Staff Training

The University Legal Offices conducts Legal Education courses and seminars as outlined below. 

Please note that registration for Legal Office courses commences around a month before the course date, and early enrolments will not be accepted.  

An email with details of the course will be sent a month before the course date, and enrolments will open at this point.

Legal Office course registration is available through the Training tab on HORUS. Please note that a fee of $100 will be charged for non-attendance.

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Trade Practices

The Trade Practices Seminar is for employees of the University who have responsibility for advertising and marketing or providing information for student handbooks, websites or other publications. The information provided must comply with the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth). This seminar is designed to help protect the University by ensuring staff are aware of their obligations to consumers (students, competitors etc) under the Act.

This course will be held on 18 April 2012 from 9:30am-12:30pm in the Ross Hohnen room.

Introduction to Contracts

This is an introductory training session for employees who review or negotiate contracts. It describes what a contract is and what factors to consider when negotiating. It goes into some detail explaining technical legal requirements and terminology, explaining common clauses such as warranties, insurance, indemnification, termination, and force majeure. Finally, it discusses and explains contract terms you need to understand in order to negotiate the best possible deal for the ANU and your section of the University.

This course will be held on 16 May 2012 from 9:30am - 12:30pm in the Ross Hohnen room.

Intellectual Property (Copyright)

This course is designed for staff who deal frequently with contracts and contract negotiations as a part of their position.

IP is a central part of many university contracts. A significant part of this course explores the nature of intellectual property (patents, trade marks, copyright, trade secrets etc) and dealing with IP in typical university contracts. The knowledge component may be partially provided through an online quiz (approximately 30 minutes) undertaken before the workshop.  Participants will be provided with access to the quiz after registering for the course, if the online component is included.  (This would allow more time for workshop exercises during the course itself).

The course focuses on skills development, concepts and tools for effective contract drafting and negotiation. Participants will have the opportunity to participate in workshop exercises dealing with complex IP/contract issues.

This course will be held on 24 October 2012 from 9:30am-12:30pm in the Ross Hohnen room.

Privacy

This course will offer an overview of the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 as it relates to the University. Participants will be taken through the principles governing access to and use of personal information, including those relating to research. In addition the course will cover the University’s record-keeping obligations for personal information. The course provides useful guidelines on how to respond to requests for information from external persons, agencies or organisations such as the AFP, government departments or even students' parents.

This course will be held on 22 February 2012 from 9:30am - 12:30pm in the Ross Hohnen room.

A maximum of 20 participants will be accepted for this course.  

Disability and Discrimination

This course will be held on 15 August 2012 from 9:30am - 12:30pm in the Ross Hohnen room.

Student Discipline Rules

This course is essential for all Deans, Directors and Heads of ANU Halls of Residence within the ANU. Deans and Directors of the University and Heads of ANU Halls of Residence are deemed to be ‘Prescribed Authorities’ under the ANU’s Discipline Rules and all incidences of potential student misconduct within your area will be reported to you. You will be responsible for determining if there are reasonable grounds to believe a student has engaged in misconduct. The Rules give you power to make certain findings in those situations where you believe misconduct has occurred. It is important that all Deans, Directors and Heads of ANU Halls of Residence undertake this course to ensure a full understanding of the University’s Discipline Rules and how they may be applied.

This course will be held on 14 March and 26 September 2012 from 9:30am - 12:30pm in the Ross Hohnen room.

Student Discipline Rules flow chart (June 2010)