The Melbourne Law Masters program offers master degrees, graduate diplomas, specialist certificates and single subjects across 26 specialist legal areas with more than 180 subjects. The courses have been developed by an exceptional range of scholars drawn from the Melbourne Law School and other leading law schools and from distinguished local and international practitioners and judges.
Each specialist area is developed and led by an expert director of studies with many actively connected to a research centre or network. This produces a concentration of expertise ensuring subjects are cutting edge and evolve in response to contemporary needs and developments.
A key feature of the program is our flexible format, delivered intensively over a five-day period, normally with a two-day weekend break in the middle. This format allows deep immersion in the subject and an opportunity to make close connections with your peers in the subject. The program’s flexible design also supports students who wish to move from a graduate diploma to a related masters degree. Subjects are delivered either online, on campus or dual-delivery.
Graduating with a law degree from the University of Melbourne means that wherever your career takes you, both nationally and internationally, your degree will be recognised as exceptional and you will join an active global network of over 400,000 alumni.
Master of Laws (LLM)
The Master of Laws (LLM) and Graduate Diploma in Laws are available only for law graduates (LLB, JD or equivalent). Students can choose from subjects in the specialist legal areas.
Specialist legal areas for law and non-law graduates
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Single subject study
Offering an exciting range of subjects, the Melbourne Law Masters program can be undertaken without enrolling in a formal degree, diploma or specialist certificate. Available to both law and non-law graduates, single subject enrolment is a great way to advance your professional knowledge in a specific area of law.
2025 Melbourne Law Masters program
The 2025 program brings an array of international experts as well as Australian practitioners from all sectors of the legal profession, to ensure a continuation of the mix of in-depth legal knowledge and its practical application.
The program features:
- 23 new subjects
- Diverse teaching group including international experts and Australian practitioners
- Over 180 subjects on offer*
- 26 specialist legal areas
- 39 courses
* Melbourne Law Masters subjects will be delivered either online, on campus or dual-delivery in 2025.
New subjects 2025
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- AI and the Administrative State
- Australian Constitutional Cultures
- Banking and Financial Regulation in Asia
- Comparative Corporate Law in Asia
- Comparative EU and US Antitrust Law
- Constitutional Design and Democracy
- Constitutional Law and Climate Change
- Cybercrime Law
- Energy Markets and the Energy Transition
- Equity and the World of Commerce
- Ethics in Tax Practice
- Global Corporations & International Law
- Global ESG Law and Construction Projects
- International Law and the Digital Economy
- International Law in Asia
- International Sports Dispute Resolution
- Law and Development in Southeast Asia
- Private Equity Law and Practice
- Regulating Green Finance: Europe & Asia
- Regulating Online Harms
- Selected Topics in Transfer Pricing
- The Politics and Process of Legal Reform
- Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity and IP
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The Melbourne Law Masters gives students access to some of the best legal minds in Australia and internationally.
Each year, the teaching staff brings together leaders from all branches of the legal profession across Australia, distinguished legal scholars and practitioners from many parts of the world and the Law School's own experienced staff. Many subjects are taught in teams, combining theory and practice as well as transnational and Australian perspectives. The small class format enables students to interact with experts in their fields of interest.
Our teachers
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Melbourne Law School teachers
Nearly 50 teachers from the Law School’s own academic staff will lead subjects in the Melbourne Law Masters.
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Australian visiting teachers
More than 100 practitioners from different branches of the legal and associated professions, together with selected scholars from other parts of Australia, will teach in the program.
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International visiting teachers
More than 70 scholars and practitioners from across the world teach in the Melbourne Law Masters each year.