LAW4565 · Contract review in AI-enabled legal practice

Overview

This unit develops your capability in contract review within contemporary legal and commercial contexts. It focuses on the analysis of contractual structure, the identification and evaluation of legal and commercial risk, and the formulation of clear and effective drafting and negotiation responses. You will engage with a range of commercial contract scenarios and learn to assess key clauses relating to risk allocation, performance obligations, and liability. The unit emphasises the development of structured approaches to contract analysis, including the use of contract review playbooks. A central feature of the unit is the integration of AI-assisted tools to support contract review. You will critically evaluate AI-generated outputs and develop the capacity to exercise independent professional judgment in interpreting, refining, and applying those outputs.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Analyse the structure and content of commercial contracts, including key clauses relating to risk allocation, performance, and liability.
2. Identify legal and commercial risks arising from contractual provisions and propose appropriate revisions or negotiation positions.
3. Apply structured approaches to contract review, including the use of contract review playbooks, to generate reasoned and coherent advice.
4. Communicate contract review advice clearly and effectively to legal and non-legal audiences, including through written and/or oral formats.
5. Critically evaluate the use of AI-assisted tools in contract review and exercise independent judgment in assessing and refining AI-generated outputs.
6. Reflect on your own performance and develop strategies to improve professional judgment and decision-making in contract review tasks.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.