Students will learn about the following:
- The Australian Constitution;
- The Rule of Law;
- The IRAC Method of critically analysing case law;
- An Historical overview of Australian Government.

Students will have the opportunity to express their informed opinions about what they have learned by way of assessment pieces.

I am a lawyer in Australia, and I have homeschooled my own children for the past 8 years and will continue to do so for at least another 17 years (my youngest child is 1y as of 2022). 

I have degrees, post-graduate, and professional qualifications in the following:

- Law - Bachelor of Laws, Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, Admission as a Lawyer;

- TESOL - I have completed 8 out of 8 units towards the 150-hour qualification. When I receive my official professional certificate from Arizona State University I will update this here;

- Criminology;
- I.T. Security;
- Applied Linguistics;
- Investigative Services;
- Security, Terrorism and Counterterrorism.

I have also completed the following short courses which are relevant to the classes I teach here:

- How Forensic Science should speak to the Court;
- Introduction to Key Constitutional Concepts and Supreme Court Cases (USA);
- An Introduction to American Law (USA);
- English Common Law: Structure and Principles (UK);
- Economic Growth and Distributive Justice;
- Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries;
- Reason and Persuasion: Thinking Through Three Dialogues By Plato;
- Technology and Ethics;
- ADHD: Everyday Strategies for Elementary Students;
- The Clinical Psychology of Children and Young People;
- Everyday Parenting: The ABCs of Child Rearing;
- A Brief History of Humankind.

Homework Offered
- There will be 62 pages of The Constitution itself to read, which can access the "read aloud" feature on Microsoft Word and/or Adobe Reader for learners who prefer to listen than to read.
0 - 1 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
I will provide worksheets to be submitted for feedback. They can either be submitted back to me as written work via the classroom or as a message, or if the learner prefers, they are welcome to present them in class if they prefer to speak rather than write.
Grades Offered

- The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (1900)
- Murphyores Inc Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (1976) 136 CLR 1
- Davis v Commonwealth (1988) 166 CLR 79
- Kable v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) (1996) 189 CLR 51 
- Plaintiff M68/2015 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2016) 257 CLR 42
- Minister for Home Affairs v Benbrika [2021] HCA 4