Macquarie Law School - Full Time Graduate LLB Program

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The graduate LLB program requires students to complete 24 units. Each unit is worth 3 credit points for a total of
72 credit points. Of the 24 units to be studied, 15 are compulsory and refect the areas of study required by the
legal profession for admission to legal practice. Macquarie also requires students to complete a Participation and
Community Engagement (PACE) unit, which will facilitate the transition of our graduates into the workplace. The
remaining nine units are to be drawn from a rich variety of elective units (listed below).
The standard study templates for the LLB curriculum (72 credit points) for the full-time Graduate LLB Program
(including mid-year entry) are as follows:
For students commencing at the start of the calendar year
Full-time Students, First Year Program
SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2
Code Name cps Code Name cps
LAW115 Foundations of Law* 3 LAW203 Torts 3
LAW109 Criminal Justice & Procedure 3 LAW214 Jurisprudence 3
LAW204 Contracts 3 LAW316 Property Law 3
LAW208 Law, Lawyers & Society 3 LAW317 Equity and Trusts 3
Full-time Students, Second Year Program
SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2
Code Name cps Code Name cps
LAW314 Constitutional Law & Administration I 3 LAW315 Constitutional Law & Administration II 3
LAW459 International Law 3 LAW456 Business Organisations 3
Elective I 3 Elective III 3
Elective II 3 Elective IV 3
Full-time Students, Third Year Program
SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2
Code Name cps Code Name cps
LAW555 Remedies 3 LAW550 Litigation 3
Elective V 3 Law PACE unit 3
Elective VI 3 Elective VIII 3
Elective VII 3 Elective IX 3
* For students in the Graduate Law Program, it is anticipated that a portion of LAW115 will be delivered on an intensive basis during the week immediately
prior to the start of each semester. The balance of the unit will be completed during the semester.
Graduate LLB - Mid-year Entry Pattern
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Full-time Students, First Year Program
SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2
Code Name cps Code Name cps
LAW115 Foundations of Law* 3
LAW109 Criminal Justice & Procedure 3
LAW203 Torts 3
LAW214 Jurisprudence 3
Full-time Students, Second Year Program
SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2
Code Name cps Code Name cps
LAW204 Contracts 3 LAW315 Constitutional Law & Administration II 3
LAW208 Law, Lawyers & Society 3 LAW317 Equity and Trusts 3
LAW314 Constitutional Law & Administration I 3 LAW456 Business Organisations 3
LAW316 Property Law 3 Elective I 3
Full-time Students, Third Year Program
SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2
Code Name cps Code Name cps
LAW459 International Law 3 LAW550 Litigation 3
Elective II 3 Elective V 3
Elective III 3 Elective VI 3
Elective IV 3 Elective VII 3
Full-time Students, Fourth Year Program
SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2
Code Name cps Code Name cps
LAW555 Remedies 3
Law PACE unit 3
Elective VIII 3
Elective IX 3
* For students in the Graduate Law Program, it is anticipated that a portion of LAW115 will be delivered on an intensive basis during the week immediately prior to the
start of each semester. The balance of the unit will be completed during the semester.
Elective units include:
International Human Rights Law; Law of International Organisations; International Trade & Finance, European Law & Institutions; Jessup International Law Moot;
Confict of Laws; Law of the Sea; War Law; International Dispute Settlement; Environmental Law; International Environmental Law; Climate Change & Energy Law;
Issues in International Heritage & Conservation Law; Local Government & Planning Law; Consumer & Competition Law; Foundations of Commercial Law; Modern
Corporate Governance; Taxation; Intellectual Property Law; Information Technology Law; Family Law; Succession; Health Law & Ethics; Advanced Torts; Labour
Law; Law & Religion; Human Rights and Moral Dilemmas; Media Law; Discrimination and the Law; Dispute Management & Resolution; Indigenous Peoples & the
Law; Access to Justice Placement Program; Politics and the Constitution; Advanced Administrative Law; and Advanced Legal Research Project.
** This document is to be used as an example only and does not replace the Handbook of Undergraduate Studies http://handbook.mq.edu.au/ or the University
Timetable http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/.