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Students in the new moot court located at the USC campus
T
he recently opened Law
School at the University of
the Sunshine Coast is more
than a little bit different.
There are no dusty bookshelves groaning
with leather-bound tomes or the weight
of tradition on hopeful young shoulders.
The University is a young institution, and
the Law School is a new baby within it.
And that wide-eyed exuberance is perfectly
linked up to new ways of doing things and
new ways of thinking.
“They work with practising
lawyers on real cases.”
Professor Anne Rees
Foundation Professor and Co-Head of Law School
Because it has been built from scratch,
Law at the University of the Sunshine Coast
has the latest teaching strategies, and
a state-of-the-art map for turning out
the best-informed and most job-ready
graduates the state has yet produced.
Graduates have an edge, because the course
features work experience and practical
application from the very start.
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“I did a placement in the law clinic in my
very first semester,” says David Knobel,
President of the USC Law Students’
Association. “I ran live case files under the
wing of a qualified lawyer, which taught me
research and interview skills and hel Y \