Diploma in Law
Ms Beth Oliak, BSEE (Northwestern University), JD (Washington University in St Louis School of Law)
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Ms Beth Oliak, BSEE (Northwestern University), JD (Washington University in St Louis School of Law) Ms Oliak is a barrister specialising in intellectual property and general commercial litigation. Prior to relocating to Australia, she practiced exclusively in patent litigation for a number of years at a major New York law firm. She is also a registered patent attorney in the United States and has drafted and prosecuted numerous patent applications. She holds an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and thus her focus has been primarily on computer hardware and software patents. She has lectured, given presentations and prepared articles regarding issues relating to patent law on a number of occasions. Ms Therese Catanzariti, BEc, LLB (Hons 1)(Syd), LLM (Merit) (Lond) Ms Catanzariti is a barrister at the NSW Bar and specialises in intellectual property, commercial litigation, wills/probate and taxation. She was previously a senior associate at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King Wood Mallesons), as well as senior legal counsel at Nokia Corporation and GE Healthcare in Finland and Sweden. She is a graduate of the University of Sydney, holding Bachelor of Economics (Accounting), Bachelor of Laws (Hons 1) degree, and a graduate of the University of London (QMW) holding a Master of Laws (Merit) degree. Ms Catanzariti has also lectured in intellectual property at UTS, copyright law at UTS and University of Sydney, designs law at UTS, and Entertainment Law at University of New South Wales.
To be eligible to sit for the Board’s examinations, all students must complete the LEC teaching and learning program, the first step of which is to ensure that you have registered online with the LEC in each subject for which you have enrolled with the Board. This gives you access to the full range of learning resources offered by the LEC. To register with the LEC, go to www.sydney.edu.au/lec and click on the WEBCAMPUS link and follow the instructions. Detailed guides to the Webcampus are contained in the material distributed by the LEC, in the Course Information Handbook, and on the Webcampus. Eligibility to Sit for Examinations In accordance with the Legal Profession Admission Rules, the LEC must be satisfied with a student’s performance in a subject in order for the student to be eligible to sit for the examination, conducted by the Legal Profession Admission Board (LPAB). Assignments are used to assess eligibility. Students are expected to achieve at least a pass mark of 50% in assignments to be eligible to sit for examinations. However, a category of “deemed eligible” has been introduced to offer students whose assignment mark is between 40-49% an opportunity to sit for the examination. In these circumstances students are often advised not to sit. A mark below 40% means a student is not eligible to sit for the examination. Assignments as part of the Board’s Examinations Assignment results contribute 20% to the final mark in each subject. The Law Extension Committee (LEC) administers the setting and marking of assignments. The LEC engages the LPAB’s Examiners to assess or supervise the assessment of assignments. Submission Assignments must be received by 11:59pm on the due date unless an extension has been granted. Extensions must be requested by email prior to the due date. Specific supporting evidence must be provided. Assignments that are more than ten days late will not be accepted. Late assignments attract a penalty of one mark out of 20, or 5% of the total marks available, per day. Assessment Assignments are assessed according to the “Assignment Grading and Assessment Criteria” outlined in the Guide to the Presentation and Submission of Assignments. Prior to the examination, assignments will be returned to students and results posted on students’ individual results pages of the LEC Webcampus. Students are responsible for checking their results screen and ascertaining their eligibility to sit for the examination. Review Where a student’s overall mark after the examination is between 40-49%, the student’s assignment in that subject will be included in the Revising Examiner’s review. The final examination mark is determined in accordance with this review. Assignment marks will not otherwise be reviewed.
Candidates will be expected to have a detailed knowledge of the six (6) principal types of intellectual property studied in the course, namely: copyright, industrial designs, patents, confidential information, business reputation (passing off and related statutory actions) and trade marks. Candidates will be assessed on the requirements for obtaining each of these intellectual property rights, how infringement of such rights is determined, and the remedies available in the event infringement is established. Candidates will also be expected to have an appreciation for the interaction between the six (6) principal types of intellectual property studied in the course. All enquiries in relation to the examination should be directed to the Legal Profession Admission Board.
Lectures will be held on Monday nights commencing at 6.00pm on 9 May 2016. In the first half of semester, they will be held in Architecture Lecture Theatre 3, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, in the Wilkinson Building, which is across City Road on the Darlington Campus. Please refer to the map at https://sydney.edu.au/maps/embed/?building=G04. Lecture venues for the second half of the semester have yet to be confirmed. Please note that the program below is a general guide and may be varied according to need.
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