zp104 orientation power point

Course Orientation

ZP104

Programme

• Orientation materials• Work and study• Introduction to PLSCO

– Course aims– Course overview– Course content– Course information– Timetable– Assessment– Getting started

• Orientation formalities (next screen)• Social hour

Programme

• Orientation formalities

– Complete your Practical Legal Skills Checklist– Complete your Student Fee Protection form– Complete your ADLS Inc registration form for free

membership (optional)

– Hand in all your completed forms

– Groups advised of their allocated student representative

Orientation materials

Orientation folder containing:– PowerPoint presentation handout copy– User Guide: College Learning Portal– LexisNexis and Brookers user guides– NZ Council of Legal Education Protocol

NZCLE letter for your employer

– ADLS Inc. free membership form

• College of Law 2010 Practice Papers– Published annually (December 2009)– Updated online during year

• Professional Responsibility Manual*Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 and selected Rules/Regulations/Trust Accounting Guidelines

• You need to bring these materials to your exams

Orientation materials

• Your user ID and password will be sent to you via email for accessing: – Learning Portal - Course website– College webmail systemContact Jo-Anne Falconer if not received

• Student ID card (only if photo supplied)– Contact Jo-Anne Falconer regarding ID cards

• Three forms to complete and hand in:– Practical Legal Skills Checklist– Student fee protection acknowledgement form– ADLS free membership registration (optional)

Work and study

• PLSCO is designed to allow you to work (or attend to other responsibilities) while completing your Professional Legal Studies Course– Note: NZCLE Protocol letter for employers in folder

• You will need to carefully manage your work/life balance for an intensive 18 week period

• You will need time off to:– Work on the online programme:

• Online programme is designed on up to 23 hours per week

• However, surveys show a wide variation in actual hours– Attend onsites:

• Orientation (part-day)• 9 day onsite programme in Module A• 8 day onsite programme in Module B

• Self-managed adult learning course - the more you put into it, the more you will get out of it

• Your choice to make it a deep learning experience

Course aims

• Course is a mandatory requirement of the NZ Council of Legal Education (NZCLE) for admission to legal practice

• The course’s stated aims are to train you in basic practical legal skills to:– Bridge gap between your academic study and

practice– Prepare you for supervised practice or practice as a

barrister– Provide you with skills to represent clients– Develop your professional role and responsibilities– Prepare you for cultural diversity/gender sensitivity– Provide you with a foundation for lifelong learning

Course aims

• NZCLE prescribes that the course trains you in Professional Responsibility and the following skills:– Fact investigation, analysis and advocacy– Interviewing, research and advising– Legal practice– Litigation practice– Negotiation and mediation– Office and personal management– Problem solving and risk management– Writing and drafting

Course overview

• 18 weeks• 18 onsite days (including orientation)• 2 discrete 9-week modules:

– Module A• 7 week online phase • 2 week onsite phase (9 days)

– Module B• 7 week online phase • 2 week onsite phase (8 days, including 1 study day)

• Able to complete course in modules– You may transfer to a module in another course– Transfer fee of $200 (including GST) will apply if

you transfer after week 4 of the module

Course overviewPlease note, some of these timetabled events may change, especially in the Litigation Module. Always refer to the online timetable for the most up-to-date version.

Course overview - Online phases

• An interactive online teaching programme with a variety of learning resources:– Interactive tutorials– Quizzes– Exercises– Discussion groups

• Your timetable (My Timetable) will guide you week by week through the programme

• Ensure you keep up to date with your weekly timetable– Contact your instructor if unable to do so– Participation requirements must be met – All work must be submitted on time

Course overview - Online phases

Your instructor is both instructor and mentorYou will be in regular contact with your instructor:

– Your non-assessable feedback exercises:• Your instructor will provide you with feedback on your

submitted work within 4 working days of the due date– Your email queries:

• Your instructor will respond, by email or phone, within 1 working day

– Your phone calls: • Your instructor will respond within 1 working day

– Phone contact details are provided– You can leave a voicemail message via 0800 894

172 (plus your instructor’s extension) which will be emailed to your instructor

NOTE: College business hours are 8.30 am – 5.00 pm, Monday-Friday (Excluding Public Holidays)

Course overview – Online phases

• You may submit work before it is due • Your submitted work must be in a MS

Word 2003 document – You need to save .docx word documents

as .doc document before submitting– Identify your work in the header– your instructor will use its track changes

feature to give feedback on your submitted work which will uploaded on the College Learning Portal

• For email communications, using your College webmail address, include your name, group, and the subject of your email. Check your email regularly.

Course overview - Onsite phases


ZP104Onsite Days


• Attendance is mandatory under Professional Legal Studies Course Regulations 2004– Apply to Course Director regarding any absence– Note: Regulations specifically exclude work

commitments as a valid reason

• Workshops: – 9.30 am – 4.30 pm (Lunch 12.30-1.30pm)– Afternoon workshops: 1.30pm – 4.30pm

• Assessments: – Written examinations: 10.00 am – 12.15 pm– Performance assessment: At allocated times


• Dress: – Casual for workshops– Business/court attire for performance

assessments

• Venues and further information: see Learning Portal toolbar – Course Information/Onsites and Announcements

• Student evaluations (3 in each module):– Questionnaire #1 (Online instructor evaluation)– Questionnaire #2 (Onsite instructor evaluation)– Questionnaire #3 (Course evaluation)

Course content

– Core Practice Areas:• Commercial and Corporate Practice (10 units)

Module A• Civil Litigation Practice (13 units) Module B• Property Practice (7 units) Module A

– Elective Practice Areas:• Corporate Client (7 units) Module A and B• Private Client (7 units) Module A and B

– Professional Areas:• Professional Responsibility (7 units) Module B• Professional Skills (5 units) Module A and B• Trust and Office Accounting (6 units) Module A

– My Courses tab sets out the entire content of your course in a structured format within the above three areas and eight subjects – with each subject having a number of units

Course content

• Elective Practice Areas:– Designed from the perspective of the type

of client you will deal with:– Corporate client elective:

• Commercial litigation • Insolvency • Mergers and acquisitions • Banking and finance • Corporate regulation • Employment

– Private client elective:• Contracts by individuals• Criminal• Family• Wills and Estates • Employment

– Changing your elective• You MUST notify the Director WITHIN 7 DAYS of

the course start date to change your elective

Note:

The course provides online access to both electives - to allow you free access regardless of which elective you have chosen

You submit work only in respect of your chosen elective

Course content

Your home page is the Workbench

Click the My Courses tab to display all the subjects in your course – click each subject to show all the units within it

Your Name

Course content

Click My Timetable to return to the timetable

Module A subjects in each of the three areas

Module B subjects in each of the three areas

Course Code

Course Code

Course content

Each subject has a Subject Outline and Assessment

Within each subject there are a number of Units for each area of competency

See next screen for content of Property Practice Unit 3

Course Code

All the learning material for a unit appears in the box aboveNote: Not all units have online tutorials, quizzes, exercises, etc.

Course content

College Learning Portal

Your home page is the Workbench

When you log into the portal it will open at My Timetable and the scheduled week in your course

All you need is in on the College Learning

Portal

Your Name


Course Manual– The College of Law PLSCO course manual

Course Orientation– PDF of orientation PowerPoint

Admission– Information on the procedures for Admission as a Barrister and Solicitor of

the High Court of New Zealand

Assessment– Assessment rules (Professional Legal Studies Course Regulations 2004)

and information about assessments

ReassessmentInformation on procedure where you have not passed an Assessment

Onsites– General onsite information and venues

Learning Portal User GuideYour Health and Safety


Passwords and Online Libraries– LexisNexis– CCH– Reuters Thomson

Useful Websites– Links to useful websites

Practice Papers– Link to College of Law Practice Papers online– Guide to using the Practice Papers– Online updates of Practice Papers

ADLS (Auckland District Law Society) Inc. Papers– 21 chapters from ADLS Legal Practice Manual (5th Ed) – Note: Some chapters not yet updated by ADLS Inc.


Student Contacts– Name and webmail address of students in your group

IT Support– Information and contact details for IT support– Business hours 11.00 am – 7.00 pm (Sydney-based)

PLSCO Staff Contacts– Information and contact details for administrative staff

PLSCO Instructors– Information and contact details for instructors


How to LoginHow to Log in to the Student Services Portal

View My ResultsLaunch Student Portal to Log In

Update My DetailsKeep your contact and address details up to

date. Your Certificate in Professional Legal Studies will be forwarded to you at the last known address in the Student Services Portal

View Your Contact Details

1. Launch the Student Services Portal

2. Click My Details to view your contact details

3. To edit contact address, phone number or email addresses, click on the editor pencil function to update details

Editor pencil

Update Your Contact Details

Save allchanges byclicking OK

Timetable

My Timetable opens at the relevant week of your course and shows:

Your work for this week

Timetable requirements due that week (If any)

Notes (if any)

Show full planner allows you to view (and print) the entire course timetable

Your Name

Submitting your work

Use Manage Your Submission to submit your work before the due date/time specified in the timetable requirements. Follow the upload instructions.

Submitting your work

When uploading your submission you will be required to verify it as your own work

When uploading your MS Word 2003 documents from your computer, the system will automatically generate your name and the subject matter for it. However, please specify your name, group, and exercise in the document header. If you are uploading more than one document (e.g. a supporting affidavit) you also need to identify them.

Accessing your feedback

Click View History to access your feedback


All your submissions display here.

You can access your documents and any feedback from your lecturer by clicking view details.


An example of uploaded work and feedback from my instructor shows here.

Click the links to open the documents.

Click workbench to return to the workbench

Assessment

• Assessment information – Course Information/Assessment– Assessment Event checklist– Assessment forms and sample exams– Assessment rules

• Professional Legal Studies Course Regulations 2004• Course Manual

Assessment

• Non-assessment timetable events are all mandatory and if not completed you will be unable to:– Satisfy the course’s mandatory participation

requirements– Undertake the relevant assessment

• You may also be excluded from the course for non-participation

Assessment

• Copied work: see Course RegulationsUse of firm precedents not permitted– If you submit copied work for feedback your

instructor will advise you that:• No feedback will be provided on it• You should re-submit original work for feedback• Further copied feedback work will result in your being

referred to the Course Director for possible exclusion from the course on the grounds of non-participation

– If you submit copied work for assessment the regulations provide that:• It is automatically graded Not Yet Competent• You are not able to complete another assessment• You may, at the Course Director’s discretion, be able to

repeat the subject or repeat the whole course

Assessment

• Submitting late assessment work:– Assessment work not submitted on time cannot

be marked unless the Course Director has granted a deferment under Regulation 18

• Must apply in writing, no later than 7 days after due date• Must provide reasons as per Regulation 18(1)

– Accident, illness, disability, bereavement, personal stress or otherwise

• Must provide supporting evidence

– If you intend to apply for a deferment, notify your instructor at least 24 hours before it is due

– If a deferment is granted, and the late work is a document that must be served on an opponent during Module B of the course, 10 marks per day may be deducted for lateness

Assessment

• Unable to attend onsite for assessment:– You may request a deferment in terms of

Regulation 18:• Apply to Course Director• In writing, no later than 7 days after the assessment• Provide reasons as per Regulation 18(1)

– Accident, illness, disability, bereavement, personal stress or otherwise

• Supporting evidence is required– If you are unable to attend an onsite

assessment, notify your instructor at least 24 hours beforehand

– If a deferment is granted another date will be scheduled for the assessment

Assessment

• Falling ill at onsite immediately before or during an assessment– You should inform the exam supervisor or

instructor of your illness– You should not undertake the assessment - it

will be re-scheduled for another date– Should you decide to undertake the assessment

regardless of your illness, and attain a Not Yet Competent grade, you will be required to undertake a further assessment

• Failing to bring materials, calculator, etc.– The College will not supply any missing

materials, calculators, etc.– Undertake the assessment without these, or– Ask for the assessment to be deferred

Assessment

• All assessments are graded as follows:– Not Yet Competent (less than 60%)– Competent (60-79%)– Merit (80% and over)

• Regulations govern further assessment in Not Yet Competent (NYC) grades

Assessment• Your assessment results will generally be available within 3

weeks of your assessment:– Independent moderators moderate all assessments– Not Yet Competent (NYC) grades are reviewed by the

independent moderator

• Applications for priority marking of final course assessments must be made to the Course Director before the end of the online phase of the Module (results within 2 weeks)

• Announcements will tell you when your results have been published

• You will receive (as feedback on your performance) a summary of the overall results to compare your performance against all other students on the course and all other PLSCO students on all other courses

Assessment Results

Click the link to launch the Student Portal to view your results

Assessment Results

Login to view your results

using your User ID and Password

Assessment Results

This is an example of a student’s record taken from the Student Portal

Grading is done in terms of the Regulations and percentage marks are provided

Assessment ResultsBelow is a summary of

assessment results for all 2009 courses

Assessment Results

• Course awards (this course)– Certificates of achievement issued for:

• 1st 2nd and 3rd aggregate overall• Individual subject winners• Award Certificates presented at end of course function

• Annual awards (courses completed in 2010)– Certificates of achievement issued for:

• 1st 2nd and 3rd aggregate overall• Individual subject winners• ADLS Inc cash prize for 1st 2nd and 3rd aggregate overall

in Auckland – Overall winner receives $1500 plus other prizes– 2010 prizes will be awarded at a function in early

2011

Reassessment

• If you receive a Not Yet Competent (NYC) grade refer to information on Reassessment tool bar:– 1st NYC grade in assessment

• You may apply for a supplementary assessment• Application fee : $100 (GST incl)• Additional $50 (GST incl) if you wish to undertake

assessment on date other than that scheduled by Director– 2nd NYC grade in same skills assessment

• You may apply for a further assessment • Application fee: $150 (GST inclusive)• Additional $50 (GST incl) if you wish to undertake

assessment on date other than that scheduled by Director– 3rd NYC grade in same skills assessment

• You must repeat the course in full• A further course fee is payable• Note: The regulations provide for an appeal process

Appeals

• Assessment results may be appealed to the Assessment Appeals Committee:– Course Director and two instructors constitute

committee– Application fee: $250 (GST inclusive)– Apply within 21 days– Grounds for appeal in Regulation 19 (2)– Documentary evidence in support– If an appeal is successful, the committee may

either grant a further opportunity to complete an assessment or change the grade

Getting started online

– Log on to the College Learning Portal website address

• Use your User ID and password– Under My Timetable you will see your Work

This Week– Log on to your College webmail address

• Use your User ID and password– Reply to the email that your instructor will

send to your webmail address later in the week

• If you have not received an email from your instructor, please send an email to your instructor to advise this

– Become familiar with the website– Check you can open all links and documents

• Contact IT Support if you have problems– Begin your work for this week

Getting started – Learning Portal

Log on to your webmail

address using your User Name and Password

COLLEGE\Z912345

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Getting started - Webmail

Log on to your webmail

address using your User ID

and Password


• Reply to an email sent to you by your instructor. This lets your instructor know:

1. that you have been able to access webmail

2. that you are set up to receive her/his emails

• If you cannot access your webmail account contact IT Support

• If you have not received an email from your instructor let her/him know

Your name

Your instructor


• Your College webmail account is an Internet-accessible email account that you can access from home, work, or anywhere in the world

• Your email address is based on the same User ID and password as for your access to the PLSCO website:– [email protected]– Example: [email protected]

• You must use webmail for all course-related email communications

• You should check your webmail regularly as College email communications from your instructor will be sent to it

• Your webmail account is available until 4 weeks after course

mailto:[email protected]

Getting started – Discussion Group

You can also access the discussion forum

for Professional Responsibility here

Important Dates

Mark your diaries now! End of course social function in association with ADLS Inc.:

• ZP104 Auckland: 25 August 2010• ZP104 Wellington: 26 August 2010

Please RSVP to [email protected]

High Court admission ceremony• ZP104 Auckland: 26 November 2010• ZP104 Wellington: 15 October2010


Admission

Admission– Four steps to be admitted as a Barrister &

Solicitor» Complete the Professional Legal Studies

Course» Apply to the NZ Council of Legal

Education for a Completion Certificate » Apply to your NZLS branch for approval

as to fitness of character (Note: NZLS will conduct enquiries of College of Law)

» Apply to your local High Court for admission

– Precedent documents– Procedure guides

Admission dates set by High Court registrars

Admission

Admission– NZ Law Society branch – Certificate of

Character » 3 months before your scheduled admission

ceremony date

– College of Law – Certificate in Professional Legal Studies

» 3-4 weeks after your course end date

– NZ Council of Legal Education – Completion Certificate

» Allow 14 working days + delivery time after you submit application and your COL certificate

– High Court of New Zealand – Admission Documents

» Must file at least 1 month prior to scheduled admission ceremony date

The College of Law

Course enquiries:– Your instructor

General enquiries:– 0800 894 172 (Mon-Fri, 9.00 am – 5.00 pm)– Jo-Anne Falconer: [email protected]– Helen Gronert: [email protected]

IT Support:– 0800 894 172 (Mon-Fri, 11.00 am – 7.00 pm)– [email protected]

• Note: Our IT support team is based in Sydney

Course Director:– Sharyn Joe: [email protected]





The College of Law

College of Law Group• A charitable educational

trust established for legal educational purposes by the Law Society of New South Wales in 1974

• Five Colleges of Law: – New South Wales (1974) – New Zealand (2004)– Queensland (2005)– Victoria (2005)– Western Australia (2006)

• College of Law Alliance: – Colleges of Law in

Australia, England & Wales and New Zealand