Juris Doctor - 9150
Program Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Law
Contact: www.law.unsw.edu.au
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC Per Semester: 6
Max UOC Per Semester: 24
Min UOC For Award: 144
Award(s):
Juris Doctor
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Program Description
1. Duration/Award:
The program is a three-year full-time program leading to the award of Juris Doctor (JD).
2. Entry Requirement:
The program is available to graduates or graduands of another Faculty of UNSW or another approved university. Applicants who hold only postgraduate qualifications are welcome to apply for entry to this program but must indicate this by writing to the Faculty of Law directly for consideration as well as following the usual application procedures. For Australian citizens, permanent residents and New Zealand citizens, applications for the UNSW JD are online through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC). Go to www.uac.edu.au and click on “UAC Postgraduate”.
3. Progression Requirements:
The JD is a flexible program and can be studied on a full-time or part-time basis. Students can choose their rate of study within program rules (ie. can move between full-time and part-time study). The maximum duration is 8 years.
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
Program Structure
- Law compulsory courses - 96 UOC
- Prescribed elective course - 6 UOC
- Free elective courses - 42 UOC
There is no assumed knowledge requirement for entry to Faculty of Law courses but students must study law courses in an approved sequence. An approved sequence can be found here:
Plan for Juris Doctor
Other sequences may be approved in special circumstances.
Juris Doctor students who have completed 120uoc of JD study at UNSW may be eligible to undertake a full academic year at the University of Oxford completing the degree requirements of Oxford’s Bachelor of Civil Law or a Masters in Law and Finance. Following successful completion of these degree requirements at Oxford, the student will be eligible to receive the Juris Doctor degree without further study at UNSW.
Juris Doctor with Distinction Policy from 2015 onwards
Students who complete the Juris Doctor Program from 2015 onwards (from Summer 2015) will be eligible for the Juris Doctor with Distinction.
To be awarded the Juris Doctor with Distinction, students:
- must achieve a Distinction WAM of 75%. The Distinction WAM will be calculated using the WAM from core courses as 60% and the WAM from elective courses as 40 %, of which courses completed at UNSW ONLY will count towards the Distinction WAM calculation.
- NOT been found guilty of plagiarism nor serious misconduct.
- NOT have more than one failure in the JD program.
Academic Rules
1. No person shall be permitted to enrol in any program in the Faculty of Law at the same time as he or she is enrolled for any other degree or diploma in the University or elsewhere, except with the approval of the Faculty.
2. Where, in these Rules, reference is made to the requirement that a candidate shall complete a program, the requirement shall be construed as meaning that the candidate shall:
(1) attend such lectures, seminars, tutorials or other classes, and such court sessions, offices or institutions as may be prescribed in that program, and maintain a satisfactory standard of preparation for and participation in such classes and activities;
(2) perform satisfactorily in such exercises, essays, theses and other work (whether written, oral or practical) as may be prescribed in that program and undertake any prescribed reading related to that program; and
(3) attain a satisfactory standard in the examination or examinations, and such other means of assessment of a candidate's results in that program as the Faculty may prescribe.
3. The Faculty of Law shall specify a number of units of credit in respect of each Law course for which credit is given in the award of the Juris Doctor degree. On completion of the course, a candidate shall be credited with the specified number of points.
4. (1) In the case of the Bachelor of Laws degree program credit shall be given for the courses set out in the following table, each of which shall, unless otherwise determined by the Faculty, carry the number of units of credit (if any) specified.
Compulsory Courses
- JURD7121 Crime and the Criminal Process (6 UOC)
- JURD7122 Criminal Laws (6 UOC)
- JURD7152 Introducing Law and Justice (6 UOC)
- JURD7161 Torts (6 UOC)
- JURD7150 Principles of Private Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7175 Contracts (6 UOC)
- JURD7283 Land Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7285 Equity and Trusts (6 UOC)
- JURD7141 Principles of Public Law(6 UOC)
- JURD7250 Federal Constitutional Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7160 Administrative Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7271 Resolving Civil Disputes (6 UOC)
- JURD7251 Court Process, Evidence and Proof (6 UOC)
- JURD7224 Business Associations (6 UOC)
- JURD7130 Lawyers, Ethics and Justice (6 UOC)
- JURD7270 Law in the Global Context (6 UOC)
One of the following:
- JURD7236 Theories of Law and Justice;or
- JURD7223 Legal Theory; or
- JURD7222 Law and Social Theory; or
- JURD7284 Legal Experimentalism
Approximately 25-30 electives are made available each session. The number of students that may take an elective may be limited. Please refer to the section 'Elective Courses' below.
JD students who commenced their studies in Session 1, 2013 or later will have to complete 72UOC in Law courses in order to be eligible to enrol in Elective courses except for those Elective courses which have other academic requirements. Information on pre-requisite requirement can be found on the online handbook.
5. (1) A candidate for the award of the degree of Juris Doctor shall complete:
(a) all of the courses prescribed in under the heading 'Compulsory Courses', totalling 96 units of credit;
(b) one of the selected courses from the courses prescribed under the heading 'Prescribed Elective Courses';
(c) such Legal Research and Writing Programs, Prescribed Readings in Law, Moot Court Work and other work as the Faculty may require; and
(d) such Elective Courses to the extent necessary to bring his or her total units of credit for Compulsory and Elective Law Courses to a total of 144 UOC.
(2) All students must complete a capstone experience that provides a synthesis of their prior learning and experience in subject areas required for practice as a lawyer and prepares them for ongoing growth as professionals and further intellectual development. This requirement will be met by completion of a Prescribed Elective in legal theory or by completion of internships, clinics or other experiential learning activities for which JD UOC are awarded.
6. (1) Total Units of Credit: A candidate for the award of the degree of Juris Doctor shall complete Elective Courses prescribed in Rule 4 to the extent necessary to bring his or her total units of credit for Compulsory and Elective Law Courses to a total of 144 UOC (Core: 96 UOC; Electives: 48 UOC)
(2) Approval: A candidate's choice of Elective Courses shall require the approval of the Faculty.
7. Faculty: In these Rules, unless the contrary is indicated, 'the Faculty' means the Faculty of Law.
Fees
Elective Courses
- JURD7301 Health and Medical Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7302 Advanced Criminal Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7303 KLC Community Clinic Intensive (12 UOC)
- JURD7304 KLC Community Clinic Non-Inten (6 UOC)
- JURD7305 KLC Employment Clinic (Inten) (12 UOC)
- JURD7307 UNSW Law On Site Internships (6 UOC)
- JURD7308 UNSW Law Ext Host Internships (6 UOC)
- JURD7309 Crim Justice;Global Perspectiv (6 UOC)
- JURD7312 Indigenous Law Centre Student (6 UOC)
- JURD7314 Dispute Resolution Principles (6 UOC)
- JURD7315 Strategic Public Advocacy (6 UOC)
- JURD7316 Expert Evidence (6 UOC)
- JURD7318 Commercial Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7319 Financial Economics and Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7321 Foundations of IP Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7322 Communications Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7323 Chinese Legal System (6 UOC)
- JURD7324 Commercial Finance (6 UOC)
- JURD7325 Advanced Contract Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7328 Employment Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7330 Cybercrime (6 UOC)
- JURD7331 Information Technology Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7333 Law of Banking (6 UOC)
- JURD7334 Issues in Equity (6 UOC)
- JURD7335 Economic Analysis of Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7336 Theories of Law and Justice (6 UOC)
- JURD7337 Australian Consumer Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7339 Workplace Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7341 Gender and Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7343 Advanced Tort Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7344 Electronic Commerce Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7346 Human Rights NY Summer School (6 UOC)
- JURD7349 Advanced Issues in Torts (6 UOC)
- JURD7350 Globalisation and IP Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7351 Elements of Income Tax Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7353 Peoples' Tribunals (6 UOC)
- JURD7355 Doping in Sport: Global Issues (6 UOC)
- JURD7357 Advanced Intellectual Property (6 UOC)
- JURD7360 Human Rights Clinic(Non-inten) (6 UOC)
- JURD7361 Environmental Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7364 Regulatory Litigation (6 UOC)
- JURD7366 Environmental Markets (6 UOC)
- JURD7367 International Law and Culture (6 UOC)
- JURD7368 Legal Sys in Comp Perspective (6 UOC)
- JURD7369 Natural Resources Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7370 The Essential Advocate (6 UOC)
- JURD7371 Development and Planning Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7372 Aust. Immigration Law & Prac. (6 UOC)
- JURD7373 Local Govt and Planning Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7376 Current Issues Crim Justice (6 UOC)
- JURD7378 Criminal Fraud and Dishonesty (6 UOC)
- JURD7379 Restitution (6 UOC)
- JURD7380 Insurance Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7381 International Humanitarian Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7382 Advanced Administrative Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7383 Aust. Journal of Human Rights (6 UOC)
- JURD7386 Human Rights Defender (6 UOC)
- JURD7387 Forced Migration & Human Right (6 UOC)
- JURD7388 Settlement of Int'l Disputes (6 UOC)
- JURD7390 Issues in Space Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7392 Takeovers and Cap Markets Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7395 Interpretation of Contracts (6 UOC)
- JURD7399 Funds Mgmt, Super & Insurance (6 UOC)
- JURD7400 Housing Clinic (6 UOC)
- JURD7402 Proliferation of WMD (6 UOC)
- JURD7404 International Child Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7405 Penology (6 UOC)
- JURD7409 Human Rights Clinic(Intensive) (12 UOC)
- JURD7411 Indigenous People and the Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7412 Discrimination & the Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7413 Housing Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7414 Insolvency Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7415 Contemporary Indigenous Issues (6 UOC)
- JURD7417 The Politics of Human Rights (6 UOC)
- JURD7419 Competition Law and Policy (6 UOC)
- JURD7420 Intnl Comm Dispute Resolution (6 UOC)
- JURD7421 Media Law: General Principles (6 UOC)
- JURD7422 Critical Victimology (6 UOC)
- JURD7423 Research Thesis: 4 uoc (4 UOC)
- JURD7424 Indigenous Women and the Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7427 Adv Debt Capital Markets & Sec (6 UOC)
- JURD7428 Corporate Governance (6 UOC)
- JURD7431 Legal Theory (6 UOC)
- JURD7433 Privacy and the Media (6 UOC)
- JURD7434 Research Thesis: Extended (6 UOC)
- JURD7435 Land Dealings (6 UOC)
- JURD7437 SurveillanceSecurityDemocracy (6 UOC)
- JURD7438 Chinese Corp & Securities Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7440 Online Content Regulation (6 UOC)
- JURD7441 Law Journal (Issue Ed) (6 UOC)
- JURD7442 Conceptual Framewrk Common Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7444 Animal Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7445 IEL in the Asian Region (6 UOC)
- JURD7446 Intellectual Property 1 (6 UOC)
- JURD7447 Judging and the Judiciary (6 UOC)
- JURD7448 Intellectual Property 2 (6 UOC)
- JURD7449 Theories of Law and Biology (6 UOC)
- JURD7450 Contemporary Constit Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7451 Legal History (6 UOC)
- JURD7452 EU: Economic & Trade Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7453 Sovereign Debt and the Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7460 Human Rights in Asia (6 UOC)
- JURD7461 Australian Bills of Rights (6 UOC)
- JURD7462 Media and Human Rights (6 UOC)
- JURD7463 Concepts in Dispute Resolution (6 UOC)
- JURD7464 Human Rights and Security (6 UOC)
- JURD7466 Climate Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7467 International Criminal Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7469 Energy Law, Envir, Global Econ (6 UOC)
- JURD7470 Sustainable Energy Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7472 Law of the World Trade Org (6 UOC)
- JURD7473 Asian Competition Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7474 Competition Law and IP (6 UOC)
- JURD7475 Gender, Race and Justice (6 UOC)
- JURD7476 Mason Research Project (6 UOC)
- JURD7477 Effective Facilitation (6 UOC)
- JURD7478 Mediation in Practice (6 UOC)
- JURD7479 International Investment Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7480 Principled Negotiation (6 UOC)
- JURD7481 Public International Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7482 Conflict of Laws (6 UOC)
- JURD7484 International Trade Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7485 Public Interest Litigation (6 UOC)
- JURD7486 International Law Moot (6 UOC)
- JURD7487 Intl Law & Use of Force (6 UOC)
- JURD7488 Law of Armed Conflict (6 UOC)
- JURD7489 Complex Civil Litigation (6 UOC)
- JURD7491 Family Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7492 Children and the Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7493 Succession (6 UOC)
- JURD7495 Nat. Security & Human Rights (6 UOC)
- JURD7496 Family Law Adv & Practice (6 UOC)
- JURD7502 Environment Court Clinic (6 UOC)
- JURD7503 Crime Prevention Policy (6 UOC)
- JURD7505 Juvenile Justice (6 UOC)
- JURD7507 Current Issues in Human Rights (6 UOC)
- JURD7511 Anti-Money Laundering (6 UOC)
- JURD7514 Defamation and the Media (6 UOC)
- JURD7515 People, Land & Community (6 UOC)
- JURD7516 Sport and the Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7520 International Financial Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7521 Research Project: 2 UOC (2 UOC)
- JURD7522 Competition Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7525 Criminal Process: Human Rights (6 UOC)
- JURD7526 Banking and Finance Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7527 Drug Law and Policy (6 UOC)
- JURD7530 Administrative Justice (6 UOC)
- JURD7531 Work Health & Safety Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7539 Indonesian Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7540 KLC Family Community (Non-int) (6 UOC)
- JURD7541 Securities & Financ.Serv. Reg. (6 UOC)
- JURD7542 Law and Religion (6 UOC)
- JURD7544 Trade Mark Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7545 Mining and Resources Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7546 Law and Tech Comp Perspectives (6 UOC)
- JURD7547 IP Licensing Commercialisation (6 UOC)
- JURD7551 European Union:Inst & Leg Sys (6 UOC)
- JURD7556 Disability Law and Policy (6 UOC)
- JURD7557 European Human Rights Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7558 Workplace Change & Conflict (6 UOC)
- JURD7559 Int'l&Comparative Law W'shop (6 UOC)
- JURD7561 Reg & Democratic Control (6 UOC)
- JURD7562 Adv. Issues in Property Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7564 UNSW Law Journal (Exec Editor) (6 UOC)
- JURD7565 UNSW Law Journal Editor (6 UOC)
- JURD7566 Cyberspace Criminal Threats (6 UOC)
- JURD7567 Rule of Law in Southeast Asia (6 UOC)
- JURD7572 Resolving Regulatory Disputes (6 UOC)
- JURD7573 Unfair Contracts (6 UOC)
- JURD7574 Social Impact Hub (Non-intens) (6 UOC)
- JURD7581 Adv Statutory Interpretatation (6 UOC)
- JURD7582 Int Human Right Law & Advocacy (6 UOC)
- JURD7583 International Com. Arbitration (6 UOC)
- JURD7584 History of International Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7585 International Organisations (6 UOC)
- JURD7586 Law of the Sea (6 UOC)
- JURD7589 Business and Human Rights (6 UOC)
- JURD7592 The High Court of Australia (6 UOC)
- JURD7593 International Business Trans. (6 UOC)
- JURD7594 White-Collar Crime (6 UOC)
- JURD7595 Taking Facts Seriously (6 UOC)
- JURD7596 Designing Tech Solutions 4A2J (6 UOC)
- JURD7600 Housing Clinic (RLC) Intensive (12 UOC)
- JURD7602 The Law of Politics (6 UOC)
- JURD7603 Global Issues in Comp Policy (6 UOC)
- JURD7610 Mediation Competition (6 UOC)
- JURD7613 Indigenous Peoples in Intl Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7615 Explaining Punishment (6 UOC)
- JURD7616 International & Comparative IP (6 UOC)
- JURD7617 Intellectual Property Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7619 Internationl Environmental Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7621 Advanced Topics in IP (6 UOC)
- JURD7623 Commercial & Charitable Trusts (6 UOC)
- JURD7632 Law and Social Theory (6 UOC)
- JURD7633 The Criminal Trial (6 UOC)
- JURD7639 Law and the Culture Industries (6 UOC)
- JURD7641 Jewish Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7648 Transitional Justice Intl Comp (6 UOC)
- JURD7657 Chinese Reg of Int'l Business (6 UOC)
- JURD7664 Intl Business Law: E-W and N-S (6 UOC)
- JURD7665 Skills in Dispute Management (6 UOC)
- JURD7672 Therapeutic Jurisprudence (6 UOC)
- JURD7675 Journal of Equity Internship (6 UOC)
- JURD7681 Adv. Issues in Intl. Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7682 Global Goverance & Soc Justice (6 UOC)
- JURD7683 Sports Sponsorship & Marketing (6 UOC)
- JURD7685 Law, Society in the New Econ. (6 UOC)
- JURD7689 World Trade Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7691 International Law of Equality (6 UOC)
- JURD7694 Int Finan Inst: Law and Prac (6 UOC)
- JURD7695 Corporate Insolvency (6 UOC)
- JURD7701 Remedies (6 UOC)
- JURD7710 Globalisation & Comm Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7713 Transnational Policing (6 UOC)
- JURD7741 Censorship, Contempt and Media (6 UOC)
- JURD7751 Business Taxation (6 UOC)
- JURD7758 Roman Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7765 Intro to Chinese Reg Int'l Bus (6 UOC)
- JURD7766 Human Rgts Fieldwrk & Practice (6 UOC)
- JURD7773 Cities, Planning, Law, Justice (6 UOC)
- JURD7775 Social Impact Hub (Intensive) (12 UOC)
- JURD7781 International Human Rights (6 UOC)
- JURD7782 Peaceful Settle. of Int. Disp. (6 UOC)
- JURD7784 Legal Experimentalism (6 UOC)
- JURD7787 Intro to American Legal System (6 UOC)
- JURD7789 Policing (6 UOC)
- JURD7791 Corporate Control Transactions (6 UOC)
- JURD7812 Native Title Law, Policy & Pra (6 UOC)
- JURD7813 Indigenous Children & the Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7817 Restorative Justice (6 UOC)
- JURD7819 Police Powers Clinic (6 UOC)
- JURD7823 Research Thesis: 6 uoc (6 UOC)
- JURD7829 Legal Writing in Context (6 UOC)
- JURD7841 Pacific Islands Legal Systems (6 UOC)
- JURD7842 Environment, Development & Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7865 Islamic Law and Society (6 UOC)
- JURD7891 International Criminal Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7892 Law, Rights and Development (6 UOC)
- JURD7913 Corruption Law and Policy (6 UOC)
- JURD7923 Conceptual Foundations (6 UOC)
- JURD7983 Legal aid & justice lawyering (6 UOC)
- JURD7989 Comparative Anti-Terrorism Law (6 UOC)
- JURD7992 Securities & Finance Mkt Reg (6 UOC)
Area(s) of Specialisation