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Graduate Diploma in Corporate Law (GD-CORPLAW) // Course structure
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Melbourne Law School
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Rosemary Langford
Melbourne Law Masters
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWS70140 | Accounting for Commercial Lawyers | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70336 | Advanced Commercial Law: Current Issues | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90165 | Regulating AI | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70380 | Australian Consumer Law | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90287 | Australian Merger Law | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70206 | Banking and Secured Finance | May (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90169 | Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Law | September (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70408 | Chinese Corporate Law and Securities | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90204 | Civil Regulatory Litigation | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70011 | Commercial Applications of Equity | July (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70042 | Company Takeovers | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70134 | Comparative Corporate Governance | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90112 | Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70009 | Comparative Corporate Tax | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70335 | Contract Interpretation | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70194 | Corporate Equity Fundraising | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70190 | Corporate Governance & Directors' Duties | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70240 | Corporate Insolvency and Reconstruction | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70024 | Corporate Tax A |
Semester 1 (Online)
November (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70008 | Corporate Tax B | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90216 | Cryptoassets in Global Context | March (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70111 | Debt Capital Markets | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70106 | Financial Services Law | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70420 | Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds | April (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90254 | Impact Investing: Driving Change | September (Online) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70110 | International Financial System | February (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70125 | International Financial Transactions | May (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90143 | International Lending | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| LAWS90144 | International Sustainable Finance | April (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90226 | Legal Leadership Essentials |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
July (Online)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS90025 | Liability Insurance Law | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70107 | Principles of Corporate Law | September (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70205 | Project Finance | October (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90110 | Regulation of FinTech | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70328 | Regulation of Securities Markets | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70460 | Regulatory Design,Compliance&Enforcement | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70316 | Public M&A: Schemes of Arrangement | July (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70193 | Shareholders' Rights and Remedies | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70166 | Sports Law: Entities and Governance | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70130 | State Taxes and Duties | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70036 | Superannuation Law | June (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70002 | Tax of Business and Investment Income |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
August (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
| LAWS70331 | Taxation of Mergers and Acquisitions | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
| LAWS70049 | Taxation of Small and Medium Enterprises | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS70385 | White Collar Crime | January (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90293 | International Commercial Insurance Law | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| LAWS90301 | Comparative Corporate Governance in Asia | November (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Last updated: 2 August 2024