Focus areas

Students complete a study of Focus area 1: Law and communities, and then complete

• at least two additional focus areas for a 10-credit subject
• at least four additional focus areas for a 20-credit subject

from the suggested focus areas listed below, or alternative focus areas developed by teachers in negotiation with students.

Some suggested focus areas include:

• government
• law-making
• justice and society
• young people and the law
• contemporary issues and the law
• victims and the law
• motorists and the law
• young workers and the law
• relationships and the law
• media and the law
• sport and the law
• entertainment and the law
• technology and the law
• animals and the law
• women and the law
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander law
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and the law
• environment and the law
• refugees and asylum seekers and the law
• transnational legal rights
• crime, law, and punishment
• minority groups and the law
• emerging legal issues
• royal commissions
• family law.