Master of Banking and Financial Services Law

Melbourne Law School’s graduate program in banking and finance law has been designed to provide legal and financial practitioners with a sophisticated understanding of the legal and regulatory framework of the Australian and international financial sector. Many subjects have a practical application and you can choose from a range of subjects focusing on banking (lending, deposit taking, treasury etc.), funds management, payments, superannuation, financial intermediaries, markets and insurance, to ensure you gain the knowledge you need to build your career in this area.

The Master of Banking and Financial Services Law focuses on:

• The legal and regulatory architecture of the Australian financial sector across a range of subject areas
• Key legal issues governing relationships between financial services providers and their customers, and the theory and practice of prudential and market integrity/consumer protection regulation of financial services
• The impact of globalisation, e-commerce and regulatory reform on the provision of financial services in Australia and internationally
• Research skills and the legal and related literature in banking and finance law.

Students who do not have a law degree from a common law system must complete Fundamentals of the Common Law, as well as seven subjects from the prescribed list.

Students with a law degree from a common law system must complete at least seven subjects from the prescribed list and may choose an eighth subject from those available in the Melbourne Law Masters (excluding Fundamentals of the Common Law).

Melbourne Law School’s graduate program in banking and finance law has been designed to provide legal and financial practitioners with a sophisticated understanding of the legal and regulatory framework of the Australian and international financial sector. Many subjects have a practical application and you can choose from a range of subjects focusing on banking (lending, deposit taking, treasury etc.), funds management, payments, superannuation, financial intermediaries, markets and insurance, to ensure you gain the knowledge you need to build your career in this area.

The Master of Banking and Financial Services Law focuses on:

• The legal and regulatory architecture of the Australian financial sector across a range of subject areas
• Key legal issues governing relationships between financial services providers and their customers, and the theory and practice of prudential and market integrity/consumer protection regulation of financial services
• The impact of globalisation, e-commerce and regulatory reform on the provision of financial services in Australia and internationally
• Research skills and the legal and related literature in banking and finance law.

Students who do not have a law degree from a common law system must complete Fundamentals of the Common Law, as well as seven subjects from the prescribed list.

Students with a law degree from a common law system must complete at least seven subjects from the prescribed list and may choose an eighth subject from those available in the Melbourne Law Masters (excluding Fundamentals of the Common Law).