Graduate Diploma in Communications Law

Course 518AB (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus: 2011 - Parkville
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Level: Graduate/Postgraduate
Duration & Credit Points: 50 credit points taken over 6 months full time. This course is available as full or part time.

Coordinator

Professor Andrew Kenyon

Contact

For more information, contact the Melbourne Law Masters office.

Email law-masters@unimelb.edu.au or phone +61 3 8344 6190.

Alternatively, visit our website:

www.masters.law.unimelb.edu.au

Course Overview: Melbourne Law School has a high level of expertise in communications law, as well as a dedicated research centre, the Centre for Media and Communications Law. The graduate program in communications law was developed to provide students with an advanced understanding of the existing and developing law affecting the media and communication industries and its impact on the publication of information, ownership, services and technology.
Objectives:

The Graduate Diploma in Communications Law focuses on:

  • The implications of different regulatory models for individuals, corporate entities, states and information providers
  • The international context facing law and the media and communications industries
  • Divergent legal norms and cultural values within contemporary approaches to communications law and policy
  • Evaluating and synthesising communications law, policy and research
  • Communications law scholarship, responding to legal issues facing the media and communications industries.
Course Structure & Available Subjects:

Students must complete four subjects from the prescribed lists, including at least one subject from each group. Students who do not have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction or any prior legal studies or experience are also expected to complete the two-day preliminary subject Australian Legal Process and Legal Institutions.
Entry Requirements: Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this course.
Core Participation Requirements: Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this course.
Graduate Attributes: Visit the Melbourne Law Masters website for more information about this course.
Links to further information: http://www.masters.law.unimelb.edu.au/course/518

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