Program Overview
The Graduate Diploma in Law at the University of Western Australia provides advanced legal knowledge to both practitioners and graduates. Students choose coursework from various specializations, such as international law, business law, and environmental law. This flexible program accommodates working professionals and international students with intensive and semester options, aiming to equip individuals for leadership roles in legal practice and beyond.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This course is designed to equip practising lawyers and law graduates with an advanced understanding of the law to meet the challenges of the dynamic workplace. You'll learn from world-class teaching staff and study with the next generation of leaders in legal practice, government, business and the not-for-profit sector. The Graduate Diploma in Law consists of four postgraduate option units (24 points) and may be articulated into a Master of Laws or Master of Commercial and Resources Law. Units are often taught intensively, in non-standard teaching periods, to accommodate practitioners and overseas students.
- Students without a recognised law degree: take 24 points from group A and B. Must include LAWS4227 Foundations of Law and Legal Institutions.
- Students with a recognised law degree: take 24 points from group B and C.
Option - Group A
- EMPL5555 Employee Relations Law (6)
- LAWS4227 Foundations of Law and Legal Institutions (6)
Option - Group B
- LAWS5114 International Environmental Law (6)
- LAWS5167 Comparative Legal Method (6)
- LAWS5179 Law of the Sea (6)
- LAWS5181 Health Law and Policy (6)
- LAWS5219 International Criminal Law (6)
- LAWS5220 International Humanitarian Law (6)
- LAWS5223 Theories of Justice and Punishment (6)
- LAWS5226 International Human Rights Law (6)
- LAWS5230 Aviation Law (6)
- LAWS5251 International Sales Law (6)
- LAWS5254 International Trade Law (6)
- LAWS5260 Intersections of Law, Policy and Government (6)
- LAWS5261 Planning Law (6)
- LAWS5305 Mediation: Practice and Skills (6)
- LAWS5378 Government Accountability—Law and Practice (6)
- LAWS5398 Construction Law (6)
- LAWS5507 International Oil and Gas Law (6)
- LAWS5517 Mining Law (6)
- LAWS5521 Climate Change Law and Emissions Trading (6)
- LAWS5532 Energy Agreements: Oil and Gas, Alternative Energy and Sustainability (6)
- LAWS5540 Environmental Protection Law (6)
- LAWS5577 Space and Satellite Law (6)
- LAWS5589 Energy Regulation: Sustainable Oil and Gas and Alternative Energy Production (6)
- LAWS5590 Water Resources Law (6)
- LAWS5694 Research Paper I (6)
- LAWS5695 Research Paper II (12)
- LAWS5696 Research Paper III Part 1 (6)
- LAWS5697 Research Paper III Part 2 (6)
- SVLG5001 McCusker Centre for Citizenship Internship (6)
Option - Group C
- LAWS5117 Advanced Evidence and Proof (6)
- LAWS5118 Family Law (6)
- LAWS5128 Consumer Law (6)
- LAWS5132 Income Taxation Law (6)
- LAWS5135 Select Topics in Insurance Law (6)
- LAWS5144 Mining and Energy Law (6)
- LAWS5150 Intellectual Property Law (6)
- LAWS5152 Media Law (6)
- LAWS5160 Law Review Part 1 (0)
- LAWS5161 Law Review Part 2 (6)
- LAWS5165 Public International Law (6)
- LAWS5358 Innovations in Legal Practice Management (6)
- LAWS5360 Employment Law (6)
- LAWS5503 Conflict of Laws (6)
- LAWS5528 Unjust Enrichment and Restitution (6)
- LAWS5541 Equity Capital Markets & Securities Regulation (6)
- LAWS5576 International Commercial Arbitration (6)
- LAWS5820 Legislation in Practice (6)
Careers:
- Many graduates continue their legal careers or take up a position as a lawyer.
- Some use their qualifications to enhance their employment opportunities in areas across business, government and non-government organisations.
Other:
- The UWA Law School is certified by the Australian Law School Standards.
- The UWA Law School is ranked in the top 150 law schools in the world for Law and Legal Studies (QS 2023).
- Our graduates include a Prime Minister, a Governor of Western Australia, State Ministers, Justices of the Supreme Court of WA, a Young Australian of the Year, Rhodes Scholars, and more.
- While we have a long and proud history, we're also a closely-knit, creative and progressive Law School, fostering critical thought, ethical scholarship and practice, a deep connection to our Indigenous past and present, and supportive student culture based upon wellbeing and inclusion.
