Course Details

Master of Laws (LW51)

CRICOS code:	006380A
Course duration (full-time):	1 Year
Course duration (part-time):	2 Years
Domestic fees (per credit point):	2005: $120; 2006: $120 (subject to annual review)
Domestic fees (indicative):	2006:$11727
International fees (per semester):	2005: A$8,500; 2006: A$8,500 (subject to annual review)
Total credit points:	96
Standard credit points/full-time semester:	48
Standard credit points/part-time semester:	24
Course coordinator:	Director, Graduate Programs
Campus:	Gardens Point

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Overview

The Master of Laws by Coursework will deepen and broaden your legal learning, developing critical evaluation of the law and consideration and analysis of the attitudes and values underlying it. During the course, you are expected to attain high competence in legal research and writing on areas of conceptual difficulty. The course leads on to the Doctor of Juridical Science (subject to normal entry requirements).

Entry Requirements

Prospective students must have:
(i) completed the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Laws of QUT
OR
(ii) have completed the requirements for the award of a degree in law at another tertiary institution which, in the opinion of the Director, Graduate Programs, maintains standards comparable with those required for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Laws at QUT
OR
(iii) hold a professional qualification in law and have at least three years of professional legal experience subsequent to first admission to practice and also satisfy the Director, Graduate Programs, that they have the requisite ability to complete the Master of Laws by Coursework degree.

In exceptional circumstances, an applicant who does not otherwise satisfy the normal entry requirements will be eligible for entry into the Master of Laws by Coursework degree in a specialist stream if they:

(i) have completed a Graduate Certificate in Law in a specialist stream
AND
(ii) have significant professional experience in the field of the Graduate Certificate in Law already completed;
AND
(iii) have achieved a grade point average of 5.5 in the units already completed for the Graduate Certificate in Law and whose course is approved by the Director, Graduate Programs.

Articulation

This course articulates with the Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD).

Course Structure

Students must undertake a total of 96 credit points (8 units). This can be achieved in one of two ways:

1. Students may nominate a major from the list below and choose units to the value of 96 credit points from that particular major*;
or
2. Students can complete a "generic" major by choosing any postgraduate law unit to the value of 96 credit points.

The units from which 96 credit points shall be chosen are subject to availability.

Majors available:
Commercial Law, Environmental Resources Law, Public Law, Technology Law, Generic

NOTE: International students are normally only able to graduate with a "generic" major

*currently under review

Course Structure

 Course structure

Students must undertake a total of 96 credit points (8 units). This can be achieved in 1 of 2 ways:
Option 1	Students may nominate a major from the lists below and choose all 8 units from within that particular major; OR
Option 2	Students can complete a "generic" major by choosing 8 units from any of the lists below to the value of 96 cps
	Note: International students may normally only be able to undertake a "generic" major
List of Majors available:
Commercial Law
LWN022	Banking and Finance Law
LWN025	Research Project 1A
LWN030	Dispute Resolution/Mediation
LWN036	Select Issues in Intellectual Property Law
LWN043	Law of Company Takeovers
LWN048	Advanced Legal Research
LWN050	Restrictive Trade Practices Law
LWN051	Consumer Protection and Product Liability
LWN065	Construction and Engineering Law
LWN075	International Commercial Transactions
LWN076	International Commercial Disputes
LWN083	Estate Planning
LWN087	Contemporary Issues in Torts
LWN093	Borrowers and Secured Lenders - Select Issues
LWN097	Corporate Insolvency
LWN099	Intellectual Property Law
LWN111	Public Law and Government Commercial Activity
LWN113	Law of Guarantees
LWN117	Legal Regulation of the Internet
LWN120	Select Issues in Media Law and Policy
LWN119	Employment Law
LWN122	Commercial Leases
LWN125	Electronic Commerce Law
LWN127	Advanced Insurance Law 1
LWN139	Privacy Law
LWN145	Corporate and Investment Regulation
LWN146	International and Comparative Intellectual Property Law
LWN147	Patent Law and Commercialisation
LWN151	Select Issues in Property Law
LWN153	Select Issues in Art, Culture and the Law
LWN154	Trade Mark Law
LWN159	Electronic Litigation
LWN160	Professional Liability & Property Transactions
LWN161	Law and Policy of the World Trade Organisation
LWN162	The Common Law System
Environmental Resources Law
LWN025	Research Project 1A
LWN030	Dispute Resolution/Mediation
LWN046	Advanced Planning Law
LWN048	Advanced Legal Research
LWN049	International Environmental Law
LWN060	Environmental Legal System
LWN061	Natural Resources Law
LWN062	Federal Environmental Law
LWN063	Comparative Environmental Law
LWN094	Energy Law
LWN095	Native Title and Indigenous Cultural Heritage Law
LWN131	Queensland State Lands: Law and Practice
LWN138	Comparative Cultural Heritage Law
LWN153	Select Issues in Art, Culture and the Law
LWN157	Comparative Native Title Law and Policy
LWN162	The Common Law System
Public Law
LWN025	Research Project 1A
LWN030	Dispute Resolution/Mediation
LWN048	Advanced Legal Research
LWN087	Contemporary Issues in Torts
LWN095	Native Title and Indigenous Cultural Heritage Law
LWN111	Public Law and Government Commercial Activity
LWN115	Human Rights In Australian Law
LWN119	Employment Law
LWN120	Select Issues in Media Law and Policy
LWN125	Electronic Commerce Law
LWN129	Contemporary Issues in Sentencing Law
LWN132	Public Sector Employment Law and Policy
LWN135	Law, Justice and New Genetic Technologies
LWN144	Contemporary Issues in Child Law
LWN148	Evidence in Organised Crime Investigations
LWN150	Death, Decisions and the Law
LWN040	Theories of Justice
LWN153	Select Issues in Art, Culture and the Law
LWN155	Biotechnology Law
LWN156	Justice, Law and Democracy
LWN157	Comparative Native Title Law and Policy
LWN158	Public International Law
LWN161	Law and Policy of the World Trade Organisation
LWN162	The Common Law System
Technology Law
LWN025	Research Project 1A
LWN030	Dispute Resolution/Mediation
LWN036	Select Issues in Intellectual Property Law
LWN048	Advanced Legal Research
LWN099	Intellectual Property Law
LWN117	Legal Regulation of the Internet
LWN120	Select Issues in Media Law and Policy
LWN125	Electronic Commerce Law
LWN135	Law, Justice and New Genetic Technologies
LWN139	Privacy Law
LWN146	International and Comparative Intellectual Property Law
LWN147	Patent Law and Commercialisation
LWN153	Select Issues in Art, Culture and the Law
LWN154	Trade Mark Law
LWN155	Biotechnology Law
LWN159	Electronic Litigation
LWN162	The Common Law System
Schedule of Unit Offerings for current year:
	Please refer to http://www.law.qut.edu.au/courses/pgrad/units.jsp
NOTE: the units in the majors for this course are currently under review and are subject to approval

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