Graduate Diploma in Construction Law

Melbourne Law School’s construction law program has been tailored to give professionals in building, construction, engineering and associated industries, as well as construction lawyers, the specialised legal knowledge needed to take the next step in their careers.

Working with teachers who are experts in their fields, you will have the opportunity to gain a thorough understanding of construction law, including the adaptation of general legal principles to the practice of the industry and common law and statutory regimes specifically applicable to construction. Your fellow students will be lawyers, project managers, engineers, commercial managers and other professionals from Australia and around the world.

The graduate programs in construction law focus on:

• Common law principles and statutory regimes that impact upon construction and related projects in Australia and the relationship of such laws with the technical and commercial underpinnings of the industry
• International aspects of construction law and practice, including comparisons with that applicable in Australia
• The principles underpinning the drafting of construction contracts and amendment of standard-form construction contracts
• Avoidance, management and resolution of construction claims and disputes
• Ongoing debates relating to construction law and practice.

Compulsory and recommended subjects

All students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Construction Law must complete at least one of Construction Contracts and Rights and Liabilities in Construction. These are prerequisites for some other construction law subjects and should be undertaken early in your course.

Principles of Construction Law is strongly recommended for students who do not have a law degree from a common law system and recommended for law graduates without substantial construction law experience. It should be undertaken before any other construction law subjects. Law graduates who have undertaken prior study in construction law or practised as a construction lawyer for more than two years may not enrol in this subject.

For students without a technical background, it is also recommended that Construction: Principles into Practice be undertaken early in your course. This subject is not available to students with a technical background.

Requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Construction Law

All students must complete four subjects in total.

Students must complete either Construction Contracts or Rights and Liabilities in Construction. They may choose their remaining subjects from the prescribed list. Students who do not have a law degree from a common law system or any prior legal studies or experience are also expected to complete the two-day preliminary subject Australian Legal Process and Legal Institutions.

Melbourne Law School’s construction law program has been tailored to give professionals in building, construction, engineering and associated industries, as well as construction lawyers, the specialised legal knowledge needed to take the next step in their careers.

Working with teachers who are experts in their fields, you will have the opportunity to gain a thorough understanding of construction law, including the adaptation of general legal principles to the practice of the industry and common law and statutory regimes specifically applicable to construction. Your fellow students will be lawyers, project managers, engineers, commercial managers and other professionals from Australia and around the world.

The graduate programs in construction law focus on:

• Common law principles and statutory regimes that impact upon construction and related projects in Australia and the relationship of such laws with the technical and commercial underpinnings of the industry
• International aspects of construction law and practice, including comparisons with that applicable in Australia
• The principles underpinning the drafting of construction contracts and amendment of standard-form construction contracts
• Avoidance, management and resolution of construction claims and disputes
• Ongoing debates relating to construction law and practice.

Compulsory and recommended subjects

All students enrolled in the Graduate Diploma in Construction Law must complete at least one of Construction Contracts and Rights and Liabilities in Construction. These are prerequisites for some other construction law subjects and should be undertaken early in your course.

Principles of Construction Law is strongly recommended for students who do not have a law degree from a common law system and recommended for law graduates without substantial construction law experience. It should be undertaken before any other construction law subjects. Law graduates who have undertaken prior study in construction law or practised as a construction lawyer for more than two years may not enrol in this subject.

For students without a technical background, it is also recommended that Construction: Principles into Practice be undertaken early in your course. This subject is not available to students with a technical background.

Requirements for the Graduate Diploma in Construction Law

All students must complete four subjects in total.

Students must complete either Construction Contracts or Rights and Liabilities in Construction. They may choose their remaining subjects from the prescribed list. Students who do not have a law degree from a common law system or any prior legal studies or experience are also expected to complete the two-day preliminary subject Australian Legal Process and Legal Institutions.