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Indictable Crime Matters training module

This module provides participants with essential fundamental skills for practice in indictable criminal law matters in the District and Supreme Court jurisdictions.

Disclaimer

The Lawyer Education Series has been developed for lawyers, not self-represented parties. The training modules assume a high level of foundational legal knowledge because they are made for lawyers. The modules are not a complete guide to the law and should not be relied upon for the preparation of your case.

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Overview

This training module contains information about early appropriate guilty plea matters, Commonwealth legislation, sentencing in the District Court, the Sexual Assault Communications Privilege and child sexual assault matters. The content also covers alternative verdicts, tendency evidence, indictable appeals and exercising the right to silence.

Participants will be equipped with knowledge through reading papers, viewing webinars or listening to podcasts which cover the law, and practical tips of appearing in these matters and about where to find and apply Legal Aid NSW eligibility policies and guidelines in criminal law matters.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the training, participants will:

  1. develop skills to discern and apply Legal Aid NSW eligibility policies and guidelines and factors which influence a client’s eligibility for criminal law assistance in Indictable matters
  2. understand the processes, procedures and law relating to Commonwealth legislation, the Sexual Assault Communcations Privilege, child sexual assault matters including the evidence program scheme and witness intermediaries
  3. have more confidence to appear in sentence matters in the District Court
  4. understand how alternative verdicts and tendency evidence operates
  5. develop an increased knowledge of indictable appeals
  6. be able to explain the right to silence to legally aided clients, and
  7. gain knowledge about the practical considerations of appearing in early appropriate guilty plea matters.

Video

Required reading

Podcasts

Exercising the Right to Silence podcast (50m 39s)

Sentencing in the District Court podcast (36m 55s)

Child Sexual Assault Pilot Matters podcast (37m 34s)

Webinars

Child Sexual Assault Pilot Matters webinar (1h 11m 5s)

Early Appropriate Guilty Plea Processes webinar (43m 16s)

Useful resources

Download course outline