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Graduate Diploma in Communications Law (518AB) // Course structure
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Course structure
Students must complete 50 credit points of study from the prescribed list of subjects.
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.
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 |
---|---|---|---|
LAWS90145 | Artificial Intelligence and the Law |
March
August
|
12.5 |
LAWS90046 | Competition and New Technologies | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90171 | Competition in Digital Markets | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70208 | Competition Law, IP & Personality Rights | May |
12.5 |
LAWS70207 | Copyright Law | September |
12.5 |
LAWS70181 | Defamation Law | November |
12.5 |
LAWS90126 | Digital Trade | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70273 | Entertainment Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70372 | Freedom of Information | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70390 | Freedom of Speech | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90125 | Fundamentals of Intellectual Property |
March
August
|
12.5 |
LAWS90152 | Health Data Governance | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70362 | Information Technology Contracting Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70396 | Internet Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS90129 | Law, Science and Technology | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70184 | Criminalising Speech in the Internet Age | December |
12.5 |
LAWS70182 | New Media and Communications | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70080 | Online Streaming, Film and TV Law | May |
12.5 |
LAWS90238 | Press Freedom and National Security | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
LAWS70082 | Privacy Law |
March
September
|
12.5 |
LAWS70460 | Regulatory Design,Compliance&Enforcement | August |
12.5 |
LAWS70275 | Sports Marketing and Media Law | Not available in 2023 | 12.5 |
Last updated: 24 January 2023