QUT Law C Advanced Criminal Law - Principles and Practice Semester 1, 2024 LLH478: Video Advocacy Submission Task Video Advocacy Assessment (25%) Course and Unit Learning Outcomes Addressed This assessment links with learning outcomes: 1-3: 1. Analyse, evaluate and apply some new and emerging, knowledge, techniques and skills in contemporary criminal legal practice, which are designed as creative responses to complex and dynamic problems in the field (CLOs 2.1, 2.3, and 2.4) 2. Apply persuasive and critical communication strategies, demonstrating the professional interpersonal skills needed to work effectively in a problem solving court, treatment court or diversion program, to build legal relationships and resolve disputes in a range of criminal justice system contexts (CLOs 4.2, 4.4) 3. Demonstrate oral communication skills consistent with the roles and responsibilities of a court team member in a problem solving court. Specification Video Advocacy (5-6 mins) submitted to YouTube and Turnitin (25%). s a university for the real world ® CRICOS No. 00213J
Overview Students will record a simulated interaction (of 5 to 6 minutes duration), in which they assume the role of a lawyer, as part of the court team in a problem solving or treatment court, responding to a given practice based scenario. What you will do 1. Read the written scenario, which contains the details of the issue which has led to the need for the lawyer to speak with the participant. 2. Make a video recording of yourself talking to your participant, who is subject to a drug rehabilitation order as part of a drug treatment court program. Upload this video file to YouTube. Create a MS WORD document which contains a hypertext link to this file, and submit that document to Turnitin. What you will submit (1) A video recording (5-6 mins) via YouTube. (2) An MS WORD which contains just the URL for your YouTube video. Submit this document to the Turnitin submission link, which will be available under the assessment tab on the LLH478 Canvas site. The due date for submission is Thursday 28th March 2024 (Week 5). [This assessment constitutes an assignment for the purposes of an extension]. It is YOUR responsibility to ensure you do not leave completion of this assessment to the last minute when technical issues may complicate your submission. Please make sure you have access to a reliable internet connection. SCENARIO You are a defence lawyer attached to a Queensland Drug and Alcohol Court. A certain participant, a university for the real world ® CRICOS No. 00213J
Nguyen Yen Linh, is currently subject to a drug and alcohol treatment order made pursuant to Division 3, Part 8A of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld). Ms Nguyen entered a plea of guilty to an eligible offence, and was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment, which was then suspended as provided for by s 151N, with an operational period of 4 years. As part of the statutory process of commencing the order (s 151I), you were responsible for assisting the court in initially explaining