Introduction to the faculty - Faculty of Law

Monash Law currently offers 11 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 undergraduate program is located on the university's Clayton campus. The Law School building houses the university's Law Library, three computer laboratories and five lecture theatres. The clinical legal education program operates from the Monash-Oakleigh Legal Service next to the Clayton campus, and the Springvale Monash Legal Service in Springvale. 

The Law School has established four research centres committed to advancing research in specialist areas of the law, including mental health law, regulation, human rights and court and justice system innovation. In addition, the Law School offers a forensic studies program and has recently formed a substantial commercial law group to concentrate upon a broad range of commercially relevant research and teaching areas conducted within the faculty.  Managed and directed by law staff, both the centres and the commercial law group also include members of associated professions and communities on their advisory boards. Each 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 Law School has approximately 75 academic staff and a total enrolment of more than 3000 undergraduate and postgraduate students across all year levels. The undergraduate program is delivered at the Clayton campus, and the postgraduate program at the City chambers.

The Faculty of Law is not divided into departments. Academic staff and students 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 associate deans and the faculty manager. The dean presides over meetings of the faculty executive and faculty board, and is responsible for the governance and development of the Law School.

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 and timetabling.

From January 2012, the Associate Dean (Education) is responsible for the governance and development of all postgraduate and undergraduate courses, including teaching quality and the training and evaluation of academic staff.  Program directors are charged with day-to-day responsibility for academic management of the three main teaching programs: LLB, JD and LLM. The Manager, Undergraduate Student Services, together with the faculty student services officers, is available to attend to the needs of undergraduate students within the faculty. The student services officers should be consulted for all initial enquiries relating to the undergraduate program.