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Self Paced Lesson - Australian Law - Subject Guide: Plan and MindMap Your Essay

 

NOTICE: This guide is currently under review, with a new guide to be launched before Semester 1, 2025. In the meantime, please direct any queries or feedback about this guide to the Library's Digital Experience via our Enquiry and Feedback form.

The first task is to analyse the assignment.

Read the Question and Instructions to learn the

* specific points to answer / discuss

* specific legal materials to source:

  • Acts / legislation
  • cases
  • articles
  • books, but NOT textbooks, NOT Wikipedia, NOT whole websites
* word count
   this indicates depth of research required

Once your have determined what is required, you can plan and map your writing structure.

This process will guide you in sourcing legal materials to support your argument - evidence of your research.

 

Tools to plan and organise your writing

RMIT's Assignment Planner

Research Strategy Template