Juris Doctor
Unit outlines will be available through Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
Not all units of study listed are offered in a given year. Please refer to the latest Sydney Law School lecture timetable.
Students are advised that given the current pandemic context, it may be necessary, at very short notice, to change unit of study details, including mode of delivery and assessment. Students should check unit of study details provided in the unit outline at the start of each unit of study and continue to check for any changes throughout the semester.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Elective Units of Study |
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| Juris Doctor students must complete 42 credit points of elective units of study comprising: | |||
| (i) a maximum of 36 credit points of units of study from Part 1 Electives | |||
| (ii) a minimum of 6 credit points of units of study from Part 2 Jurisprudence Electives | |||
| (iii) no more than 24 credit points of master's level units of study in the Juris Doctor | |||
Part 1 - Elective Units of Study |
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| LAWS5101 Advanced Constitutional Law |
6 | P LAWS5007 and LAWS5011 C LAWS5011 N LAWS3401 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5103 Advanced Corporate Law |
6 | P LAWS5014 N LAWS5145 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5108 Advanced Public International Law |
6 | P LAWS5005 N LAWS3408 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5109 Advanced Taxation Law |
6 | P LAWS5112 N LAWS3409 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5111 Anti-Discrimination Law |
6 | N LAWS3411 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5112 Australian Income Tax |
6 | N LAWS3412 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5113 Banking and Financial Instruments |
6 | P LAWS5002 and LAWS5015 N LAWS3101 or LAWS3413 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5117 Commercial Land Law |
6 | P LAWS5012 N LAWS3417 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5119 Competition Law |
6 | N LAWS3419 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5126 Criminology |
6 | N LAWS3426 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5127 Death and Inheritance Law |
6 | N LAWS3427 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5128 Media Law: Defamation and Privacy |
6 | N LAWS3428 |
Semester 1a Semester 2 |
| LAWS5130 Environmental Law |
6 | C LAWS5010 N LAWS3430 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5131 Law and Social Justice Clinic |
6 | N 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 2 |
| LAWS5132 Family Law |
6 | N LAWS3432 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5134 International Human Rights Law |
6 | P LAWS5005 N LAWS3434 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5135 Indigenous Peoples and Public Law |
6 | N LAWS3435 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5137 International Commercial Arbitration |
6 | P LAWS5002 N LAWS3437 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5141 Introduction to Islamic Law |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS5143 Interpretation |
6 | P LAWS5002 and LAWS5007 N LAWS3443 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5145 Insolvency Law |
6 | P LAWS5014 N LAWS3403 or LAWS5103 or LAWS3445 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5146 Labour Law |
6 | N LAWS3446 or LAWS6071 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5152 Medical Law |
6 | N LAWS3452 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS5160 Roman Law |
6 | N LAWS3460 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5161 Public Interest Law Clinic |
6 | N LAWS3112 or 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. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5163 Sports Law |
6 | P LAWS5001 and LAWS5002 and LAWS5006 Interest in sport is not essential to doing this subject. The topics are largely universal in application. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5165 Sydney Law Review |
6 | N LAWS3465 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by Departmental Permission. Applicants must have a minimum WAM of 70 and be in their final year of study. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5178 Development, Law and Human Rights |
6 | N LAWS3478 or LAWS6846 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5179 IP: Trade Marks and Patents |
6 | N LAWS3479 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5180 IP: Copyright and Designs |
6 | N LAWS3033 or LAWS3423 or LAWS3480 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5184 Secured Transactions in Commercial Law |
6 | P LAWS5008 N LAWS3484 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5189 International Moot |
6 | P LAWS5005 N 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. |
Intensive December Intensive March Semester 1 |
| LAWS5190 Law and Society in Indonesia |
6 | N LAWS3490 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5196 United States Constitutional Law |
6 | P LAWS5011 N LAWS3496 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5199 Migration, Refugees and Forced Migration |
6 | P LAWS5007 and LAWS5010 and LAWS5011 C LAWS5010 or LAWS5005 N LAWS3499 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5202 Advanced Trusts |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS5208 Industry and Community Engagement |
6 | A Students are expected to have completed all core units with the exception of Private International Law A N INDP3000 Enrolment in this unit of study is only available to JD and LLB students in their final two years of study. |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS5210 Law Reform |
6 | N LAWS3510 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5211 Indigenous Engagement |
6 | A Required knowledge will vary by project N FASS3500 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS5214 Race and the Law |
6 | N LAWS3514 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5215 Citizenship and Nationality Law |
6 | P LAWS5005 and LAWS5007 |
Semester 1a |
| LAWS5216 International Law and China |
6 | N LAWS3516 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5218 Law and Technology |
6 | A Torts, Contracts, Public Law and Criminal Law |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5219 The Criminal Trial |
6 | P LAWS5003 and LAWS5004 C LAWS5013 N LAWS3519 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5220 Psychology and Law |
6 | N LAWS3520 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5221 Law of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment |
6 | P LAWS5001 and LAWS5002 and LAWS5006 and LAWS5008 C LAWS5015 N LAWS3521 |
Semester 2 |
Part 1 - Master's Level Electives |
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| LAWS6013 Advanced Employment Law |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree and LAWS6071 Academic Profile: https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2b |
| LAWS6022 International and Comparative Labour Law |
6 |
Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS6032 Crime Research and Policy |
6 |
Core unit for MCrim and GradDipCrim students. Elective unit for GradDipCrim students who commenced on or after 1 Jan 2019. Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6041 Environmental Litigation |
6 |
Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2a |
| LAWS6047 Law of the Sea |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2b |
| LAWS6052 Govt Regulation, Health Policy and Ethics |
6 |
MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6054 Health Care and Professional Liability |
6 |
Core unit for GradDipHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6066 Discretion in Criminal Justice |
6 |
Academic Profile https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive November |
| LAWS6096 Work Health and Safety: Law and Policy |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree and LAWS6071 (MLLR students) Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2a |
| LAWS6109 UK International Taxation |
6 | A It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have successfully completed an undergraduate/postgraduate unit of study in tax law Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2b |
| LAWS6128 Comparative International Taxation |
6 | A It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have successfully completed an undergraduate/postgraduate unit of study in tax law Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive November |
| LAWS6165 Biodiversity Law and Heritage Law |
6 |
Students enrolled in the MIL and GradDipIL may apply to enrol in this unit, please contact law.postgraduate@sydney.edu.au. Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 1b |
| LAWS6177 Tax Treaties |
6 | A It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have an understanding of Australian income taxation law commensurate with that which would be obtained from completing undergraduate study in Australian taxation law or five years working with Australian tax law in a law or accounting practice in an industry role or in the Australian Taxation Office. For students who do not have such knowledge or work experience they first should undertake LAWS6825 Introduction to Australian Business Tax before enrolling in this unit. The completion of LAWS6209 Australian International Taxation will provide students; without such knowledge or work experience; with additional knowledge and skills that will assist in successfully completing this unit Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 1b |
| LAWS6214 Goods and Services Tax Principles A |
6 | A It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have an understanding of Australian income taxation law commensurate with that which would be obtained from completing undergraduate study in Australian taxation law or five years working with Australian tax law in a law or accounting practice in an industry role or in the Australian Taxation Office. For students who do not have such knowledge or work experience they first should undertake LAWS6825 Introduction to Australian Business Tax before enrolling in this unit. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6222 Corporate Governance |
6 |
Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2b |
| LAWS6307 Class Action Litigation in Australia |
6 | N LAWS6230 or LAWS6869 Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6311 Advanced Directors' Duties |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2 |
| 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 Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 1a |
| LAWS6318 Corporate Innovation and Regulation |
6 |
Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2b |
| LAWS6320 Climate Justice and Disaster Law |
6 |
Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2b |
| LAWS6330 Fundamentals of Regulation |
6 |
Available to MLLR students who commenced after Jan 2015. Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2b |
| LAWS6343 International Law and Technology |
6 |
Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6345 Principles of Financial Regulation |
6 |
Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive June |
| LAWS6352 Mergers and Acquisitions in Asia |
6 |
Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive June |
| LAWS6355 Energy and Water Security Law |
6 |
Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6356 Critical Victimology |
6 |
Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2b |
| LAWS6358 Digital Criminology: Tech and Crime |
6 |
Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6360 Project Finance Fundamentals |
6 | A Students who do not hold a law degree must have completed LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before enrolling in this unit Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 1b |
| LAWS6361 Advanced Insolvency Law |
6 | A This unit is available to students who have completed LAWS5014 Corporations Law, LAWS6159 Insolvency Law or equivalent unit Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law |
6 |
MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 1a |
| LAWS6852 Doing Business in China |
6 | A Students who do not hold a law degree from a common or civil law jurisdiction must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before enrolling in this unit Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 1b |
| LAWS6862 Hate Crime |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6865 International Dispute Resolution |
6 | N LAWS6202 Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive June |
| LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy |
6 |
Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2b |
| LAWS6889 Death Law |
6 |
Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 1b |
| LAWS6916 International Investment Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6932 Law and Investment in Asia |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6933 Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive June |
| LAWS6964 Global Energy and Resources Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6984 Economics of Tax Policy |
6 | N LAWS6257 or LAWS3447 or LAWS5147 Academic Profile: https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |