2025 Law & Justice Overseas Electives
Applications are now open for the following Overseas Elective courses in Summer Term 2025:
Child Rights Comparative Clinical Program (Goa, India)
Course dates: Monday 6 January - Friday 17 January
Course Information Sheet
Law and Technology: Comparative Perspectives (UNSW/UZH)
Course dates: Monday 20 January - Friday 31 January
Course Information Sheet
Women and Gender Law (ILS Pune – India)
Course dates: Sunday 19 January - Saturday 1 February
Course Information Sheet
Applications are hosted by Learning Abroad and close on Monday 14 October. Apply here
Information for students
Overseas Electives Class Attendance & Assessment Guidelines
Class Attendance:
- Students may attend an OSE during term where their absences from other courses fall within the Class Attendance requirements set out in the Assessment Procedure:
- for non-intensive courses, students may miss up to 20% of classes (e.g., students can miss up to 4 classes for a standard core course).
- for courses taught intensively, full attendance is required.
- For additional absences due to unavoidable travel commitments whilst participating in an OSE, students may apply for Special Consideration (SC). SC applications will be assessed against the degree of learning deficit caused by the absences. Students wishing to apply for SC must apply as soon as possible and at the latest within 3 working days of the missed class.
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Students must keep up with all required reading and course activities. Lecturers will not arrange additional consultations, tutorials, materials, lecture notes, recordings etc.
Assessment:
- Generally, undertaking an elective intensively (whether in Australia or overseas) is not grounds for SC. Students will not be eligible for extensions simply because they take an overseas elective.
- UNSW policy provides that ‘heavy academic workload’ and ‘two or more assessments due on the same date’ are not grounds for SC.
- In the instance where a student’s travel to participate in an OSE makes it impossible for them to attend or complete a particular assessment task (such as an exam or an in-class test), the student may apply for SC. Students wishing to apply for SC must apply as soon as possible and at the latest within 3 working days of assessment due date.
- In addition, students enrolled in Pacific Islands Laws (USP) in Vanuatu, whose participation prevents them from attending a final exam may apply for SC. A copy of the course acceptance email must be included with the application as supporting documentation. Approved applications will result in a supplementary exam held during the period of 6 Jan- 10 Jan 2025.
- Students must not participate in an OSE where their absences would require them to miss a group work assessment.
- Students may check with the convenor of the other course to determine whether there is any conflicting group work.
Applications are now closed for the following courses
LAWS3541 JURD7841 LAWS8241 Pacific Islands Laws (USP) in Vanuatu
Teaching Period: T3C 2024
Course Dates:Thursday 5 December to Wednesday 18 December 2024
Course Information Sheet
Pacific Island Laws (Vanuatu) Information Session
LAWS3087 / JURD7787 US Legal Systems (Berkeley)
Offering Term: Term 3
Course Dates: Monday 7 October to Thursday 17 October
Course Information Sheet: Access here