The Master of Laws (Legal Practice, Skills and Ethics) is both a first degree in law and a course of practical legal training. It provides a continuous pathway to admission as a legal practitioner in Victoria by incorporating the Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Skills and Ethics.
The course focuses on the knowledge, practical legal skills and professional
ethics that may be expected of legal practitioners. This entails recognition of
the increasingly transnational nature of some legal practice and the emergence
of the internet as a medium for conducting business and practising law.
The course is taught over seven trimesters for full-time students and 10
trimesters for part-time students.
The course is open for admission to graduate students with a good degree in a
discipline other than law. Given the intensive nature of the course, applicants
will need to demonstrate a level of commitment, for example, through prior work
experience in demanding situations or through previous postgraduate studies.
Upon successful completion of the Master of Laws (Legal Practice, Skills and
Ethics), students will be eligible for admission as a legal practitioner in
Victoria but must undertake to practise as an employee solicitor for six months
before they can practice as a partner or on their own account.
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