“Many lawyers find the undergraduate experience limiting because of the requirements to take a structured program to enable them to meet professional admission requirements. Upon graduation they have rarely been able to develop specialist legal skills, or study niche areas of the law in any level of detail " said Professor Donald Rothwell, Director of the ANU College of Law graduate program.
The ANU College of Law has one of the largest graduate law programs — including Coursework Certificates, Diplomas, Masters and research degrees — in Australia. So it is an excellent place to consider undertaking graduate law study, whether you are interested in any of our myriad of graduate programs, or the graduate-entry Juris Doctor (JD) degree, that qualifies you for legal practice.
The ANU College of Law endeavours to inspire you to use your legal knowledge and your legal skills, throughout your career, to work for the improvement of the law and the operation of the legal system and for the achievement of social justice.
The recently developed specialisation in Law, Governance and Development is a program for development practitioners (or those aspiring to be) working in all aspects of law, governance and development in the Asia-Pacific as well as those working in a context of international institutions.
The specialisation in Government and Commercial Law offers a wide range of courses in areas such as Constitutional Law, Legislative Drafting, Government Contracts, Corporate Governance, Occupational Health and Safety Law, Dispute Management and Media and Communications Law. Students in this program can also choose subjects from the Law, Governance and Development program.
In 2011, the Environmental Law specialisation is offering new courses in Commonwealth Environmental Law, Australian Disaster Law, and Environmental Protection and Human Rights alongside established courses such as International Climate Law and Marine and Coastal Law.
International Law continues to offer a wide variety of specialised courses, enabling students to concentrate on particular aspects of public international law, including human rights, use of force and international security, and international trade.
A new specialisation - International Security Law is being introduced in 2012
It is the only program of its type offered in the Asia Pacific with a capacity to undertake selected units from the ANU National Security College, ANU Asia Pacific College of Diplomacy, and the ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre.
ANU College of Law graduate programs are open to lawyers and non-lawyers. Most programs are offered intensively (3-4 days) to suit both full-time and part-time study, with some courses offered online.
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