Single subjects\CPD
If you would like to advance your professional knowledge without enrolling in a formal degree, you can enrol in any Melbourne Law Masters subject as a single subject enrolment.
This is a great way to meet Continuing Legal Education (CLE) or Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements. Melbourne Law Masters subjects have been accredited by the Law Institutes of Victoria and New South Wales and the Victorian Bar and may also meet the requirements in other Australian states and common law jurisdictions. This also provides the chance to enhance your knowledge in a specific legal area and get a feel for graduate study.
Single subjects may be undertaken with or without assessment (on an audit basis).
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Legal practitioners in most jurisdictions across Australia are required to undertake mandatory Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activity in order to maintain their practising certificate.
Find out how practitioners undertaking a course or subject in the Melbourne Law Masters may be eligible to earn CPD points through their study.
Selection criteria
The Selection Committee will evaluate the applicant's ability to enrol in a single subject using the following criteria:
- A degree in a relevant discipline and at least one year of documented, relevant professional experience; or
- A degree in law leading to admission to legal practice (LLB, JD or equivalent), at honours standard or equivalent.
Applicants without legal qualifications should bear in mind that courses are offered in the discipline of law at an advanced graduate level. While every effort will be made to meet the needs of students trained in other fields, concessions will not be made in the general level of instruction or assessment. Most subjects assume the knowledge usually acquired in an undergraduate degree in law or equivalent.
Fees 2009
Per subject: $3,700
Audit (not assessed): $2,960
FEE-HELP is not available for single subject enrolments.
Applications
Applications may be made at any time before the commencement of the subject.
Students should complete an Application for Admission form and submit it with the relevant documentation to the Melbourne Law Masters Office.