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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 list.
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 the subjects 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
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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LAWS90082 | The Legal System: Bases and Challenges | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70380 | Australian Consumer Law | March (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90055 | Not-for-Profits, Law and the State | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70011 | Commercial Applications of Equity | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70336 | Advanced Commercial Law: Current Issues | August (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90040 | Construction, the Community & Neighbours | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90015 | Consumer Redress and Product Defects | No longer available | |
LAWS70335 | Contract Interpretation | June (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70444 | Contract Termination | December (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70229 | Current Issues in Negligence | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70217 | Fundamentals of the Common Law |
March (Online)
May (Online)
July (Online)
September (Online)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70389 | Global Commercial Contract Law | November (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70409 | International Commercial Litigation | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS70067 | International Legal Internship |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70069 | International Sale of Goods | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90096 | International Trust Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90048 | Mediation in Practice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90102 | Persuasion and Advocacy | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90103 | Private Law and Government | April (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70402 | Remedies in Commercial Law | August (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70148 | Restitution | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90032 | US Contract Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90027 | Precontractual Liability | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90051 | Commercial Arbitration in Practice | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90118 | Government Liability | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90156 | Comparative Family Law | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
LAWS90172 | Core Principles of Contract | May (Online) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 13 November 2021