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LAW5494Law and food

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

In this unit, you will examine whether and how law can address the complex problems that arise across the food system, from production to consumption. You will critically analyse legal and policy issues in their broader social, cultural,...

LAW5493Law and history

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit explores the interactions between law and history. In this unit you will explore approaches to the study of law and history, and be asked to think critically about the law’s impact on history and history’s impact on law.

WinterMonash Law Chambers

LAW5492Law and literature

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

In this unit, you will examine how core legal skills can be sharpened through an understanding of literary techniques. Lawyers work with stories: they listen to clients, interpret competing narratives of events, and construct persuasive...

WinterMonash Law Chambers

LAW5501Law and repair

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

Law is not only a system of rules and remedies; it is also a set of forms through which we imagine the world, and which we can repair when they fall short. This unit examines law’s central forms (legislation, judgments, contracts,...

Prato

LAW5649Law in the age of artificial intelligence

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

The different ways in which artificial intelligence continues to disrupt both law and the legal profession are well publicised. In this unit, we take a closer look at the legal, ethical, and political problems of the day that result from...

Monash Law Chambers

LAW5319Law of employee relations

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit focuses on the law of employee relations. Topics covered will focus on issues such as the contract of employment; the rights and obligations of employers and employees; rights in respect of unfair dismissal and redundancy, and...

Semester 2Monash Law Chambers

LAW5393Law of workforce management

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit will focus on the law of managing workforce behaviour which relates to aspects of the individual employment relationship, under the contract of employment, legislative regimes, negotiated agreements and employment practice and...

City (Melbourne)

LAW5053Law Review editorship 1

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

Only students selected by the faculty as Student Editors of the "Monash University Law Review" enrol in this unit. The Student Editors are responsible for working closely with the Faculty Advisors and student editorial committee to produce...

Semester 1Semester 2Clayton

LAW5054Law Review editorship 2

UnitLevel 5|12 credit points|Law

Only students selected by the faculty as Student Editors of the "Monash University Law Review" enrol in this unit. The Student Editors are responsible for working closely with the Faculty Advisors and student editorial committee to produce...

Full yearClayton

LAW5490Lawyers: Business and ethics

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit considers how lawyers do, can, and should behave in business, for clients and as in-house counsel. Distinct from compulsory ethics units, this unit will examine what it means for lawyers to be increasingly commercial or...

Monash Law Chambers

LAW5500Legal technology and AI by design

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit responds to the need for you to develop new ways of “thinking like a lawyer” in a technology-driven and AI-enabled legal environment. It focuses on the growing role of AI in legal practice, legal service delivery, client...

LAW5421Managing high conflict personalities in legal disputes

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit focuses on managing personalities in conflict resolution, particularly resolving disputes involving "high-conflict" personalities. The course will help students and practicing professionals recognize personality styles, choose...

L6004Master of Laws

CourseMaster's Degree (Coursework)|Postgraduate|96 credit points|Law

In this expert graduate course, law graduates develop advanced professional skills and knowledge of developments in the law, practice and scholarship of one or more areas of law. Students can focus on a specialised area or select from a...

L6014Master of Laws and Master of Global Business

CourseMaster's Degree (Coursework)|Postgraduate|96 credit points|Law

L6015Master of Laws and Master of Management

CourseMaster's Degree (Coursework)|Postgraduate|96 credit points|Law

LAW5082Masters research

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

Masters coursework students take this unit in their penultimate or final semester. Students in LAW5082 are attached to a nominated masters unit (in their specialisation area, if any) in which they participate as any other student. However,...

Semester 1Semester 2Monash Law Chambers

LAW5411Mediation A: Foundations of mediation

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit provides you with an opportunity to learn via practice, the essential negotiation, mediation and communication skills required to become a mediator and which are valuable for legal practitioners when assisting clients in...

LAW5412Mediation B: Essential skills for practice and accreditation

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

This unit builds on the skills developed in LAW5411 and focuses on refining and assessing those skills. It will also develop and extend research work that is focused in the core competency areas. Students will refine their skills by...

LAW5465Migration and human rights

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Law

The unit focuses on the human rights dimensions of migration from an international and comparative perspective. The international movement of people poses one of the greatest challenges to the existing regime of international human rights...

LAW5084Minor thesis

UnitLevel 5|24 credit points|Law

This unit involves completion of a 25,000-30,000 words (maximum) thesis. The topic is designed by the student in conjunction with a staff member and approved by the Board of Examiners. Students work under supervision but with considerable...

Summer ASemester 1Semester 2Monash Law Chambers