Education Resources

The Francis Burt Law Education Programme (FBLEP) provides the following legal and civics education resources to promote the Western Australian community's understanding of the law, legal principles and the court system:

• WA Curriculum Pre-Visit Resources;
• Australian Curriculum Pre-visit Resources;
• WA Curriculum Post-Visit Resources;
• Australian Curriculum Post-Visit Resources;
• General Legal Education Resources;
• Magistrates Court Trial;
• The Rule Of Law;
• Sir Ronald Wilson Lecture Papers;
• Sir Ronald Wilson Lecture Video Files;
• Advanced Legal Education Resources; and
• other online legal and civics education links.
  

In addition, the FBLEP contributes legal and civics education resources to the Regional and Remote Schools Loan Box Programme.

WA Curriculum Pre-Visit Resources:

• Year 4-5 student pre-visit resource
• Year 4-5 teacher pre-visit resource
• Year 6-7 student pre-visit resource
• Year 6-7 teacher pre-visit resource 
• Year 8 student pre-visit resource
• Year 8 teacher pre-visit resource
• Year 9 student pre-visit resource
• Year 9 teacher pre-visit resource
• Year 10 student pre-visit resource
• Year 10 teacher pre-visit resource
• Year 11 Court Hierarchy student pre-visit resource
• Year 11 Court Hierarchy teacher pre-visit resource
• Year 11 Civil and Criminal Trials student pre-visit resource
• Year 11 Civil and Criminal Trials teacher pre-visit resource
• Year 11 Jury Empanelment student pre-visit resource
• Year 11 Jury Empanelment teacher pre-visit resource
• Year 11 Contemporary Issue Involving the Judicial Process student pre-visit resource
• Year 11 Contemporary Issue Involving the Judicial Process teacher pre-visit resource
• Year 11 Mediation student pre-visit resource
• Year 11 Mediation teacher pre-visit resource
• Year 12 Indigenous Issues in the WA Justice System teacher and student pre-visit resource

Australian Curriculum Pre-Visit Resources:

• Year 5 Australian Curriculum student pre-visit resource
• Year 5 Australian Curriculum teacher pre-visit resource
• Year 6 Australian Curriculum student pre-visit resource
• Year 6 Australian Curriculum teacher pre-visit resource
• Year 9 Australian Curriculum student pre-visit resource
• Year 9 Australian Curriculum teacher pre-visit resource

WA Curriculum Post-visit Resources:

• Year 4-5 student post-visit resource
• Year 4-5 teacher post-visit resource
• Year 6-7 student post-visit resource
• Year 6-7 teacher post-visit resource
• Year 8 student post-visit resource
• Year 8 teacher post-visit resource
• Year 9 student post-visit resource
• Year 9 teacher post-visit resource
• Year 10 student post-visit resource
• Year 10 teacher post-visit resource
• Year 11 Court Hierarchy teacher and student post-visit resource
• Year 11 Civil and Criminal Pre-Trial Procedure teacher and student post-visit resource
• Year 11 Civil and Criminal Trials: Differences, Strengths and Weaknesses teacher and student post-visit resource
• Year 11 Jury Empanlement teacher and student post-visit resource
• Year 11 Contemporary Issue Involving the Judicial Process teacher and student post-visit resource
• Year 11 Mediation student post-visit resource
• Year 11 Mediation teacher post-visit resource
• Year 11 and Year 12 Rule of Law student post-visit resource
• Year 11 and Year 12 Rule of Law teacher post-visit resource
• Year 12 Indigenous Issues in the WA Justice System teacher and student post-visit resource

Australian Curriculum Post-Visit Resources:

• Year 5 Australian Curriculum student post-visit resource
• Year 5 Australian Curriculum teacher post-visit resource
• Year 6 Australian Curriculum student post-visit resource
• Year 6 Australian Curriculum teacher post-visit resource
• Year 9 Australian Curriculum student post-visit resource
• Year 9 Australian Curriculum teacher post-visit resource

General Legal Education Resources:

• Alpha Ladder
• Alpha Ladder Suggested Solution
• Indictable Trial Procedure Worksheet
• Indictable Trial Procedure Worksheet Solution
• Magistrates Court Resource
• Magistrates Court Resource Solution
• Supreme Court Diagram
• Supreme Court Diagram Solution
• Legal Education Years 8-10 Resource
• Legal Education Years 8-10 Resource Solution
• Court Hierarchy Flow Chart

Magistrates Court Trial:

• The Trial of James SMART: a scripted Magistrates Court criminal trial scenario.

The Rule Of Law

The Legal Studies page of the Rule of Law Institute of Australia website has numerous rule of law resources for teachers and students. Those resources include:

• What is the rule of law and why do we have it? Presentation: Nick Clark
• The Rule of Law Lecture Series: The Hon. Kevin Lindgren AM QC
• Video 1: What is the Rule of Law? (Including Western Australian worksheets and Flashcards)
• Video 2: Torts (Including Western Australian worksheets and Flashcards)

Sir Ronald Wilson Lecture Papers

• 2012 Sir Ronald Wilson Lecture, 'From the Doctrine of Discovery to the Recognition of Sovereignty', Adjunct Professor Dennis Eggington
• 2011 Sir Ronald Wilson Lecture, ‘The Delivery of Criminal Justice: Building on the past to meet the challenges of the future’ The Hon. Justice Murray
• 2010 Sir Ronald Wilson Lecture, 'Being a Chapter 3 Judge', The Hon. Justice Barker

Sir Ronald Wilson Lecture Video Files

• 2012 Sir Ronald Wilson Lecture, 'From the Doctrine of Discovery to the Recognition of Sovereignty', Adjunct Professor Dennis Eggington

Advanced Legal Education Resources:

• Justice and Community Safety in WA: A Call for Efficient Investment in Effective Outcomes Feb 2013
• What is Social Justice? National Pro Bono Resource Centre 2012
• Human Rights in WA: A Report Card on Developments in 2012
• 'Youth Justice in WA: How do we rate by reference to the international instruments?', Oct 2012, The Hon. Chief Justice
• 'Creating a Just Future by Improving Access to Justice', Oct 2012, The Hon. Chief Justice
• 'The Third Branch of Government: The Constitutional Position of the Courts of Western Australia', Oct 2012, The Hon. Chief Justice
• 'Resolving the Intractable - the over-representation of Aboriginal people in the criminal justice system', Oct 2012, The Hon. Chief Justice
• 'Sentencing Issues in People Smuggling Cases', Feb 2012, The Hon. Chief Justice
• Law Council Guidelines for Parties in Mediations
• 'The Role of the Courts in Protecting the Environment', Sept 2011, The Hon. Chief Justice
• 'Future Directions for Criminal Law', May 2010, The Hon. Chief Justice
• 'The Role of a Judge', May 2010, The Hon. Justice Jenkins
• 'Sentencing/Indigenous Incarceration', May 2010, The Hon. Judge Reynolds
• 'Current Issues in Criminal Justice', March 2009, The Hon. Chief Justice