Master of Law and Development

at University of Melbourne

Compulsory subject
 

• International Law and Development

Asian Law subjects:
 

• Commercial Law in Asia

Banking and Finance Law subjects:
 

• Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds

• International Financial System

• International Sustainable Finance

Dispute Resolution subjects:
 

• Commercial Arbitration in Practice

Energy and Resources Law subjects:
 

• Energy Regulation and the Law

• International Mineral Law

Environmental Law subjects:
 

• Climate Change Law

• Disaster Law and Climate Adaptation

• Environmental Law

• International Environmental Law

Government Law subjects:
 

• Comparative Human Rights Law

• Corruption: A Global Approach

Health and Medical Law subjects:
 

• Law and Emerging Health Technologies

Human Rights Law subjects:
 

• Business and Human Rights

• Gender and Human Rights

• Human Rights and Climate Change

• Human Rights and Terrorism

• International Human Rights Law

• International Law and Children's Rights

• International Refugee Law

Intellectual Property Law subjects:
 

• Internat.Issues in Intellectual Property

International Economic Law subjects:
 

• Global Financial Architecture

• International Business Transactions

• International Commercial Arbitration

• International Economic Law

• Internat Investment Law and Arbitration

• International Trade Law

• WTO Law and Dispute Settlement

International Law subjects:
 

• Comparative Indigenous Rights

• International Criminal Law

• International Humanitarian Law

• International Law

Private Law subjects:
 

• Global Commercial Contract Law

Tax subjects:
 

• Comparative International Tax

Other subjects:
 

• Fundamentals of the Common Law

• International Legal Internship

Applicants must have completed:
 

• A degree in law (LLB, JD or equivalent) leading to admission to practice, at honours standard, or equivalent
  
  or
   

• A degree in law (LLB, JD or equivalent) leading to admission to practice, or equivalent and two years of documented relevant professional experience
  
  or
   

• An undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline and two years of documented relevant professional experience
  
  or
   

• An undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline; and successful completion of four subjects in a cognate graduate diploma and one year of documented relevant professional experience.

International full fee:
 

• AUD$ 46,656

As a student in the Master of Law and Development, you’ll develop an advanced understanding of the complex body of knowledge in the field of law and development, including:
 

• the processes and actors involved in the legalisation of development

• the history and range of rule of law or law reform projects initiated by international and regional institutions

• the role of international economic institutions in proposing, designing and implementing law reform projects

• development strategies enabled or foreclosed by attempts at law reform or legal institutional design

• the success or failure of particular attempts at law reform or rule of law initiatives

• theoretical approaches to understanding and critiquing law and development initiatives

You’ll also develop skills in critical analysis and the ability to interpret and transmit your ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences, including clients.