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Master of Environmental Law (MC-ENVLAW) // Course structure
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About this course
Coordinator
Associate Professor Margaret Young
Contact
Melbourne Law School
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Course structure
Students must complete 100 credit points in total.
Students who do not have a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete Fundamentals of the Common Law, as well as 87.5 credit points from the prescribed lists.
Students with a law degree from a common law jurisdiction must complete at least 87.5 credit points from the prescribed list and may choose the remaining 12.5 credit points from those available in the Master of Laws (excluding Fundamentals of the Common Law and the Minor Thesis).
Note: Most subjects in the MLM program are 12.5 credit points each. Check individual subject handbook entries for confirmation.
Subject options
Environmental Law subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWS70293 | Climate Change Law | May (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90088 | Disaster Law and Climate Adaptation | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90089 | Environmental Compliance and Enforcement | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70100 | Environmental Law | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70386 | Environmental Rights | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90010 | Green Technology Law and Policy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70219 | International Environmental Law | August (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90026 | Native Title Law and Practice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70349 | Planning and Development Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70464 | Toxics, Waste and Contamination Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90053 | Transnat'l Corporations: Rights & Duties | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70185 | Water Law & Natural Resources Management | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90114 | Negotiating Environmental Agreements | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90115 | Space, High Seas, Seabed & Antarctic Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90116 | US Environmental Law and Policy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90147 | Biodiversity Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90148 | Politics of Transnational Regulation | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90168 | Animal Law and Policy | April (Online) |
12.5 |
Other subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWS70149 | Construction Risk | September (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90040 | Construction, the Community & Neighbours | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90042 | Int'l Law, Sustainability & Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70141 | Energy Regulation and the Law | November (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70217 | Fundamentals of the Common Law |
March (Online)
May (Online)
July (Online)
September (Online)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS90063 | Regulating Global Markets | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70452 | Human Rights and Climate Change | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70236 | Indigenous Peoples, Land & Resource Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70093 | International Law and Development | June (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70067 | International Legal Internship |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70423 | International Mineral Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70398 | Law of the Sea | October (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90099 | Major Project Delivery: Legal Interfaces | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70239 | Payment Matters in Construction Projects | October (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70314 | Principles of Construction Law |
March (Online)
August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70173 | International Law |
March (Online)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS90043 | Mineral and Petroleum Law | March (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70205 | Project Finance | October (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70113 | Public Private Partnerships Law | March (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90029 | Planning and Building Sustainable Cities | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70122 | Investment, Regulation and Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90127 | Comparative Indigenous Rights | May (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90128 | International Law: Uncensored History | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90129 | Law, Science and Technology | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90144 | International Sustainable Finance | March (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90154 | Cities, Law and Global Governance | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90155 | NGOs and International Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90179 | Law, Science and Development | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90180 | Multi-level Government | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90226 | Legal Leadership Essentials | August (Online) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 13 November 2021