Introduction to the faculty - Faculty of Law

Monash Law currently offers 10 programs as part of its undergraduate curriculum. Students may enrol in a straight Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or combine the LLB with one of 9 non-law courses.

The undergraduate program is offered at the university's Clayton campus and the postgraduate coursework program is taught at the Faculty’s City chambers, at 555 Lonsdale Street, in the heart of the central Melbourne legal precinct 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 four research centres committed to advancing research in specialist areas of the law, including human rights, mental health law, regulation, and court and justice system innovation. In addition, the Law School offers a forensic studies program and has 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 3500 undergraduate and postgraduate students across all year levels.

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 General 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 General 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.

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.