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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 |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90082 | The Legal System: Bases and Challenges | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70380 | Australian Consumer Law | March (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90055 | Not-for-Profits, Law and the State | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70011 | Commercial Applications of Equity | August (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70336 | Advanced Commercial Law: Current Issues | August (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90040 | Construction, the Community & Neighbours | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70335 | Contract Interpretation | June (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70444 | Contract Termination | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70229 | Current Issues in Negligence | March (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70217 | Fundamentals of the Common Law |
February (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
May (On Campus - Parkville)
July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
September (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70389 | Global Commercial Contract Law | March (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70409 | International Commercial Litigation | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70067 | International Legal Internship |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
LAWS70069 | International Sale of Goods | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90096 | International Trust Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90048 | Mediation in Practice | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90102 | Persuasion and Advocacy | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90103 | Private Law and Government | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70402 | Remedies in Commercial Law | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70148 | Restitution | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90032 | US Contract Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90027 | Precontractual Liability | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90051 | Commercial Arbitration in Practice | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS90118 | Government Liability | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90156 | Comparative Family Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70200 | Employment Contract Law | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70021 | Patent Law | March (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS90230 | Trusts Law in Asia-Pacific | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70125 | International Financial Transactions | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70181 | Defamation Law | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS70206 | Banking and Secured Finance | May (Online) |
12.5 |
LAWS70207 | Copyright Law | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LAWS70082 | Privacy Law |
March (Online)
September (Online)
|
12.5 |
LAWS90103 | Private Law and Government | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
LAWS90172 | Core Principles of Contract | May (Online) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 12 November 2022