Laws

The Graduate Certificate of Laws is designed to let you advance your skills and knowledge of developments in the principles, practice and scholarship of one or more areas of law.

You can focus on a specialised area or select from a broad range of electives for professional practice.You will investigate contemporary issues in law, practice and scholarship, and evaluate complex legal issues from theoretical, global and interdisciplinary perspectives.You can choose from the full range of Monash Law’s postgraduate program, enabling you to individually tailor your studies to suit your interests and professional needs.

You can choose any 4 units, including choosing 4 units from multiple specialisations for a more generalist path.

International students must complete LAW5081 Australian legal process and research .

Commercial and Corporate Law

LAW5301 CopyrightLAW5302 European Union law and policyLAW5305 International trade lawLAW5306 Corporate insolvencyLAW5307 Occupational health and safetyLAW5312 Competition lawLAW5314 International environmental lawLAW5315 Commercial alternative dispute resolutionLAW5316 Trade marks and commercial designationsLAW5317 Principles of privacy and freedom of informationLAW5319 Law of employee relationsLAW5321 Protecting commercial innovation: Patents and trade secretsLAW5332 International commercial arbitrationLAW5339 Technology contracts and licensing lawLAW5340 Intellectual propertyLAW5341 Trade mark practiceLAW5343 Privacy and surveillance: Law, policy and governanceLAW5344 Negotiation: Essential skills for dispute resolutionLAW5345 Business and human rightsLAW5346 Design law and practiceLAW5347 Consumer policy and regulationLAW5350 Principles of taxationLAW5352 Electronic workplace lawLAW5353 CybercrimeLAW5356 Corporate and white collar crimLAW5357 Corporate governance and directors' dutiesLAW5358 Current issues in workplace lawLAW5366 International banking and finance: Law and practiceLAW5367 Energy law, regulation and policyLAW5370 Discrimination law and human rights at workLAW5375 Arbitration of international commercial disputesLAW5384 International investment lawLAW5385 Corporate finance lawLAW5388 Patenting for commercialisationLAW5392 Globalisation and international economic lawLAW5394 Banking lawLAW5399 Personal property securitiesLAW5408 Remedies in commercial disputesLAW5419 The law of financial transactionsLAW5431 International entertainment lawLAW5437 China's legal systemLAW5440 International commercial dispute resolution advocacyLAW5441 Australian tax policyLAW5444 Advanced commercial contracts masterclassLAW5445 Commercial equityLAW5448 Copyright X: US and international copyright law and theoryLAW5450 Principles of succession lawLAW5452 Private investment lawLAW5461 Entrepreneurship and the lawLAW5464 Negotiation and influence: Strategy and skillsLAW5466 Financial services lawLAW5606 RestitutionLAW5611 Comparative issues in patent lawLAW5612 International litigation and arbitrationLAW5617 International and comparative taxation lawLAW5626 International and comparative insolvency lawLAW5628 International and comparative trademark lawLAW5632 International information and media lawLAW5634 Global economic lawLAW5645 Conventional and islamic international banking and finance lawLAW5648 Comparative and commercial transactionsLAW5649 Law in the age of artificial intelligenceLAW5650 Legal tech studio

Transnational Economic Law

LAW5301 CopyrightLAW5302 European Union law and policyLAW5305 International trade lawLAW5312 Competition lawLAW5314 International environmental lawLAW5325 Defamation lawLAW5332 International commercial arbitrationLAW5339 Technology contracts and licensing lawLAW5345 Business and human rightsLAW5366 International banking and finance: Law and practiceLAW5375 Arbitration of international commercial disputesLAW5384 International investment lawLAW5389 The law of climate changeLAW5392 Globalisation and international economic lawLAW5398 Transnational labour lawLAW5431 International entertainment lawLAW5440 International commercial dispute resolution advocacyLAW5448 Copyright X: US and international copyright law and theoryLAW5603 Comparative cyberlawLAW5608 Transnational litigationLAW5611 Comparative issues in patent lawLAW5617 International and comparative taxation lawLAW5618 Comparative cybercrimeLAW5620 Privacy and surveillance in an information age: Comparative law perspectivesLAW5626 International and comparative insolvency lawLAW5628 International and comparative trademark lawLAW5630 European and international monetary lawLAW5632 International information and media lawLAW5634 Global economic lawLAW5635 Contemporary issues in international sports lawLAW5636 EU external relations: Law and policyLAW5637 Asian legal systemsLAW5640 International and transnational law and the green economyLAW5645 Conventional and islamic international banking and finance lawLAW5648 Comparative and commercial transactionsLAW5649 Law in the age of artificial intelligence

Technology and Innovation

LAW5301 CopyrightLAW5305 International trade lawLAW5316 Trade marks and commercial designationsLAW5317 Principles of privacy and freedom of informationLAW5321 Protecting commercial innovation: Patents and trade secretsLAW5325 Defamation lawLAW5339 Technology contracts and licensing lawLAW5340 Intellectual propertyLAW5341 Trade mark practiceLAW5343 Privacy and surveillance: Law, policy and governanceLAW5346 Design law and practiceLAW5352 Electronic workplace lawLAW5353 CybercrimeLAW5367 Energy law, regulation and policyLAW5388 Patenting for commercialisationLAW5389 The law of climate changeLAW5444 Advanced commercial contracts masterclassLAW5448 Copyright X: US and international copyright law and theoryLAW5455 Chinese law and innovation policiesLAW5456 Science, technology and lawLAW5457 Forensic evidence: Law, science, medicine and technologyLAW5460 Online dispute resolutionLAW5461 Entrepreneurship and the lawLAW5600 Issues in medical ethics and lawLAW5603 Comparative cyberlawLAW5611 Comparative issues in patent lawLAW5616 Air and space lawLAW5618 Comparative cybercrimeLAW5620 Privacy and surveillance in an information age: Comparative law perspectivesLAW5628 International and comparative trademark lawLAW5632 International information and media lawLAW5649 Law in the age of artificial intelligenceLAW5650 Legal tech studio

Global Society and Human Rights

LAW5302 European Union law and policyLAW5304 Overview of international human rights lawLAW5305 International trade lawLAW5314 International environmental lawLAW5317 Principles of privacy and freedom of informationLAW5325 Defamation lawLAW5326 Comparative European legal systemsLAW5327 International human rightsLAW5330 International refugee law and practiceLAW5331 Comparative constitution and rightsLAW5333 Comparative criminal lawLAW5334 Psychiatry, psychology and the lawLAW5335 Contemporary problems in the administration of criminal justiceLAW5338 International humanitarian lawLAW5343 Privacy and surveillance: Law, policy and governanceLAW5345 Business and human rightsLAW5348 Indigenous rights and international lawLAW5354 International criminal justiceLAW5359 International human rights law and womenLAW5364 Economic, social and cultural rights and international lawLAW5365 Terrorism and human rightsLAW5370 Discrimination law and human rights at workLAW5376 International criminal law: Procedural and practical aspectsLAW5381 Human rights advocacy: Australian law and practiceLAW5383 International refugee law and human rightsLAW5384 International investment lawLAW5389 The law of climate changeLAW5392 Globalisation and international economic lawLAW5407 Current issues in tortsLAW5414 Public international lawLAW5417 Children's rights in international lawLAW5422 Victorian charter of rights and responsibilitiesLAW5424 Human trafficking, modern slavery and the lawLAW5433 Victims, law and mass atrocityLAW5436 International and comparative family lawLAW5437 China's legal systemLAW5439 Sexual and gender minorities and human rightsLAW5451 Indigenous people and the lawLAW5454 Climate change and displacementLAW5455 Chinese law and innovation policiesLAW5459 Australians detained abroadLAW5463 Children's law in actionLAW5465 Migration and Human RightsLAW5467 Gender and the lawLAW5469 Family violence, gender and lawLAW5603 Comparative cyberlawLAW5619 European human rights lawLAW5620 Privacy and surveillance in an information age: Comparative law perspectivesLAW5624 Introduction to Islamic lawLAW5638 Climate change and international lawLAW5639 Comparative indigenous rightsLAW5640 International and transnational law and the green economyLAW5644 Sovereignty and globalisationLAW5649 Law in the age of artificial intelligenceLAW5651 Human Rights and Migration in comparative perspective

Public Sector Governance and Regulation

LAW5304 Overview of international human rights lawLAW5307 Occupational health and safetyLAW5310 SentencingLAW5312 Competition lawLAW5313 Planning lawLAW5314 International environmental lawLAW5317 Principles of privacy and freedom of informationLAW5319 Law of employee relationsLAW5320 Local government lawLAW5327 International human rightsLAW5331 Comparative constitution and rightsLAW5333 Comparative criminal lawLAW5335 Contemporary problems in the administration of criminal justiceLAW5340 Intellectual propertyLAW5341 Trade mark practiceLAW5343 Privacy and surveillance: Law, policy and governanceLAW5347 Consumer policy and regulationLAW5348 Indigenous rights and international lawLAW5350 Principles of taxationLAW5352 Digital workplace lawLAW5353 CybercrimeLAW5354 International criminal justiceLAW5356 Corporate and white collar crimeLAW5357 Corporate governance and directors' dutiesLAW5358 Current issues in workplace lawLAW5361 Foundations of regulation: Policy, principles and practiceLAW5362 Regulatory methodsLAW5365 Terrorism and human rightsLAW5367 Energy law, regulation and policyLAW5370 Discrimination law and human rights at workLAW5376 International criminal law: Procedural and practical aspectsLAW5382 Principles of environmental lawLAW5389 The law of climate changeLAW5407 Current issues in tortsLAW5414 Public international lawLAW5419 The law of financial transactionsLAW5422 Victorian charter of rights and responsibilitiesLAW5424 Human trafficking, modern slavery and the lawLAW5428 Health lawLAW5434 Principles of government law and administrationLAW5441 Australian tax policyLAW5451 Indigenous people and the lawLAW5456 Science, technology and lawLAW5458 Animal law, regulation and policyLAW5470 Exposing failures and wrongdoing: royal commissions and public inquiriesLAW5616 Air and space lawLAW5620 Privacy and surveillance in an information age: Comparative law perspectivesLAW5638 Climate change and international lawLAW5639 Comparative indigenous rightsLAW5647 Contemporary issues in public policy, regulation and the law

Dispute Resolution

LAW5303 Forensic family lawLAW5305 International trade lawLAW5310 SentencingLAW5315 Commercial alternative dispute resolutionLAW5325 Defamation lawLAW5332 International commercial arbitrationLAW5344 Negotiation: Essential skills for dispute resolutionLAW5355 Advocacy: Theory and practiceLAW5375 Arbitration of international commercial disputesLAW5381 Human rights advocacy: Australian law and practiceLAW5408 Remedies in commercial disputesLAW5410 Collaborative practiceLAW5411 Advanced mediation: Skills and theory ALAW5412 Advanced mediation: Skills and theory BLAW5421 Managing high conflict personalities in legal disputesLAW5429 Advanced commercial negotiation skillsLAW5430 Advanced evidence and proof in litigationLAW5432 Workplace investigations and misconductLAW5440 International commercial dispute resolution advocacyLAW5443 Language, communication and legal processLAW5457 Forensic evidence: Law, science, medicine and technologyLAW5460 Online dispute resolutionLAW5462 Non-adversarial practiceLAW5464 Negotiation and influence: Strategy and skillsLAW5606 RestitutionLAW5612 International litigation and arbitrationLAW5621 Mediation and law: From problem solving to narrative buildingLAW5627 Judgment and decision-making

Labour and Employment Law

LAW5307 Occupational health and safetyLAW5315 Commercial alternative dispute resolutionLAW5319 Law of employee relationsLAW5344 Negotiation: Essential skills for dispute resolutionLAW5352 Electronic workplace lawLAW5358 Current issues in workplace lawLAW5370 Discrimination law and human rights at workLAW5374 Federal labour lawLAW5390 Workplace bargaining and agreements lawLAW5393 Law of workforce managementLAW5398 Transnational labour lawLAW5432 Workplace investigations and misconductLAW5464 Negotiation and influence: Strategy and skillsLAW5633 Contemporary workplace relations law

Criminal Law and Forensics

LAW5303 Forensic family lawLAW5310 SentencingLAW5333 Comparative criminal lawLAW5334 Psychiatry, psychology and lawLAW5335 Contemporary problems in the administration of criminal justiceLAW5353 CybercrimeLAW5354 International criminal justiceLAW5356 Corporate and white collar crimeLAW5365 Terrorism and human rightsLAW5376 International criminal law: Procedural and practical aspectsLAW5430 Advanced evidence and proof in litigationLAW5457 Forensic evidence: Law, science, medicine and technologyLAW5469 Family violence, gender and lawLAW5618 Comparative cybercrime

Health Law and Community

LAW5303 Forensic family lawLAW5307 Occupational health and safetyLAW5334 Psychiatry, psychology and lawLAW5359 International human rights law and womenLAW5364 Economic, social and cultural rights and international lawLAW5407 Current issues in tortsLAW5409 Principles of family lawLAW5417 Children's rights in international lawLAW5424 Human trafficking, modern slavery and the lawLAW5428 Health lawLAW5436 International and comparative family lawLAW5438 Current issues in sports lawLAW5439 Sexual and gender minorities and human rightsLAW5451 Indigenous people and the lawLAW5456 Science, technology and lawLAW5457 Forensic evidence: Law, science, medicine and technologyLAW5459 Australians detained abroadLAW5463 Children's law in actionLAW5467 Gender and the lawLAW5469 Family violence, gender and lawLAW5600 Issues in medical ethics and lawLAW5635 Contemporary issues in international sports lawLAW5639 Comparative indigenous rights

Qualifications

Applicants must have completed a Bachelor of Laws degree (or equivalent) or equivalent qualification approved by the faculty.

English requirements

Applicants must also meet the English language requirements.

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Learning outcomes

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 8 and Monash Graduate Attributes.Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that you will be able to:

1.

Demonstrate advanced theoretical knowledge in law and legal practice relevant to the domestic and global legal environment.

2.

Synthesise information and critically analyse theories, and apply them to new situations in law and legal practice.

3.

Articulate legal arguments, reasoning, and conclusions to professional and non-professional audiences.

4.

Demonstrate autonomy and integrity in the application of knowledge and skills.