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VCE Legal Unit 2, Study area 3 Assessment Task

Research task: Students are to choose an area of law to investigate from
the following 3 options, with a focus on a particular issue within that area.
Ive listed some ideas in brackets:
Family Law, (marriage equality, divorce, surrogacy)
Sport and the Law, (drugs in sport, discrimination, trade
restraints)
Tenancy Law, (rights of tenants v landlords, comparisons with
laws in other countries).
Students are to give a PowerPoint presentation that lasts for 10 min that
needs to cover:
A description of their chosen area of law, including relevant
key knowledge and principles of law.

Highlight any contemporary issues and problems with the law

using real cases as examples.

The capacity for the legal system to respond to demands for

change. What law? How?

While planning make sure you cover the theory but also look at the issue
in a real-world context, including the different sides of the debate if its a
controversial topic.
Key
-

knowledge:
legal principles relevant to the selected area of law
a contemporary issue for the selected area of law
the capacity of the legal system to respond to demands for change

Key skills:
- define key legal terminology and use it appropriately
- research and gather information about legal cases and issues, using
print and electronic media
- discuss the ability of the law to respond to demands for change

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Unit 2 Legal Studies Study Area 3, Focus on the Law Presentations

Area
Outline of
chosen area
of law
including key
knowledge
Provides a
clear
description of
legal
principles in
their area of
focus
displaying a
good
understanding
of the law and
using
appropriate
legal
terminology.
Questioning
and research
Identify,
gather and
sort
information
and ideas from
a range of
sources.
Highlights a
contemporar
y issue or
problem in
this area of
law.
Also discusses
and describes
the capacity
and ability for
the legal
system to
respond and
change in the
faces of these
issues.

0-1 points
Little or no
description
of the legal
principles in
their chosen
area.

2-4 points
Some
understanding
of the
principles and
knowledge
but there is
some
confusion.

5-7 points
Uses
examples to
communicate
that they
know the
legal
principles and
knowledge as
well as
occasionally
using the
correct
terminology.

8-10 points
Clearly
understands the
legal principles,
uses relevant,
appropriate
examples of the
legal process in
their area of law
and defines key
legal
terminology.

No use of
credible
sources.

Little use of
credible
sources. (1-2)

Good use of
credible
sources. (2-3
used)

Strong use of
credible
sources. (4+
used)

Little or no
discussion
about a
problem or
issue for the
selected
area of law.

Highlights an
issue but
makes no
links to any
cases or the
capacity for
the legal
system to
respond.

Highlights an
issue using
relevant case
examples and
briefly
discusses
how the legal
system could
respond to
demands for
change.

Uses examples
of cases to
highlight
current issues
and describes
problems within
the area they
have
researched.
Uses legal
terminology to
describe the
legal systems
capacity and
ability to
change and
shows a strong

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understanding
of the process.
Presentation
of Research
Task
Using digital
technologies
and graphic
displays for a
specific
audience,
purpose and
context

Limited or
no use of
digital
technology
to present to
the
audience.

Basic use of
digital
technology in
the
presentation.

Good use of
digital
technology
and graphic
displays used
in the
presentation.

NAME OF STUDENT:________________________________________

Excellent use of
digital
technology and
graphic displays
used in the
presentation
and tailored for
the specific
audience,
context and
purpose.