Dispute Resolution - 9235
Program Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Law
Contact: http://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: 48
Award(s):
Master of Dispute Resolution
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Program Description
Graduates who have been awarded a Bachelor degree from the University of New South Wales or a degree deemed equivalent from another university or tertiary institution are eligible to apply for admission to the MDR program. Work experience will be taken into consideration for admission purposes where a candidate can demonstrate experience in the field of dispute resolution.
Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes
- To provide study programs that meet the developmental requirements of students currently engaged in or planning a future as dispute resolution practitioners.
- To impart an advanced level of knowledge and analytical ability in relation to the issues, problems and conduct of dispute resolution processes.
- To provide depth of study and research opportunities with respect to contemporary development in dispute resolution in Australia and internationally.
- To provide students with a strong theoretical and practical understanding of the development of the ADR continuum including the opportunity, as the program develops, to scrutinise industry specific developments.
Program Structure
*LLB graduates and those holding a current Practising Certificate for any Australian or closely aligned jurisdiction (such as New Zealand) will be exempt from this course on request but may enrol in it if they wish to do so. If an exemption is granted, another 6 unit of credit course would need to be selected as a replacement.
Academic Rules
1. The degree of Master of Dispute Resolution may be awarded by the Council to a candidate who has satisfactorily completed a program of advanced study in law.
Qualifications
2. (1) A candidate for the degree shall have been awarded an appropriate Bachelor degree from UNSW Australia or a qualification considered equivalent from another university or tertiary institution with a minimum of credit average, or
(2) A candidate for the degree shall have been awarded an appropriate Bachelor degree from UNSW Australia or a qualification considered equivalent from another university or tertiary institution with a minimum of two years' relevant professional experience
Enrolment and Progression
(1) An application to enrol as a candidate for the degree shall be lodged online on the UNSW website, by the advertised due date.
(2) A candidate for the degree shall be required to undertake such formal courses and pass such assessment as is prescribed.
(3) The progress of a candidate shall be reviewed at least once annually by the Committee and as a result of its review the Committee may cancel enrolment or take such other action as it considers appropriate.
(4) No candidate shall be awarded the degree until the lapse of two academic semesters from the date of enrolment in the case of a full-time candidate or three semesters in the case of a part-time candidate. The maximum period of candidature shall be three academic semesters from the date of enrolment for a full-time candidate and six semesters for a part-time candidate. In special cases an extension of these times may be granted by the Committee.
Fees
Course List
Students enrolled in the MDR are required to complete the following two compulsory courses:
LAWS8072 Legal Concepts, Research; or
LAWS8101 Legal Concepts Research,
depending on the choice of electives a student wishes to undertake (that is, whether he or she wishes to focus on commercial dispute resolution or dispute resolution in criminal context).
Note: Not all electives are offered every year. The semester in which a course is offered varies every year. Other courses may be added as new courses are developed and changed.
A student may apply to the Postgraduate Education Co-ordinator for permission to take up to 2 courses (12 uoc) of the program from courses offered at postgraduate level by another university via cross institutional study.
Students may choose to take up to two courses (12uoc) from non-approved Law electives or non-Law courses offered at UNSW. Students must complete the online Manual Enrolment Form on
UNSW Law Website
- LAWS8020 Intnl Comm Dispute Resolution (6 UOC)
- LAWS8058 Workplace Change & Conflict (6 UOC)
- LAWS8063 Concepts in Dispute Resolution (6 UOC)
- LAWS8064 Regulatory Litigation (6 UOC)
- LAWS8076 Current Issues Crim Justice (6 UOC)
- LAWS8077 Effective Facilitation (6 UOC)
- LAWS8078 Mediation (6 UOC)
- LAWS8082 Peaceful Settle. of Int. Disp. (6 UOC)
- LAWS8090 Conceptualising Criminal Laws (6 UOC)
- LAWS8103 Crime Prevention Policy (6 UOC)
- LAWS8105 Juvenile Justice (6 UOC)
- LAWS8117 Restorative Justice (6 UOC)
- LAWS8122 Critical Victimology (6 UOC)
- LAWS8147 Judging and the Judiciary (6 UOC)
- LAWS8165 Skills in Dispute Management (6 UOC)
- LAWS8172 Therapeutic Jurisprudence (6 UOC)
- LAWS8173 Law PG Internship (6 UOC)
- LAWS8183 International Com. Arbitration (6 UOC)
- LAWS8195 Taking Facts Seriously (6 UOC)
- LAWS8201 Sentencing: Law, Policy & Prac (6 UOC)
- LAWS8209 Crim Justice:Global Perspectiv (6 UOC)
- LAWS8348 Transitional Justice Intl Comp (6 UOC)
- LAWS8423 Research Thesis: 6 uoc (6 UOC)
- LAWS8765 Complex Commercial Litigation (6 UOC)
- LAWS8058 Workplace Change & Conflict (6 UOC)
- LAWS8063 Concepts in Dispute Resolution (6 UOC)
- LAWS8064 Regulatory Litigation (6 UOC)
- LAWS8076 Current Issues Crim Justice (6 UOC)
- LAWS8077 Effective Facilitation (6 UOC)
- LAWS8078 Mediation (6 UOC)
- LAWS8090 Conceptualising Criminal Laws (6 UOC)
- LAWS8103 Crime Prevention Policy (6 UOC)
- LAWS8105 Juvenile Justice (6 UOC)
- LAWS8117 Restorative Justice (6 UOC)
- LAWS8122 Critical Victimology (6 UOC)
- LAWS8147 Judging and the Judiciary (6 UOC)
- LAWS8172 Therapeutic Jurisprudence (6 UOC)
- LAWS8183 International Com. Arbitration (6 UOC)
- LAWS8209 Crim Justice:Global Perspectiv (6 UOC)
- LAWS8423 Research Thesis: 6 uoc (6 UOC)
- LAWS8765 Complex Commercial Litigation (6 UOC)
Enrolment
Enrolment UNSW Law website.
Area(s) of Specialisation