentor and/or the LPP Academic Program Officer wherever possible.

A useful way to complete the Reflective Journal can be for students to complete this in Microsoft Word or

Excel as the last task done each day (for 10 -15 minutes) prior to leaving the office. Students can then – on

Fridays – allocate around 20 minutes to jot down their longer weekly reflections.

Weekly logs are to be submitted via an online form portal by 4pm each Friday during the practicum

placement.

A template for the Reflective Journal is provided in Appendix II. A marking rubric for this component is

provided in Appendix IV.

5. Practicum Report: 2,000 wordsStudents are required to complete a 2,000-word report on a contemporary issue within the Indonesian

legal system. A list of report topics from which students may choose is provided in Appendix III.

Alternatively, students may request permission to work on an alternative topic, with the approval of the LPP

Academic Program Officer. The aim of this report is to encourage students to think crtically about law and

legal practices in the Indonesian context. In writing the report, students are expected to draw on a range of

secondary sources (academic journal articles, research papers, books, and online articles) as well as their

experience of observing and participating in Indonesia's legal sector first-hand through the LPP program. A

fuller description of the practicum report assignment is can be found in Appendix III. A marking rubric for

this component is provided in Appendix IV.


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Indonesian Constitutional Court’ (2016) 16(2) Australian Journal of Asian Law 1-15.

Melissa Crouch, ‘Islamic Law and Society in Southeast Asia’, in Anver M Emon and Rumee Ahmed (eds) The

Oxford Handbook on Islamic Law (Oxford University Press, 2016).

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255-285.

Michael Buehler, The Politics of Sharia Law: Islamic Activists and the State in Democratizing Indonesia

(Cambridge University Press, 2016).

Michael Feener, Sharia and Social Engineering: the Implementation of Islamic Law in Aceh (Oxford University

Press, 2014).

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(Harvard University Press, 2007).

Nurkholis Hidayat, ‘Democratic Emergency? Hard-liners, Communism and the Attack on LBH’, blog post,

Indonesia at Melbourne, 18 September 2017. http://indonesiaatmelbourne.unimelb.edu.au/

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(2016) 2 Indonesia Law Review 158-179.

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Tradition in Indonesian Politics: The Deployment of Adat from Colonialism to Indigenism, (Routledge,

2007).

Petra Mahy, ‘The Evolution of Company Law in Indonesia: An Exploration of Legal Innovation and Stagnation’

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Indonesia’ (Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law University of Melbourne, 2017). Available

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Gary Bell, ‘Indonesia: the Challenges of Legal Diversity and Law Reform’ in Ann Black and

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Developments in the Past Decade’ (2006) 13 Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law 57-72.

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Society (The Federation Press, 2008) 397-424.

Jacqueline Vel, Yando Zakaria and Adriaan Bedner, ‘Law-Making as a Strategy for Change: Indonesia’s New

Village Law’ (2017) 4(2) Asian Journal of Law and Society 447-471.

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University, 2012).

John McCarthy, ‘Changing to Gray: Decentralization and the Emergence of Volatile Socio-Legal

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AppendicesSimon Butt and Sofie Arjon Shutte, ‘Assessing Judicial performance in Indonesia: the court for Corruption

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Tim Lindsey, ‘Legal Infrastructure and Governance Reform in Post-Crisis Asia: The Case of Indonesia,’ (2004)

18(1) Asian Pacific Economic Literature 12-40.

Tim Lindsey, ‘Between Piety and Prudence: State Syariah and the Regulation of Islamic Banking in

Indonesia’, (2012) 34 Sydney Law Review 107-127.

Tim Lindsey and Achmad Santosa, 'The Trajectory of Law Reform in Indonesia: A Short Overview of Legal

Systems and Change in Indonesia' in Tim Lindsey (ed), Indonesia: Law and Society (The Federation

Press, 2008).

Tim Lindsey, Islam, Law and the State in Southeast Asia (I.B. Taurus, 2012).

Timo Kaartinen, ‘Perceptions of Justice in the Making: Rescaling of Customary Law in Post-Suharto Maluku,

Indonesia,’ (2014)15(4) Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 319-338.

The Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (1945) (Translated).

The University of Melbourne, Southeast Asian Legal Research Guide: Indonesia (27 April 2017)

<http://unimelb.libguides.com/c.php?g=402982&p=2902316>.

V Taylor, ‘Contract and Contract enforcement in Indonesia’ in Tim Lindsey (Eds), Indonesia: Law and

Society (The Federation Press, 2008).

William Leggett, The Flexible Imagination: At Work in the Transnational Corporate Offices of

Jakarta, Indonesia (Lexington Books, 2013).


Appendix I: Industry Seminar Series and Fieldtrips

# Date Title Speaker/s Readings

Week One

1 Monday

7 January

LPP Seminar 1: Indonesian Politics, Law and

Society:

This seminar will introduce students to the

nuances of the Indonesian legal system and

the challenges of providing access to justice

for 250 million people.

1. TBC

2. TBC

Required

Colin Brown, A Short History of Indonesia: The Unlikely Nation? (Allen & Unwin, 2004) p 1-9, 185-223, 225-247.

Douglas Ramage, Politics in Indonesia (Taylor & Francis, 2002) Ch 1.

Hesti Setyowati and M. Harris S. Toengkagie, ‘Introduction to the Indonesian Legal System: Major Developments in the

Past Decade’ (2006) 13 Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law 57-72.

Optional

Andrew Rosser and Jayne Curnow ‘Legal Mobilisation and Justice: Insights from the Constitutional Court Case on

International Standard Schools in Indonesia’ (2014) 15(4) Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 302-318.

Jacqueline Vel (2010) ’Policy Research on Access to Justice in Indonesia: A Review of World Bank and UNDP Reports’

Law, Social Justice & Global development (LGD) http://www.go.warwick.ac.uk/elj/lgd/20010_1/vel

Jiwon Suh, The Politics of Transitional Justice in Post-Suharto Indonesia (Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 2012).

Rimaway Pradiptyo, A Certain Uncertainty: Assessment of Court Decisions in Tackling Corruption in Indonesia’

(Dissertation, Universitas Gadjah Mada, 2011).

2 Tuesday

8 January Opening Ceremony at Atma Jaya University and Australian Embassy Briefing

3 Wednesday

9 January

LPP Seminar 2: Introduction to Indonesian

Legal History & Law Reform in the Modern

Era:

This seminar will explore the legacies of

the Dutch colonial era and the Sukarno and

Suharto administrations on the Indonesian

legal system in terms of substantive law

and attitudes, and the changes that have

accompanied the reformasi period since 1998.

1. TBC Required

Daniel Lev, ‘Colonial Law and the Genesis of the Indonesian State’ (1985) Indonesia 40 (Oct) pp. 57-74.

Gary Bell ‘Indonesia: the Challenges of Legal Diversity and Law Reform’ in Ann Black and Gary F. Bell (Eds), Law and

Legal Institutions of Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2011).

Tim Lindsey, ‘Legal Infrastructure and Governance Reform in Post-Crisis Asia: The Case of Indonesia,’ (2004) 18(1)

Asian Pacific Economic Literature 12-40.

Tim Lindsey and Achmad Santosa, 'The Trajectory of Law Reform in Indonesia: A Short Overview of Legal Systems

and Change in Indonesia' in Tim Lindsey (ed), Indonesia: Law and Society (The Federation Press, 2008).

Recommended

Daniel S. Lev, Legal Evolution and Political Authority in Indonesia: Selected Essays (Kluwer Law International, 2000) pp

33-70, 99-118, 161-214, 245-282, 305-320, 321-336.

EXAMPLE



4 Thursday

10 January

LPP Seminar 3: Indonesia’s Constitution and

Court System:

This seminar will examine Indonesia’s national

law making bodies, the court system, and the

role of recently created new courts including

the Constitutional Court. The seminar will

touch on the decentralised and pluralistic

nature of Indonesia’s political and legal

systems.

1. TBC Required

Simon Butt and Tim Lindsey, The Constitution of Indonesia: A Contextual Analysis (Hart Publishing, 2012) Chs 1-2.

Simon Butt and Sofie Arjon Shutte, ‘Assessing Judicial performance in Indonesia: the court for Corruption Crimes’

(2014) 62(5) Crime, Law and Social Change 603-619.

Simon Butt and Tim Lindsey, Judicial Mafia: The courts and state illegality in Indonesia. In Edward Aspinall and Gerry

van Klinken (Eds.), The State and Illegality in Indonesia (The Netherlands: KITLV Press, 2011). (pp. 189-213)..

The Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia 1945 (Translated)

Optional

Agus Salim et al. ‘Indonesia’s Village Law: Enabler or Constraint for More Accountable Governance’ Research Report

(Pattiro and Institute for Development Studies, 2017). https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/bitstream/

handle/123456789/13324/Village_law_Indonesia_Final.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

John McCarthy, ‘Changing to Gray: Decentralization and the Emergence of Volatile Socio-Legal Configurations in

Central Kalimantan’ (2004) 32(7) World Development 1199-1223.

Jacqueline Vel, Yando Zakaria and Adriaan Bedner, ‘Law-Making as a Strategy for Change: Indonesia’s New Village

Law’ (2017) 4(2) Asian Journal of Law and Society 447-471.

5 Friday

11 January

LPP Fieldtrip 1: Constitutional Court:

This fieldtrip will expose students to the

Indonesian judiciary in action and provide an

opportunity to tour the facilities at Indonesia’s

Constitutional Court.

1. TBC Required

Donald L Horowitz, Constitutional Change and Democracy in Indonesia, (Cambridge University Press, 2013) Ch 1.

Marcus Mietzner, ‘Political Conflict Resolution and Democratic Consolidation in Indonesia: The Role of the

Constitutional Court’ (2010) 10 Journal of East Asian Studies 397-424

Pan Mohamad Faiz, ‘The Protection of Civil and Political Rights by the Constitutional Court of Indonesia’ (2016) 2

Indonesia Law Review 158-179

Simon Butt and Tim. Lindsey, 'Economic reform when the constitution matters: Indonesia's constitutional court and

article 33' (2008) 44 Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies 239-262.

Optional

Andrew Rosser & Jayne Curnow, Legal Mobilisation and Justice: Insights from the Constitutional Court Case on

International Standard Schools in Indonesia, (2014) 15:4 The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 302-318

S Hendrianto, ‘The Rise and Fall of Heroic Chief Justices: Constitutional Politics and Judicial Leadership in Indonesia’,

(2016) Washington International Law Journal, 527- 563.EXAMPLE



Week Two

Monday

14 January

LPP Seminar 4: Islam and the Law in

Indonesia:

This seminar will examine the influence of

Islam on Indonesian law, the role of Islamic

courts, sharia banking and finance, as well as

political Islam and its influence on law making.

Students will consider the special case of

Aceh and the role of sharia police in enforcing

Islamic law.

Required

Mark Cammack and R Michael Feener, ‘The Islamic Legal System in Indonesia’ (2012) 21(1) Pacific Rim Law & Policy

Journal 13-42.

Melissa Crouch, ‘Constitutionalism, Islam and the Practise of Religious Deference: The Case of the Indonesian

Constitutional Court’ (2016) 16(2) Australian Journal of Asian Law 1-15.

R. Michael Feener, Sharia and Social Engineering: the Implementation of Islamic Law in Aceh ( Oxford University Press,

2014) Ch1.

Optional

Dina Afrianty, Women in Sharia Law in Northern Indonesia: Local Women’s NGOs and the Reform of Islamic Law in Aceh,

(Routledge: New York, 2015).

Michael Buehler, ‘The Rise of Shari’a By-Laws in Indonesian Districts’ (2008) 16(2) Southeast Asia Research 255-285.

Michael Buehler, The Politics of Sharia Law: Islamic Activists and the State in Democratizing Indonesia (Cambridge

University Press, 2016).

Robert W Hefner, ‘Indonesia, Islam, and the new U.S. Administration’ (2016) The Review of Faith & International Affairs

59-66.

R. Michael Feener and Mark Cammack (eds), Islamic Law in Contemporary Indonesia: Ideas and Institutions, Harvard

University Press, 2007).

Tim Lindsey, ‘Between Piety and Prudence: State Syariah and the Regulation of Islamic Banking in Indonesia’, (2012) 34

Sydney Law Review 107-127.

Tuesday

15 January

LPP Fieldtrip 2: Islamic Law Fieldtrip

For this fieldtrip students will have the

opportunity to visit a local religious court,

sharia bank, or to meet members of the

Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI).w

Required

Askal Salim, Challenging the Secular State: The Islamization of Laws in Modern Indonesia (Hawaii University Press,

2008).

Melissa Crouch, ‘Islamic Law and Society in Southeast Asia’, in Anver M Emon and Rumee Ahmed (eds) The Oxford

Handbook on Islamic Law (Oxford University Press, 2016) pp 1-25.

Mark Cammack et al, ‘Legislating social change in an Islamic society: Indonesia’s marriage law’ (1996) 44(1) American

Journal of Comparative Law 45-73.

Simon Butt, ‘Islam, the State and the Constitutional Court in Indonesia’ (2010) 19(2) Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal

279-301.

Optional

Arskal Salim, ‘Shari’ah in Indonesia’, Oxford Islamic Studies Online. Available at: http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.

com/article/opr/t343/e0030?_hi=0&_pos=1#match

Arskal Salim, Contemporary Islamic Law in Indonesia: Sharia and Legal Pluralism (Edinburgh University Press, 2015).

Daniel S. Lev, Islamic Courts in Indonesia: A Study in the Political Bases of Legal Institutions (University of California

Press, 1972), Chapter 1 and 3.

Julia Suryakusuma, ‘From Both Sides Now: Shariah Morality, “Pornography” and Women in Indonesia’ in David K.

Linnan (ed) Legitimacy, Legal Development and Change: Law and Modernization Reconsidered (Routledge 2012).

Tim Lindsey, Islam, Law and the State in Southeast Asia (I.B. Taurus, 2012)

Robert W Hefner, ‘Indonesia, Islam, and the new U.S. Administration’ (2016) The Review of Faith & International Affairs

59-66.

Robin Bush, ‘Islam and Constitutionalism in Indonesia’ in David K. Linnan (ed) Legitimacy, Legal Development and

Change: Law and Modernization Reconsidered (Routledge 2012).

EXAMPLE



8 Wednesday

16 January

LPP Seminar 5:

Option 1: Commercial and Corporate Law

Option 2: Environmental Law

1. TBC

2. TBC

Option 1:

Required

‐Benny Tabalujan, ‘Family Capitalism and Corporate Governance of Family-Controlled Listed Companies in Indonesia,’

25(2) UNSW Law Journal 486-514.

‐D Linnan, ‘Reading the Tea Leaves in the Indonesian Commercial Court: A cautionary tale, but for whom?’ in Harding,

A, Nicholson, P (eds) New Courts In Asia. (Routledge, 2009) 56-79.

‐Daniel Fitzpatrick, ‘Corporate Governance, Economic Crisis and the Indonesian Banking Sector,’ (1998) 9(1) Australian

Journal of Corporate Law 1-16.

‐Petra Mahy, ‘The Evolution of Company Law in Indonesia: An Exploration of Legal Innovation and Stagnation’ (2013)

61(2) American Journal of Comparative Law 377-432.

Optional

‐ V Taylor, ‘Contract and Contract enforcement in Indonesia’ in Tim Lindsey (Eds), Indonesia: Law and Society (The

Federation Press, 2008) Ch. 26, 568-595

Option 2:

Required

‐A Bedner, ‘Access to Environmental Justice in Indonesia’ in Harding, A. (Ed) Access to Environmental Justice: A

Comparative Study. (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2007) 89-123.

‐A Bedner, ‘Amalgamating environmental law in Indonesia’ in Arnscheidt, J et al (Eds) Lawmaking for Development

(Leiden University Press, 2008) Ch 7.

‐Andri G Wibisana, ‘The Development of the Precautionary Principle in International and Indonesian Environmental

Law’ (2012) 14(1-2) Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 169-202.

‐David Nicholson, zz (KILTV Press, 2009), p 1-49.

‐Laely Nurhidayah, ‘Legislation, Regulations, and Policies in Indonesia relevant to Addressing Land/Forest Fires and

Transboundary Haze Pollution: A Critical Evaluation’ (2013) 16 Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 217-239.

‐Marjan Peeters, ‘Elaborating on integration of environmental legislation: the case of Indonesia’ in Michael Faure and

Nicole Niessen (Eds) Environmental Law in Development: Lessons from the Indonesian Experience (Edward Elgar

Publishing, 2006) Ch 5.

‐Robert Cribb, ‘The Politics of Pollution Control in Indonesia’ (1990) 30(12) Asian Survey 1123-1135.

Optional

‐A Bedner, ‘Consequences of Decentralization: Environmental Impact Assessment and Water Pollution Control in

Indonesia’ (2010) 32(1) Law & Policy 38-60.

‐Carolyn Marr, ‘Forest and mining legislation in Indonesia’ in Tim Lindsey (Eds), Indonesia: Law and Society (The

Federation Press, 2008) Ch. 11, p. 247.

‐S. K. Waddel, ‘The Role of the ‘Legal Rule’ in Indonesian Law: Environmental law and reformasi of water quality

management’ (Doctoral Theses, University of Sydney, 2004)

EXAMPLE



Option 3: Human Rights Law 1. TBC Option 3

Required

‐International Religious Freedom Report for 2015: Indonesia, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and

Labor (US Department of State) http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.

htm?year=2015&dlid=256107

‐Melissa Crouch, ‘Asian Legal Transplants and Lessons on the Rule of Law: National Human Rights Commissions in

Indonesia and Myanmar’ (2013) 5(2) Hague Journal of the Rule of Law [Special edition: Rule of Law in East Asia]

146-177.

Melissa Crouch, ‘Judicial review and Religious Freedom: The Case of Indonesian Ahmadis’ (2012) (34) Sydney Law

Review 545-572.

‐J Herbert, ‘The legal framework of human rights in Indonesia’ in Tim Lindsey (Eds), Indonesia: Law and Society (The

Federation Press, 2008) Ch. 21, p.456 (see also Ch. 22, 23, 24, 25).

‐Ross Clark ‘The Bali Bombing, East Timor trials and the Aceh Human Rights Court’ (2008) Indonesia Law and Society

430-456.

Optional

D Fitzpatrick, ‘Culture, ideology and human rights: The case of Indonesia’s Code of Criminal Procedure’ in Tim Lindsey

(Eds), Indonesia: Law and Society (The Federation Press, 2008) p. 499-514

9 Thursday

17 January

LPP Seminar 6: Customary Law and Informal

Regulation:

This seminar will examine the limitations

of state law in Indonesia, with particular

regard to the role of customary law or adat

in rural communities. Case studies on the

informal economy and regulations and

issues surrounding access to justice will be

discussed in this seminar.

1. TBC Required

Andrea Woodhouse et al. (2004) Village Justice in Indonesia: Case Studies on Access to Justice, Village Democracy

and Governance. World Bank report, available at http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTINDONESIA/

Resources/Publication/04-Publication/VilllageJustice+.pdf

Peter Burns, ‘Custom, that is Before All Law’ in Jamie S. Davidson and David Henley (Eds), The Revival of Tradition in

Indonesian Politics: The Deployment of Adat from Colonialism to Indigenism, (Routledge, 2007).

‐Timo Kaartinen, ‘Perceptions of Justice in the Making: Rescaling of Customary Law in Post-Suharto Maluku, Indonesia,’

(2014)15(4) Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology 319-338.

‐C Thorburn, ‘Adat, Conflict and Rewconciliation’ in Tim Lindsey (Eds), Indonesia: Law and Society (The Federation

Press, 2008) p.115-145.

Optional

Andrea Woodhouse et al. (2004) Village Justice in Indonesia: Case Studies on Access to Justice, Village Democracy

and Governance. World Bank report, available at http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTINDONESIA/

Resources/Publication/04-Publication/VilllageJustice+.pdf

C Thorburn, ‘Adat, Conflict and Reconciliation’ in Tim Lindsey (Eds), Indonesia: Law and Society (The Federation Press,

2008) p.115-145.

Erman Rajagukguk, ‘Legal Pluralism and the Three-Cornered Case Study of Women’s Inheritance Rights Changing in

Lombok’ in David K. Linnan (ed) Legitimacy, Legal Development and Change: Law and Modernization Reconsidered

(Routledge 2012) ‐

EXAMPLE



Keebet and Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Political and Legal Transformations of an Indonesian Polity: The Nagari from

Colonisation to Decentralisation (Cambridge University Press, 2013), ch 15.

Petra Mahy et al., ‘The Plural Regulation of Work: A Pilot Study of Restaurant Workers in Yogyakarta, Indonesia’ (Centre

for Employment and Labour Relations Law University of Melbourne, 2017). Available at: http://law.unimelb.edu.

au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/2475259/Plural-Regulation-of-Work-Pilot-Study-of-Restaurant-Workers-

Yogyakarta-ISBN-9780734053916-online.pdf

Sulistyowati Irianto, ‘Competition and Interaction between State Law and Customary Law in the Courtroom: A Study of

Inheritance Cases in Indonesia’ (2004) 36(49) Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law 91-112.

9 Friday

18 January

LPP Seminar 7

Option 1: Indonesian Legal Research Skills

This seminar will show students how to

access the most up to date Indonesian

legislation and court case decisivons, and to

assess their importance. Topics discussed will

include use of secondary sources, translation

issues, and availability of online sources.

Option 2: The Legal Profession and

Workplace Culture in Indonesia

This seminar will examine the important

role of lawyers in Indonesia, the concept

of ‘kekeluargaan’ and its relevance for

legal practice in Indonesia, hierarchy in the

workplace, and the importance of ethics and

client confidentiality in legal practice.

1. TBC Option 1

Required

‐Helen Pausacker, ‘Researching Indonesian Law on the Internet’, in Tim Lindsey (ed.), Indonesia: Law and Society, (The

Federation Press, 2nd ed, 2008) p. 13-17.

‐Law Library of Congress, Guide to Law Online: Indonesia (23 March 2017) <https://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/

nations/indonesia.php>.

‐The University of Melbourne, Southeast Asian Legal Research Guide: Indonesia (27 April 2017) <http://unimelb.

libguides.com/c.php?g=402982&p=2902316>.

Option 2

Required

Melissa Crouch, ‘Cause Lawyering, the Legal Profession and the Courts in Indonesia: The Bar Association Controversy’

(2011) LawASIA Journal 63-86.

Nurkholis Hidayat, ‘Democratic Emergency? Hard-liners, Communism and the Attack on LBH’, blog post, Indonesia at

Melbourne, 18 September 2017. http://indonesiaatmelbourne.unimelb.edu.au/democratic-emergency-hard-

liners-communism-and-the-attack-on-lbh/

Saskia Wieringa, ‘When a History Seminar Becomes Toxic’, Inside Indonesia 130: Oct-Dec 2017. http://www.

insideindonesia.org/when-a-history-seminar-becomes-toxic.

Stephen Rosenbaum, ‘Beyond the Fakultas’ Four Walls: Linking Education, Practice and the Legal Profession’ (2014)

Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal 395-421.‐

Optional

Daniel S. Lev, Legal Evolution and Political Authority in Indonesia: Selected Essays (Kluwer Law International, 2000) pp

305-320.

Daromir Rudnyckyj, ‘Circulating Tears and Managing Hearts: Governing through Affect in an Indonesian Steel Factory’

(2011) 11(1) Anthropological Theory 63-87. ‐

Marcus Mietzner, ‘Fighting the Hellhounds: Pro-democracy Activists and Party Politics in Post-Soeharto Indonesia’

(2013) 43(1) Journal of Contemporary Asia 28-50. ‐‐

William Leggett, The Flexible Imagination: At Work in the Transnational Corporate Offices of Jakarta, Indonesia

(Lexington Books, 2013) Ch 6.

EXAMPLE


Reflective Journal Template

Work Placement: Week One

Day Activities Personal Rewards Challenges/

obstacles

How can I overcome

these?

Mon

14 Jan

� E.g. Met team,

had induction,

was given a small

design project to

work on

� Found the office,

understood my

first team meeting

on a specific case

and its associated

tasks

� E.g. New to the

team, feeling shy

� Ask questions, be

friendly

� Sit with different

people, ask

questions, read as

much as possible

� Research readings

Tues

15 Jan

� Project- related

team meeting

� Incorporated

meeting notes in

my tasks

� “Jam karet” poses

to be an issue for

me

� Trying to adapt to

my co- workers

Wed

16 Jan

� Send a project

to supervisor for

feedback

� Supervisor was

happy with project

status

� Feeling more

comfortable in my

new environment

� Communicating in

Indonesian

� Practice

Thurs

17 Jan

� Project- related

team meeting

� My project was

accepted

� Traffic made it hard

to get to work

� Ask colleagues/

students for other

/better options

Fri

18 Jan

Weekly summary

Two long paragraphs to half a page reflecting on your week:

� In my first week with ‘Agency/Firm’, I spent most of my time adjusting to…

� It’s been really different working here compared to when I worked with ‘Business Name’ /

‘Individual Practitioner’s Name’ in Australia- this is a very different environment I’m looking

forward to seeing how an Indonesian legal organisation operates compared to its Australian

counterpart.

� NAME (Year) argues that it is Indonesia’s growing population which is driving change in

Indonesia’s legal sector and is placing significant pressure on the judiciary. I got a sense of

that this week when…

Goals for next week:

� Next week I hope to look up more readings/ meet with my supervisor and ask her more

about the growing number of opportunities within the legal sector …

Sent to LPP PO

Yes: Friday 18 Jan

Appendix II: Reflective Journal Reading List & Journal Template

Reflective Journal Reading ListPrior to commencing the LPP program, all students are required to read the following readings in the

three thematic areas: cross cultural learning and development, self-reflexive learning, and introduction to

Indonesia. These readings will help students understand the purpose of reflective journal writing and the

challenges in cross-cultural vocational learning.

1. Cross-cultural learning and development readingsRequired

Adam B. Cohen, and Norman B Anderson. ‘Many Forms of Culture’ (2009) 64(3) American Psychologist 194-

204.

Alison Dundes Renteln, ‘Cross-Cultural Justice and the Logic of Reciprocity: When Westerners Run Afoul of

the Law in Other Countries’ (2009) 92 Judicature 238-242.

Allan Bird and Joyce Osland, ‘Making Sense of Intercultural Collaboration.’ (2005) 35(4) International Studies

of Management and Organizations 115-32.

Yelena Yershova, Joan DaJaeghere, and Josef Mestenhauser, ‘Thinking Not as Usual: Adding the

Intercultural Perspective’ (2000) 4(1) Journal of Studies in International Education 39-78.

2. Self-reflexive learning

Required

D.W. McCormick, ‘Critical Thinking, Experiential Learning, and Internships.’ (1993) 17(2) Journal of

Management Education 260-62.

David Boud, and Heather Middleton. ‘Learning from Others at Work: Communities of Practice and Informal

Learning.’ Journal of Workplace Learning 15, no. 5 (2003): 194-202.

Christine Fanthome, Work Placements: A Survival Guide for Students. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.)

Kelley Burton and Judith McNamara, ‘Assessing Reflection Skills in Law Using Criterion’; (2009) 19(1) Legal

Education Review 171

Martha Bell, ‘What Constitutes Experience? Rethinking Theoretical Assumptions.’ (1993) 16(1) Journal of

Experiential Education 19-24.

Philip Gardner, Inge Steglitz, and Linda Gross, ‘Translating Study Abroad Experiences for Workplace

Competencies.’ (2009) 11(4) Peer Review 19.


Appendix III: Practicum Report OutlineAssessmentAs part of the overall assessment load of the LPP program, students are required to complete a 2,000-

word report on a contemporary legal issue in the Indonesian context. The aim of the report is to encourage

students to think critically about the legal system in Indonesia by drawing on a range of secondary sources

(academic journal articles, research papers, books and online articles) as well as on the experience of

observing and participating in the Indonesian legal sector first-hand through the LPP program.

Students should choose one of the 12 topics below to serve as the basis for their Practicum Report:

1. Outline common Western misconceptions regarding Indonesian culture. How do those

misconceptions colour the projection abroad of Indonesia and its people? What cultural myths

surrounding Indonesia exist in the West and how is this reflected in Western portrayals of Indonesia’s

legal system?

2. What cultural aspects need to be considered when practising law in the Indonesian court system?

(You can focus on specific fields such as criminal law, family law, corporate law, or human rights law.)

3. Explore an event or period in recent Indonesian history that has impacted Indonesia’s legal system.

Discuss the cultural significance and implications of the phenomenon.

4. How is the Indonesian legal framework influenced by other legal cultures?

5. What are the implications of Indonesia’s legal pluralism? Does it allow diverse values to be reflected in

the law? Does it undermine legal certainty? How does it affect legal practice?

6. Discuss the existence and practices of international law firms that have branches in Indonesia. What

effects do international firms have on the local legal services market? What challenges do international

firms face in carrying out their activities in Indonesia?

7. Indonesia has a highly decentralised political system, with hundreds of provincial and district

legislatures and heads able to pass regulations. Reflect on the implications of this for Indonesia’s legal

system and for legal practice.

8. In what ways does Indonesia’s legal system encourage or discourage foreign direct investment? (Hint:

the World Bank’s Doing Business reports on Indonesia may be a useful source here).

9. Indonesia, like many other Islamic parts of the world, has experienced an explosion in Islamic banking

and finance in recent years. Has the legal system been supporting this? Has the legal system been

keeping up with practice?

10. Indonesia is a signatory to many international treaties and conventions. What effects has this had on

the development of Indonesian domestic law?

11. Based on your experiences of Australian corporate environments, what lessons could Australia learn

from the Indonesian legal system and vice versa to improve outcomes?

12. In 2017, the Australian government announced a five year extension of the Australia-Indonesia

Partnership for Justice (AIPJ) which will provide 40 million AUD in funding to continue close

cooperation on law, justice and security issues over the next five years. What areas of the Indonesian

justice system should be the focus of this partnership?

Students will be assessed on:

� Ability to accept feedback;

� Level of initiative and awareness and acceptance of personal limitations;

� Demonstrated willingness to reassess their own work practice in light of feedback; and

� Reflection on overall work experience and expectations.

Overall, students should reflect on:

� The degree to which you were able to draw on your existing skills and experience? What knowledge

did you gain during the placement?

� How students feel they related to staff at their host organisation, and the organisation’s other

stakeholders. What techniques or strategies did you find useful in building rapport with others?

� How students feel about any differences in culture or communication. How successful do you feel you

were at ‘fitting in?’ How did the way you presented yourself affect the way that others related to you?

� How did you develop your professional skills? How successful were you at working autonomously,

or within a team? How did you exercise initiative in your position? In what way were you required to

be flexible in your role? What might you do differently to be more effective if you had the opportunity

again? What advice might you give another student about undertaking the LPP?

� Most enjoyable elements of the experience? Least enjoyable elements of the experience?


Appendix IV: Marking Rubrics

LPP Practicum Placement

Student Name

Date

Host Organisation

Academic Program Officer

Final Mark for component /70 Represents 50% of total program assessment

1. Host Organisation’s Expectations met:

� Overall satisfaction with student’s performance;

� Student demonstrated an appropriate balance between initiative and reliance on their supervisor;

� Initiating discussions with supervisor (including application of law, awareness of alternatives,

summation of advice, identification of systemic or policy issues); and

� Responsiveness to supervisor feedback.

2. Social and intercultural skills

� Student demonstrated sound cross-cultural communication skills and cross-cultural teamwork

behaviour in the workplace;

� Student’s ability to reflect critically on how law operates from a range of perspectives and on their own

role within the legal system;

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

None Poor Weak Pass Average Above average

Excellent

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


Excellent

Alternatively, students may suggest their own topic, in consultation with, and the approval of, the LPP Academic

Program Officer.

An example of the structure of the report will be provided.

Learning OutcomesFollowing the completion of the thematic practicum report, students should be able to:

� Identify a contemporary legal issue in Indonesia, and its related sub-issues;

� Analyse the history of this issue in Indonesia;

� Situate the issue in the contemporary Indonesian context, and identify the key stakeholders involved;

� Critically reflect on the relationship between theory and practice;

� Identify and analyse how the activities of their practicum Host Organisation relate to this issue;

� Offer recommendations or suggestions as to how this issue might be addressed or developed in

Indonesia in the future, based on the academic literature and a student’s own observations on the LPP.

Weighting & GradingThe thematic practicum report is worth 20% of a student’s overall participation mark on the LPP program,

along with language classes (10%), seminar and fieldtrip attendance (10%), reflective journal (10%) and

practicum placement (50%). In accordance with ACICIS’ final grading of ‘Satisfactory’ or ‘Unsatisfactory’,

the practicum report will be graded on ‘Pass’/’Fail’ basis with extensive feedback provided by the LPP

Academic Program Officer on topic selection, analysis, case studies and references used, and observations

included from a student’s own experiences on the LPP.

Students are advised to consult with the LPP PO by the end of the two-week academic program (language

classes and seminar series) regarding topic selection and suitability to individual LPP placements. Students

should do this by: Friday, 19 January, 2018.

Formatting and Referencing Students should format their practicum report in Calibri or Times New Roman font, 11 or 12 point; double-

spaced and justified. The report must be completed to an academic standard. Students should include

a bibliography with the standard Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC) referencing. Footnotes can be

included, if they are relevant to, and support, the argument. Students are advised to consult their home

university learning resource pages for more information on academic referencing.

Deadlines � Consult with LPP PO on topic selection and suitability no later than: Friday, 19 January 2019.

� The LPP practicum report is due: 6pm, Friday, 17 February, 2019; by email to the LPP PO.


6. Ethics and professional responsibility

� Interviewing and interview control, understanding of the purposes of taking instructions (including fact

gathering, interview control, communicating advice, where appropriate);

� Written communication including letters, documents and briefs;

� Oral communication of information and advice;

� Summation of relevant facts, legal issues and advice in discussions with supervisor;

� Cognition of and proficiency in legal strategies and strategic decision-making; and

� Improvement over the duration of the placement.

7. Project management skills for lawyers

� Maintenance of files, including accuracy and level of detail in file notes and records of advice;

� Planning and execution of project work; and

� Preparation for and management of changeover.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


Excellent

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


Excellent

3. Legal research and application of legal research, as well as application of previous skills and

experience in the workplace

� Student’s ability to identify relevant legal issues requiring further research;

� Demonstrated accuracy and comprehensiveness in their legal research;

� Effectively applied legal research to factual scenarios; and

� The student was able to draw on previous experiences, skills and academic studies and apply these to

their Host Organisation’s workplace setting.

4. Quality of work under supervision

� Interviewing and interview control, understanding of the purposes of taking instructions (including fact

gathering, interview control, communicating advice, where appropriate);

� Written communication including letters, documents and briefs;

� Oral communication of information and advice;

� Summation of relevant facts, legal issues and advice in discussions with supervisor;

� Cognition of and proficiency in legal strategies and strategic decision-making; and

� Improvement over the duration of the placement.

5. Quality of communications with clients and stakeholders

� Regular and effective communication with clients;

� Sensitivity towards clients;

� Proficiency in multi-disciplinary approaches to clients’ dilemmas – including recognition of and

approach to the non-legal aspects of clients’ problems;

� Identification of non-legal issues and options for supporting clients; and

� Identification of approach to non-adversarial options for dispute resolution.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


Excellent

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


Excellent

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


Excellent


LPP Practicum Report Student Name

Date

Host Organisation



1. Depth and breadth of knowledge demonstrated: Student shows a deep understanding of the issue

examined within the Indonesian legal context.

2. Topic in relation to Host Organisation: Student identifies and analyses how the activities of the

student’s practicum Host Organisation relate to this topic; and critically reflects on the relationship

between theory and practice.

3. Research: Quality academic sources, supporting evidence to back up claims, correct and consistent

referencing of all source materials.

4. Writing: Well written, clear, concise, with spelling and grammar checked, usage of appropriate

headings and structure, and adherence to correct word limit.

5. Presentation of Research: Depth and quality of exploration of legal principles and practice. Overall

engaging and relevant to the topic selected.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


Excellent

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


Excellent

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


Excellent

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


Excellent

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


Excellent

LPP Reflective Journal

Student Name

Date

Host Organisation



1. Reflexive practice: Student demonstrates ability to identify problems encountered in the workplace,

to reflect on behaviour and expectations – both their own and that of others – in relation to identified

problems in the workplace, and a willingness to modify their own work practice. Student also shows an

awareness and acceptance of personal limitations.

2. Intercultural understanding: Evidence of development of adequate techniques and strategies to

overcome cultural barriers encountered in the Host Organisation workplace during course of practicum

placement.

3. Critical engagement with, and application of, readings to practicum placement: Student

demonstrates familiarity with set course readings, evidence of critical engagement with texts and an

ability to apply these readings to experience on practicum placement.

4. Existing skills: Student showed ability to draw on pre-existing skills, experience and academic studies

in reflecting on experience within Host Organisation workplace during course of practicum.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


Excellent

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


Excellent

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


Excellent

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


Excellent

38 THE AUSTRALIAN CONSORTIUM FOR ‘IN-COUNTRY’ INDONESIAN STUDIES 39ACICIS BPP 2018 Course Outline

AcknowledgementsACICISgratefullyacknowledgesthefinancialandin-kindsupportit

has received from the Australian Government’s New Colombo Plan

MobilityProgramwhichhaspartiallyfundedthedevelopmentof,

andstudentparticipationin,ACICIS’LawProfessionalPracticum

during 2017 – 2020. The New Colombo Plan is a signature initiative

of the Australian Government which aims to lift knowledge of the

Indo-PacificinAustraliabysupportingAustralianundergraduatesto

studyandundertakeprofessionalexperiencesintheregion.Formore

informationontheNewColomboPlan,pleasevisit:https://www.dfat.

gov.au/new-colombo-plan/

ACICISalsogratefullyacknowledgesthesignificantassistanceand

inputprovidedbyCurtinUniversity,FlindersUniversity,Macquarie

University,MonashUniversity,MurdochUniversity,SOASUniversity

ofLondon,UNSWAustralia,TheUniversityofSydney,Universityof

Tasmania,andUniversityofTechnologySydneyinthedraftingand

design of this LPP Course Outline.

ACICISishostedbyTheUniversityofWesternAustralia(UWA),oneof

Australia’s leading teaching, learning and research universities. From

itsheritageriversidecampusinPerth,UWAisconsistentlyrankedin

thetop100universitiesintheworldandisanationalleaderinstudent

demand, graduate starting salaries, research grants and more.

ACICIS Law Professional PracticumIndonesian Partner University

40 THE AUSTRALIAN CONSORTIUM FOR ‘IN-COUNTRY’ INDONESIAN STUDIES

ACICIS Member Universities

supported by:

ACICIS is gratefully hosted by

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