Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies

The new Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies was introduced in 2010 to allow students to undertake a graduate diploma and choose from the entire range of subjects available in the Melbourne Law Masters rather than undertaking a more specialised degree.

The Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies allows you to tailor your course to meet your professional and personal goals and benefit from the broad subject selection offered in the Melbourne Law Masters. Students will have the opportunity to gain valuable legal expertise and skills and examine contemporary legal issues from a local and international perspective.

The Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies allows you to tailor your course to meet your professional and personal goals and benefit from the broad subject selection offered in the Melbourne Law Masters. Students will have the opportunity to gain valuable legal expertise and skills and examine contemporary legal issues from a local and international perspective.

Students must complete four subjects from the subjects available in the Melbourne Law Masters. Students who do not have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction or any prior legal studies or experience are required to complete either Fundamentals of the Common Law or the two-day preliminary subject Australian Legal Process and Legal Institutions.

Applicants without legal qualifications should note that subjects are offered in the discipline of law at an advanced graduate level. While every effort will be made to meet the needs of students trained in other fields, concessions will not be made in the general level of instruction or assessment. Most subjects assume the knowledge usually acquired in a degree in law (LLB, JD or equivalent).

Applicants should note that admission to some subjects in the Melbourne Law Masters will be dependent upon the individual applicant's educational background and professional experience.