2103 - Graduate Diploma in Law

This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course

Abbreviated title	GradDipLaw
CRICOS Code	001434K
Managing faculty	Law
Study location and mode	On-campus
Total credit points required	24
Duration (years)	1 year FT, 2 years PT Part time study is possible for up to four years
Maximum credit allowed	24 credit points
Minimum grade for progress to further studies	A credit average is required to articulate to a relevant masters program.
Contact details	Postgraduate Program Coordinator LLM, telephone +61 3 9641 6222, email graduate@law.monash.edu.au.
Course coordinator	Associate Professor John Duns

Description

This course caters for the needs of graduates in disciplines other than law who have an interest in the study of law at an advanced level (for example accountants, para-legal workers, legal studies teachers, law office librarians, administrators and management personnel). It also increases the range of options for law graduates who wish to undertake a postgraduate qualification.

Objectives

The Graduate Diploma in Law aims to provide further education in the legal profession to update skills and specialise in specific areas of the law. It may also contribute to continuing legal education and professional development. The course, in terms of course structure, teaching methods, class times and venues, is designed with the interests of part-time students particularly in mind.

Structure

This course comprises eight six-point coursework units.

Requirements

Students choose units* from the list of units offered to Master of Laws students. The faculty endeavours to offer a broad range of graduate units each year across many areas of specialisations and practice areas. The units published have been approved for the purpose of the coursework component in the postgraduate programs.

Units are offered on a rotational basis. Students should check the current timetable to determine which units are available each year. The faculty reserves the right not to offer in a particular year any of the published units if it appears there are insufficient enrolments or if there are other over-riding considerations. Enrolment quotas may have to be imposed in respect of the listed units.

For further information visit http://www.law.monash.edu.au/postgraduate/units-overview.html.

* Candidates who do not have an undergraduate law degree, or who have not been granted credit, must complete LAW7212 (Australian legal system). Students with a law degree from a non-Australian jurisdiction must complete LAW7436 (Introduction to Australian legal process).

Award(s) received on completion ^*

Graduate Diploma in Law

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.