Master of Laws (Global Competition and Consumer Law) (MC-LAWGCCL)

The Master of Laws (Global Competition and Consumer Law) is a highly innovative and advanced international course that responds to the proliferation of competition and consumer policies and laws, and their increasingly active enforcement, around the world. Competition policy and law are a crucial means of driving economic growth, higher living standards and productivity at national and global levels.

This course provides interdisciplinary knowledge and skills through subjects that grapple with the legal, regulatory, economic, political, institutional and ethical facets of competition policy, law and enforcement. The course focuses substantively on the policies, laws and enforcement experiences of the major jurisdictions in this field, the United States and European Union, but also draws on other jurisdictions - from the Asia Pacific region particularly. Subjects are taught by leading experts, each bringing outstanding pedagogical skills, substantive knowledge and practical skill and experience to instruction in the course.

Using sophisticated interactive technology, facilitating close rich engagement with world-renown experts and a diverse network of peers, the course provides students with advanced specialised expertise and skills to tackle the complex challenges raised by the design and application of competition systems. It is designed for professionals in the private and public sectors who are aspiring to build or advance a career in this field.

The LLM (Global Competition and Consumer Law) requires completion of eight subjects (100 credit points in total). Students have the option of enrolling in the Masters degree or in a Graduate Diploma in Global Competition and Consumer Law which involves completion of four subjects (50 points), from which they can elect to transfer to the Masters.

As most students in this course will be full-time professionals, enrolment is being offered on a part-time basis only initially, requiring students to complete one subject per eight week term, over an academic year of four terms. The course will typically be completed therefore in two years.

All subjects are undertaken online providing students with flexibility in where and when they study, while at the same time offering regular opportunities for interaction with their peers and teachers, including in real-time virtual classroom settings and culminating in optional attendance at a research workshop towards the end of the course, held in a major city such as Washington, Brussels, Hong Kong or Melbourne.

Students enrolled in the on-campus Master of Competition and Consumer Law or Graduate Diploma in Competition and Consumer Law in the Melbourne Law Masters program are able to enrol in up to four subjects (for Masters students) and up to two subjects (for Graduate Diploma students) in the online program for credit towards their degree or diploma. The same option is open to other Melbourne Law Masters on-campus students enrolled in degrees (eg the Master of Laws; Master of Commercial Law) to which subjects in the online LLM (Global Competition and Consumer Law) are available for credit.