Introduction to the faculty - Faculty of Law

Monash Law offers 12 programs as part of its undergraduate curriculum. Students may enrol in a straight Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or combine the LLB with one of 10 non-law courses. The Law School has approximately 75 academic staff and a total enrolment of more than 3000 undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Located on the university's Clayton campus, the Law School houses the university's Law Library, three computer laboratories and five lecture theatres. The Law School's clinical training program operates from the Monash-Oakleigh Legal Service and the Springvale Monash Legal Service.

The Law School has three research centres committed to advancing research in existing and emerging areas of the law. Managed and directed by Law staff, the centres also include members of associated professions and communities on their advisory boards. Each centre builds on the existing strengths within the Law School and contributes to both research within the school and the development of further units in the undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

Structure and organisation of the faculty

The Faculty of Law is not divided into departments: academic staff are collectively involved in the decision-making processes of the faculty through a well-defined committee structure with membership of committees determined either by election or by nomination.

The chief officers of the faculty are the dean, the deputy dean, the associate deans and the faculty manager. The dean presides over meetings of the faculty and faculty board and its committees and is concerned with staffing and finance.

The faculty manager is concerned with the overall administration of the faculty including human resource management, budgets, admissions and matters relating to student administration, including enrolments, examinations, academic progress, course advice, teaching allocations and timetabling. The day-to-day management of student services is the responsibility of the manager, Student and Academic Services.

The manager, Student and Academic Services, and the associate dean (undergraduate studies), together with the faculty student services officers, are available to attend to the needs of undergraduate students within the faculty. The student services officers should be consulted for all initial inquiries relating to the undergraduate program.