Juris Doctor
Units of study
Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Faculty of Law Juris Doctor Units of Study |
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Compulsory Units of Study |
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Year 1 |
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LAWS5000 Foundations of Law |
6 | N LAWS1000, LAWS1006 |
Int March Semester 1 |
LAWS5001 Torts |
6 | P LAWS5000 N LAWS1005, LAWS1010, LAWS1012, LAWS3001 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5002 Contracts |
6 | P LAWS5000 N LAWS1002, LAWS1015, LAWS2000, LAWS2008 |
Semester 1 Summer Early |
LAWS5003 Civil and Criminal Procedure |
6 | P LAWS5000 or LAWS1006 N LAWS1001, LAWS1007, LAWS1014, LAWS2006, LAWS3002, LAWS3004 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5004 Criminal Law |
6 | P LAWS5000 or LAWS1006, LAWS5003 or LAWS1014 N LAWS1003, LAWS1016, LAWS2001, LAWS2009 |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5006 Torts and Contracts II |
6 | P LAWS5000 or LAWS1006, LAWS5001 or LAWS1012, LAWS5002 or LAWS1015 N LAWS1017 |
Semester 2 Winter Main |
LAWS5005 Public International Law |
6 | N LAWS1023, LAWS1018 |
Semester 2 Summer Late |
LAWS5007 Public Law |
6 | P LAWS5000 or LAWS1006 N LAWS1004, LAWS1021, LAWS2002, LAWS3003 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
Year 2 |
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LAWS5010 Administrative Law |
6 | P LAWS5007 or LAWS1021 N LAWS2002, LAWS2010, LAWS3200 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5011 Federal Constitutional Law |
6 | P LAWS5007 or LAWS1021 N LAWS1004, LAWS1011, LAWS2011, LAWS3000, LAWS3003 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5008 Intro to Property and Commercial Law |
6 | P LAWS5000 N LAWS2004, LAWS2007, LAWS2012 |
Semester 1 Summer Early |
LAWS5009 The Legal Profession |
6 | N LAWS1001, LAWS1020, LAWS2013, LAWS3002, LAWS3004 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5014 Corporations Law |
6 | N LAWS2003, LAWS2014 |
Semester 2 Summer Early Winter Main |
LAWS5015 Equity |
6 | P LAWS5000 N LAWS2004, LAWS2015 |
Semester 2 Summer Main Winter Main |
LAWS5013 Evidence |
6 | P LAWS5000 or LAWS1006, LAWS5003 or LAWS1014 N LAWS2006, LAWS2016, LAWS3223 |
Semester 2 Summer Early Winter Main |
LAWS5012 Real Property |
6 | P LAWS5008 or LAWS1012 N LAWS2007, LAWS2017 |
Semester 2 Winter Main |
Year 3 |
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LAWS5017 Private International Law A |
6 | N LAWS1018, LAWS2005, LAWS2018 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
2014 Juris Doctor Elective Units of Study |
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Candidates must complete 42 Credit Points of elective units of study. | |||
Part 1- International, Comparative, and Transnational Electives |
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Candidates must complete a minimum of 6 Credit Points from Part 1 to satisfy the International, Comparative, and Transnational requirement | |||
LAWS5101 Advanced Constitutional Law |
6 | P LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 or (LAWS1021 and LAWS2011) or (LAWS5007 and LAWS5011) C LAWS2011 or LAWS5011 N LAWS3027, LAWS3401 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5108 Advanced Public International Law |
6 | P LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 or LAWS2005 or LAWS5005 N LAWS3009, LAWS3408 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5368 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems |
6 | N LAWS3014, LAWS3068 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Summer L3 Enrolment in the Shanghai Winter School is by seperate application to the Law School. |
Semester 2 Summer L3 |
LAWS5178 Development, Law and Human Rights |
6 | N LAWS3478 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5137 International Commercial Arbitration |
6 | P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 or LAWS5002 N LAWS3092, LAWS3437 |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5138 International Commercial Transactions |
6 | P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 or LAWS5002 N LAWS3072, LAWS3438 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5139 International Economic Law |
6 | P LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 or LAWS5005 N LAWS3090, LAWS3439 |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5134 International Human Rights Law |
6 | P LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 or LAWS5005 N LAWS3034, LAWS3434 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5189 International Moot |
6 | P LAWS1018 or LAWS1023 or LAWS5005. Other pre-requisites may apply to individual moots. N LAWS3093, LAWS3035, LAWS3489 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study will be by special application, and will be based on competitve selection in accordance with the rules of the individual competition. |
Int February Semester 1 |
LAWS5141 Introduction to Islamic Law |
6 | N LAWS3441 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5144 Japanese Law |
6 | N LAWS3076, LAWS3444 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Applications for the offshore intensive unit are by seperate application. For further information see http://sydney.edu.au/law/caplus. |
Int February |
LAWS5190 Law and Society in Indonesia |
6 | N LAWS3490 |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5194 Legal Systems in South East Asia |
6 | N LAWS3494, LAWS6149 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in the winter school is by application to the Law School. |
Int July |
LAWS5199 Migration, Refugees and Forced Migration |
6 | P LAWS2002 or (LAWS2010 and LAWS1021) or (LAWS5007 and LAWS5010), LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 or LAWS2011 or LAWS5011 C LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 or LAWS5010, LAWS1018 or LAWS2005 or LAWS1023 or LAWS5005 N LAWS3045, LAWS3458, LAWS5158, LAWS3453, LAWS5153, LAWS3499 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5157 Private International Law B |
6 | N LAWS3015, LAWS3457 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5196 United States Constitutional Law |
6 | P LAWS5011 or LAWS2011 or LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 N LAWS3418, LAWS5118, LAWS3491, LAWS5191, LAWS3496 |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5183 War Law: Use of Force & Humanitarian Law |
6 | N LAWS3440, LAWS3086, LAWS3483, LAWS6218, LAWS6062 |
Semester 1 |
Part 1 - Master's Level Electives (International, Comparative, and Transnational) |
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Candidates may choose no more than 12 Credit Points of master's level units of study. The master's units of study satisfy the International, Comparative, and Transnational requirement. | |||
LAWS6856 Anti-Terrorism Law |
6 | N CISS6011 This unit replaced LAWS6856 Terrorism & Counterterrorism Policy and Law. |
Int August |
LAWS6170 Comparative Income Taxation This unit of study is not available in2014 |
6 | Int August |
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LAWS6222 Corporate Governance |
6 | Int July |
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LAWS6140 Corp Soc Responsibility: Theory/Pol |
6 | Int August |
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LAWS6318 Corporate Innovation and Abuse |
6 | Int June |
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LAWS6222 Corporate Governance |
6 | Int July |
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LAWS6852 Doing Business in China |
6 | A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction |
Int August |
LAWS6307 Expert Evidence & Class Action Procedure |
6 | A Students without a law degree or equivalent may enrol in this unit but should be aware that the unit focuses on legal and evidentiary issues. N LAWS6230, LAWS6869 This unit replaced LAWS6230 Expert Evidence and LAWS6869 Class Actions and Complex Litigation. |
Int May |
LAWS6933 Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6933 International Petroleum Transactions. MIL and GradDipIntLaw students may enrol in either LAWS6990 Principles of Oil and Gas Law or LAWS6933 Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues, but not both. |
Int May |
LAWS6846 Human Rights and the Global Economy |
6 | N LAWS5134 Master of Law and International Development students may undertake this unit as an elective or capstone unit |
Int August |
LAWS6896 Internatl & Comparative Criminal Justice |
6 | N LAWS6269, LAWS6219 |
Int May |
LAWS6022 Internatl & Comparative Labour Law |
6 | Int August |
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LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 |
Students seeking further study in international environmental law may undertake LAWS6922 Advanced International Environmental Law. |
Int May |
LAWS6037 International Import/Export Laws |
6 | Semester 1 |
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LAWS6816 Labour Law in the Global Economy |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree and, for MLLR students, LAWS6071 |
Int Sept |
LAWS6932 Law and Investment in Asia |
6 | Int April |
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LAWS6928 Law, Justice and Development |
6 | N LAWS3478 This unit is compulsory for MLawIntDev students and replaced LAWS6928 Law & Economic Development. |
Int April |
LAWS6047 Law of the Sea |
6 | Int June |
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LAWS6317 Regulation of Corporate Crime |
6 | A It is recommended that students have some knowledge of corporate law and criminal law and procedure, or have had practical experience in these areas |
Int May |
LAWS6177 Tax Treaties |
6 | Int May |
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LAWS6976 The Causation Element |
6 | Int May |
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LAWS6844 US Corporate Law |
6 | Int February |
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LAWS6171 US International Taxation |
6 | Int May |
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LAWS6096 Work Safety |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree (GradDipPubHL and MLLR students) and LAWS6071 (MLLR students) |
Int February |
Part 2- Elective Units of Study |
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Candidates may choose a maximum of 30 credit points of units of study from Part 2. | |||
LAWS5104 Advanced Criminal Law |
6 | P LAWS1016 or LAWS1003 or LAWS2009 or LAWS5004 N LAWS3445, LAWS3404 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1a |
LAWS5106 Advanced Evidence |
6 | P LAWS2006 or LAWS2016 or LAWS5013 N LAWS3406 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5177 Advanced Obligations and Remedies |
6 | P LAWS1010 or LAWS1012 or LAWS5001, LAWS1002 or (LAWS1015 and LAWS1017) or (LAWS5002 and LAWS5006), LAWS2004 or LAWS2015 or LAWS5015 N LAWS3477 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Winter L1 Enrolment in the Cambridge stream is by application to the Law School. |
Semester 2 Winter L1 |
LAWS5109 Advanced Taxation Law |
6 | P LAWS3047 or LAWS3412 or LAWS5112 N LAWS3013, LAWS3409 |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5111 Anti-Discrimination Law |
6 | N LAWS3012, LAWS3411 |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5112 Australian Income Tax |
6 | N LAWS3047, LAWS3412 |
Semester 1 Summer Late |
LAWS5113 Banking and Financial Instruments |
6 | P LAWS1015 or LAWS1002 or LAWS5002, LAWS2004 or LAWS2015 or LAWS5015, LAWS2007 or LAWS2017 or LAWS5012 N LAWS3101, LAWS3413 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5116 Commercial Dispute Resolution |
6 | N LAWS3006, LAWS3022, LAWS3416 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application and priority is given to final year students. |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5117 Commercial Land Law |
6 | P LAWS2007 or LAWS2017 or LAWS5012 N LAWS3417 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5119 Competition Law |
6 | N LAWS3016, LAWS3419 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5124 Corporate and Securities Regulation |
6 | P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 or LAWS5014 N LAWS3108, LAWS3424 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5126 Criminology |
6 | N LAWS3020, LAWS3426 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Semester 2 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
LAWS5127 Death and Inheritance Law |
6 | N LAWS3056, LAWS3427 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5130 Environmental Law |
6 | C LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 or LAWS5010 N LAWS3024, LAWS3430 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5174 Equity and Financial Risk Allocation |
6 | P LAWS2004 or LAWS2015 or LAWS5015 N LAWS3474 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5131 External Placement Program |
6 | N LAWS3025, LAWS3431 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit is by special application. Enrolment is restricted to students in their final year of study. |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5132 Family Law |
6 | N LAWS3026, LAWS3432 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Semester 2 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
LAWS5135 Indigenous People and Public Law |
6 | N LAWS6988, LAWS3435, LAWS3005 |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5360 Independent Research Project |
6 | N LAWS3030, LAWS3031, LAWS3115, LAWS3260, LAWS5315, LAWS5330, LAWS5331 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application and is restricted to students in their final year of study who meet the relevant academic criteria. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 Summer Early |
LAWS5145 Insolvency Law |
6 | P LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 or LAWS5014 N LAWS3403, LAWS5103, LAWS3445 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5143 Interpretation |
6 | P (LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 or LAWS1015 or LAWS5002) and (LAWS2002 or LAWS1021 or LAWS5007) N LAWS3443 |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5180 IP: Copyright and Designs |
6 | N LAWS3033, LAWS3423, LAWS3480 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
LAWS5179 IP: Trademarks and Patents |
6 | N LAWS3472, LAWS3033, LAWS3479 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Semester 2 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
LAWS5146 Labour Law |
6 | N LAWS3023, LAWS3446 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5151 Media Law: Contempt and Open Justice |
6 | N LAWS3059, LAWS3451 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5128 Media Law: Defamation and Privacy |
6 | N LAWS3059, LAWS3428 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Semester 1 |
Semester 1 Summer Early Winter Main |
LAWS5152 Medical Law |
6 | N LAWS3046, LAWS3452 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
LAWS5155 Policing, Crime and Society |
6 | N LAWS3048, LAWS3455 |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5160 Roman Law |
6 | N LAWS3052, LAWS3460 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5184 Secured Transactions in Commercial Law |
6 | P LAWS2012 or LAWS5008 N LAWS3484 |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5161 Social Justice Clinical Course |
6 | N LAWS3112, LAWS3461 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. Priority will be given to students in their final year of study. |
Int February Semester 1 |
LAWS5165 Sydney Law Review |
6 | N LAWS3057, LAWS3465 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. For further information, please visit sydney.edu.au/law/slr. |
Semester 2 |
Part 2- Master's Level Electives |
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Candidates may choose no more than 12 Credit Points of master's level units of study. | |||
LAWS6963 Regulation and Regulators This unit of study is not available in2014 |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6963 Regulation: Theory and Practice. |
Int May |
LAWS6320 Climate Disaster Law |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Int July |
LAWS6314 Coastal and Marine Law |
6 | Int October |
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LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law |
6 |
Core unit for GradDipPubHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881. |
Int August |
LAWS6163 Energy and Climate Law |
6 | N LAWS6863 The unit replaced LAWS6163 International & Australian Climate Law (formerly Energy Law). |
Int October |
LAWS6043 Environmental Impact Assessment Law |
6 | Int May |
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LAWS6044 Environmental Law and Policy |
6 | A LAWS6252 or law degree from a common law jurisdiction Environmental Law students must complete LAWS6252 and this core unit prior to enrolling in other law elective units. |
Int August Int March |
LAWS6214 Goods and Services Tax Principles A |
6 | A basic understanding of taxation law |
Semester 1 |
LAWS6848 Law and Healthy Lifestyles |
6 |
Core unit for GradDipPubHL students. This unit replaced LAWS6848 New Directions in Public Health Law and Policy and may be substituted for LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law as a core unit in the MHL. |
Int March |
LAWS6313 Law of Not-for-Profits |
6 | Semester 2 |
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LAWS6864 New Tech, Risk and Environmental Law |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6864 Genetically Modified Organisms & the Environment. |
Int Sept |
LAWS6191 Water Law and Climate Change |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6191 Water Law |
Int November |
Part 3- Jurisprudence Units of Study |
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Candidates must complete a minimum of 6 Credit Points from Part 3 to satisfy the Jurisprudence requirement | |||
LAWS5136 International/Comparative Jurisprudence |
6 | N JURS3006, LAWS3436 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Semester 1 Satisfies the Jurisprudence requirement of the JD |
Semester 1 Summer Late |
LAWS5147 Law and Economics |
6 | N LAWS3036, LAWS3447 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence requirement of the JD. |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5150 Legal Geographies |
6 | P LAWS5005, LAWS5011, LAWS5008 N LAWS3450, LAWS3327 This satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 3 requirement of the JD. |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5154 Philosophy of Law |
6 | N LAWS3459, LAWS3454 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Winter L1 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence requirement of the JD. This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 2 requirement of the LLB. Enrolment in the Berlin stream is by application to the Law School. |
Semester 2 Winter L1 |
LAWS5157 Private International Law B |
6 | N LAWS3015, LAWS3457 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5162 Sociological Theories of Law |
6 | N JURS3001, LAWS3462 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 3 requirement of the JD. |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5195 The Rule of Law and its Value |
6 | N LAWS3495 This unit satisfied the Jurisprudence requirement of the JD. |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5169 Theories of Law |
6 | N LAWS3089, LAWS3469 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 3 requirement of the JD. |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5168 Theories of Justice |
6 | N LAWS3077, LAWS3468 This unit satisfies the Juriprudence/Part 3 requirement of the JD. |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5170 Theories of Legal Reasoning |
6 | N LAWS3083, LAWS3470 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 3 requirement of the JD. |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5171 Theories of Conscientious Obedience |
6 | N LAWS3471 This unit satisfies the Jurisprudence/Part 3 requirement of the JD. |
Semester 2 |
Part 3 - Master's Level Electives (Jurisprudence) |
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Candidates may choose no more than 12 Credit Points of master's level units of study. | |||
JURS6018 Constitutional Theory |
6 | Int August |
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LAWS6187 Functional Analysis of Law & Soc Control |
6 |
This unit replaced LAWS6187 Aspects of Law and Social Control. |
Semester 1 |
LAWS6836 Precedent, Interpretation & Probability |
6 | N JURS6028, JURS6029 |
Semester 2 |
LAWS6316 Theories of the Judiciary |
6 | Semester 2 |
Course rules
Juris Doctor
These resolutions must be read in conjunction with applicable University By-laws, Rules and policies including (but not limited to) the University of Sydney Coursework Rule 2000 (the 'Coursework Rule'), the Resolutions of the Faculty, the University of Sydney (Student Appeals against Academic Decisions) Rule 2006 (as amended)and the Academic Board policies on Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism.
Course resolutions
1 Course codes
Code | Course title |
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JC034 | Juris Doctor |
2 Attendance pattern
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The attendance pattern for this course is generally full time. The Faculty of Law will make a limited number of places available to part time candidates.
3 Admission to candidature
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Admission to candidature for the Juris Doctor requires a bachelor's degree from any discipline other than Law. Students are assessed on a combination of a secondary school leaving qualification such as the NSW Higher School Certificate (including national and international equivalents) and completed tertiary study. English language requirements must be met where these are not demonstrated by sufficient qualifications taught in English. Applicants are ranked by merit and offers for available places are issued according to the ranking.
4 Requirements for award
(1)
The units of study that may be taken for the course are set out in the Faculty of Law Juris Doctor Table.
(2)
To qualify for the award of the Juris Doctor a candidate must complete 144 credit points taken from the Faculty of Law Juris Doctor Table, including:
(3)
Of the elective units of study, a maximum of two advanced learning Master's units may be taken. Enrolment in Master's units will be subject to availability and any unit pre-requisites or assumed knowledge, which may include relevant industry experience or prior specialist study.
(4)
All candidates will be required to complete a capstone experience in their final year which is a unit of study designed to draw together and synthesize prior learning and experience, and form the basis for further intellectual and professional growth. This requirement will be met by completion of a Jurisprudence elective. Other electives taken in final year which may meet this requirement include external placements, mooting activities or research projects.
5 Cross-institutional study
(1)
In addition to the provisions for cross-institutional study described in the resolutions of the Faculty of Law, cross-institutional study is only available under the following terms:
(a)
Candidates are not permitted to undertake any compulsory unit or Part 3 elective (Jurisprudence) on a cross-institutional basis;
(b)
Candidates must have completed a minimum of 96 credit points towards the Juris Doctor before undertaking any cross-institutional study;
(d)
Candidates must be in their final year and have satisfied the usual progression rules and maximum enrolment requirements;
(e)
The proposed cross institutional unit must be offered within another Juris Doctor or Master of Laws program. Credit will not be granted towards units undertaken as part of a Bachelor of Laws degree.
(2)
Cross-institutional study is regarded as another form of credit and will be counted as such when considering eligibility.
6 Suspension, discontinuation and lapse of candidature
(1)
Candidates are entitled to suspend their candidature for two years. Further suspension will only be approved in cases of serious illness or misadventure.
(2)
Candidates will not be permitted to suspend in order to complete another award course unless they can provide evidence that the award course can be completed within two years and they have not previously suspended.
7 Progression rules
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Candidates are required to complete the Juris Doctor units of study in the order listed in the Faculty of Law Juris Doctor Table. Candidates must pass all Year One units of study before proceeding to Year Two. Candidates must pass all Year One and Year Two units of study before proceeding to enrol in any elective units of study, except with the permission of the Dean.
8 Credit for previous study
(1)
A candidate may be granted a maximum of 48 credit points towards the requirements of the Juris Doctor. Specific credit will only be granted for equivalent compulsory units of study undertaken as part of a Juris Doctor degree at an approved Australian law school. A maximum of 24 credit points of non-specific credit may be granted for elective units undertaken as part of a Juris Doctor or Masters degree at an approved law school. Of these 24 credit points, a maximum of two advanced learning Masters units can be credited to the Juris Doctor.
(2)
A candidate may be granted credit for law units which have the equivalent face-to-face teaching hours and similar assessment requirements as units offered by the Faculty.
(3)
Candidates who have completed a law degree or equivalent professional legal qualification from a recognised law school outside Australia may be granted up to 42 credit points of non-specific credit, but will be required to complete all compulsory units listed in the Faculty of Law Juris Doctor Table.