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Description

At UNSW, the discipline of Law combines the tradition of a university education with the professional education of lawyers.

The study of law involves the analysis of legal institutions, legal theories, principles, and practice. It also examines the rights and duties of individuals, organisations, business and the government with respect to the law.

As well as preparing students for careers in the legal profession, a legal education at UNSW exposes students to social responsibility in its diverse manifestations, covering topics such as human rights and consumer law, as well as corporate and commercial law. It aims to encourage critical understanding, research and debate in all issues relating to the law.

Graduates are employed in leading law firms, management consultancy, government, as associates to the judiciary, and in the varied occupations in which having a law degree is a major advantage.

Studying Law at UNSW

The study of Law at UNSW is primarily through the Faculty of Law (www.law.unsw.edu.au).

At the postgraduate level, seventeen programs of study are offered: Master of Laws (LLM); a Graduate Diploma in Law ; a Master of Legal Studies; a Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies; a Master of International Law and International Relations, a Graduate Diploma in International Law and International Relations, a Master of Human Rights Law and Policy, a Graduate Diploma in Human Rights Law and Policy, a Master of Dispute Resolution, a Graduate Diploma in Dispute Resolution, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Intellectual Property, Master of Criminal Justice and Criminology, a Graduate Diploma in Criminal Justice and Criminology, a Master of Business Law and a Graduate Diploma in Business Law; a Master of Law and Management and a Master of Business Administration/Master of Laws, a combined program with the AGSM, the premier management school in Australia.

Consistent with the career enhancing goals of postgraduate coursework students, LLM and GradDipLaw graduates who have completed a minimum of 24 units of credit from one of the below specialisations may elect to have their specialisation noted on their testamur.

Please refer to the table below for further details.

Note that the three year full-time postgraduate Juris Doctor agree is also available, to graduates of non-law degree programs. See the undergraduate section of this Online Handbook or the Faculty of Law (www.law.unsw.edu.au) for further details.



Law can be studied as 

Specialisation At the Level of Plan
Human Rights Law and Policy Specialisation LAWSAS5211
   

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