How to Apply
Postgraduate coursework students are required to apply through
the Universities Admissions Centre
(UAC).
There is an administrative fee of $49.00.
(Excludes international, non-award and research students)
Please click on the appropriate link below:
Coursework Applications
Applicants from a law background:
Applicants must hold an Australian Bachelor of Laws degree or equivalent. A strong
pass degree or better is normally required for admission.
Applicants from a non-law background: Applicants must
hold at least a three-year Australian Bachelors degree or equivalent. A strong
pass degree or better is normally required for admission.
Applicants who do not hold a bachelors degree: Applicants
with relevant experience but who do not hold a bachelors degree may be considered
for entry, however there are additional entry requirements. For further details
please contact the Postgraduate Administrator.
Non-Lawyers: Students who do not have a degree
in law must include the relevant Fundamentals/Principles course before proceeding
with other enrolments. Those enrolled in the Government and Commercial Law stream
are also required to undertake LAWS8153 Introduction to Legal Reasoning &
Research.
Research Applicants
Legal Workshop Graduates
- The ANU College of Law has recently changed its procedures in relation to
students who have completed their Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (at ANU
or CDU) and want to move into the Master of Laws programs.
Students must now apply for admission into the Master of Laws programs.
Students wanting to do the Master of Laws (Legal Practice) must lodge an application
to the ANU Admissions Office.
Students wanting to do a Master of Laws, Master of Laws
(International Law), Master of Laws (Environmental Law)
or Master of Laws (Government & Commercial Law), must
now apply to the Universities
Admissions Centre.
Students will continue to receive 24 units of credit in the Master of Laws
(Legal Practice) and 12 units of credit in the Master of Laws, Master of Laws
(International Law), Master of Laws (Environmental Law) or Master of Laws
(Government & Commercial Law) programs.
Students can now apply to have their GDLP conferred and will still be eligible
for credit in the Master of Laws program they select.
Students have 7 years in which to apply for credit in the LLM programs from
the GDLP. The time to complete the new program will, in most instances, be
4 years from the commencement of the Master of Laws program.
- Click here for information
on the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
Student
Enrolment and Administrative Procedure (SEAP) Guide 2010
Information updated:
6 July 2009
