Master of Laws (Workplace and Employment Law)

Course code: 3381 ~ Course abbreviation: LLM(Wkpl&EmplLaw) ~ Total credit points required: 48 ~ 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time ~ Managing faculty: Law

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Melbourne city)

Course description

The Master of Laws (Workplace and Employment Law) provides law graduates with a thorough grounding in labour law and is relevant for those working or who aim to work in the area of workplace and employment law.

Course objectives

The course aims to develop knowledge of workplace, employment, discrimination and human rights law.

Course structure

The Master of Laws (Workplace and Employment Law) requires the completion of 48 points. Candidates with a law degree from a non-Australian jurisdiction will be required to complete the unit LAW7212 (Australian legal system).

Course requirements

This course may be taken in one of three ways:

(a) eight coursework units, five of which must be taken from the workplace and employment law specialisation

(b) four coursework units, two of which must be taken from the workplace and employment law specialisation, and a minor thesis of 25-30,000 words on an approved topic in the area

(c) six coursework units, four of which must be taken from the workplace and employment law specialisation, and a minor thesis of 12-15,000 words on an approved topic in the area.

The units in the specialisation will be those which are specified from time to time by the faculty board on the recommendation of the Postgraduate Studies Committee of the faculty. For further information regarding specialisations visit http://www.law.monash.edu.au/postgraduate/units-specialisations.html.

Contact details

Postgraduate program coordinator LLM, telephone +61 3 9641 6206, email graduate@law.monash.edu.au or visit http://www.law.monash.edu.au/postgraduate.