The UNSW JD Juris Doctor 2013 Program Guide

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Contents Introducing the UNSW JD

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Who’s studying the UNSW JD?

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Who are the academic staff at UNSW Law?

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The JD program

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Our distinctive approach to legal education

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Planning your JD program

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How flexible is the UNSW JD?

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Recommended study plans

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Elective courses

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Beyond the classroom

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Clinical legal education

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International opportunites

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Student Law Society

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Professional recognition

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Careers and employment

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Alumni 29 Scholarships 30 Entry requirements

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JD fees

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How to apply

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Calendar of dates

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Contact details

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Welcome I’m pleased you’re considering studying the UNSW JD. You’ll be joining one of the finest Law Schools in Australia and the Asia-Pacific and will receive the very best in progressive legal education.

UNSW Law has always had a reputation for academic excellence. We combine proven academic rigour with an engaging learning experience and a commitment to graduating lawyers who will make a difference in their world.

Employers tell us that the distinctive UNSW approach gives our students the edge. We place emphasis on combining the study of law’s principle and regulatory frameworks with a wider focus on social justice and the operation of law in practice. This means that you graduate with a broad range of skills for practice at the highest levels of law, business, government and in the wider community.

You also have the advantage of studying in a diverse and stimulating community, comprised of experienced students from every corner of the world. And while there are boundless opportunities as a UNSW Law graduate at home, you are also studying a degree that can take you anywhere.

You can be confident that your investment in your education will be respected by a Law School which values academic excellence and strives to ensure that our students are well placed for success, regardless of career path.

We are immensely proud of our graduates and our achievements and I look forward to welcoming you as a student of our Law School and lifelong member of our alumni community.

Professor David Dixon Dean

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Introducing the UNSW JD A career in law The UNSW JD is the professional law degree for graduates of disciplines other than law. Your JD can be used as a basis for admission to legal practice.

As a JD student, you will develop your legal knowledge in a challenging and dynamic learning environment, under the guidance of a world-class faculty.

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Experience UNSW Law is proud to offer you an exceptionally broad range of opportunities for high-level experiential learning. Included in our long list of electives are a number of courses that offer direct engagement with legal practice in the form of internships, clinical practice, national and international mooting competitions and an international exchange program.

Mature cohort

Rigorous

International

Harnessing the core structure and teaching of the renowned UNSW Law degree, the UNSW JD allows you to study law at a postgraduate level, taking into account the maturity and proven proficiency of JD candidates in tertiary study.

The compulsory courses of the JD will equip you with a comprehensive knowledge of areas of law that are fundamental to legal practice and an understanding of the legal system. You can then select courses from a very wide array of electives on offer, including internships and clinical placements. You may wish to graduate with specialised knowledge in a particular legal area, such as international law or intellectual property law. Alternatively, you can experience law’s diversity by exploring and studying across a number of areas before you graduate and make career decisions.

We offer students unique opportunities to study international legal systems in our two week summer or winter schools in China, Vietnam, Vanuatu and New York.

UNSW Law is also the first Australian law school to offer a selection of human rights and refugee law clinics in South Africa, Hong Kong and Sydney which you can undertake as an elective subject.

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Who’s studying the UNSW JD? Our JD students are an exceptional group of students. Their qualifications, experience, skills and interests are wonderfully diverse which makes for a very rich learning experience.

Exclusive JD classes throughout the compulsory component of the program enable you to establish a strong collegial network with colleagues from a variety of backgrounds and experiences.

JD Snapshot Occupations

Qualifications

Languages

Engineers Journalists

40 %

Doctors

30% SPEAK TWO

17% SPEAK Three or more

Accountants Pharmacists Architects Teachers Social workers Army & Naval Officers

Average Age

40% have postgraduate qualifications in areas including psychology, criminology, music, public health, international finance, development and international relations, and commerce.

Age Range

28 21 60+ 4

Languages include: Spanish, French, Mandarin, Cantonese, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Hindi, Tamil, Thai and Portuguese.

Previous Degrees Previous degrees from 20 Australian universities & 25 international universities in Science, Linguistics, Music, Pharmacy, Politics, Communications, Biotechnology, Medicine & Surgery, Architecture, History, Social Science & Policy, Business, Accounting, Media, Neuroscience, Commerce, Metallurgy and Philosophy among others.

“JD students are a diverse group. Many of us have had successful careers.”

JD students are a diverse group. We’re different from undergraduate law students in lots of ways – we’re older, many of us have had successful careers and most of us are working while we study. The UNSW Law Society recognises this and so JD students have their own portfolio to ensure our society caters to the different needs of JD students.

We have found that JD student participation in the UNSW Law Society has grown since the program has started and we hope that continues. The JD portfolio is there to focus on issues that are important to JD students, like scheduling events at different times and at different venues to cater to the varying time schedules of those with other commitments.

We host a number of JD only events like welcome drinks and the JD BBQ, but we also try to encourage both JD and LLB students to take part in any number of other Law Society events together, like careers forums, competitions and social justice publications.

UNSW JD students also have representatives on the Law School’s education committee so that we can be meaningfully involved in discussions which affect us.

For anyone who has a keen interest in student politics, or who wants to better represent their cohort, the UNSW Law Society or being a student representative is a great opportunity!

Will House Co-president of UNSW Law Society 3rd year JD student

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Who are the academic staff at UNSW Law? As a student at one of Australia’s leading Law Schools, you will learn from some of Australia’s leading scholars and professional legal practitioners.

UNSW Law academics are all committed to excellence in teaching, through ongoing and innovative course design and delivery. Some are also award-winning teachers. The teaching program at the Law School is enriched by our adjunct faculty, visiting professors, including former judges, specialist practitioners and expert international scholars.

Your teachers The academics who teach at UNSW Law are nationally and internationally recognised researchers in their field.

Authors of leading textbooks, their research informs the development of law and legal policy in Australia and overseas. Our academics are also regular media commentators, engaging in public conversations about law reform and social justice. All of this experience informs and enhances how we design and teach each course.

Our courses often incorporate crossdisciplinary perspectives, which is ideal for JD students because they come from such a broad range of professional and academic backgrounds.

Mehera San Roque Director of the JD Program

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“The academics who teach at UNSW Law are nationally and internationally recognised researchers in their field”

The JD Program The UNSW JD has been designed to provide you with a sophisticated understanding of core legal concepts and fulfils the requirements for admission to legal practice. You will study 16 compulsory courses, 1 prescribed elective and 7 electives, totalling 144 units of credit.

Courses You will begin your JD with four introductory courses which provide the foundation for your learning.

Courses in the compulsory core are designed to be studied in a defined sequence, building on each other and developing your depth of knowledge. You can then select seven elective courses according to your interests or future career path.

Foundation compulsory courses

Later stage compulsory courses

–– Introducing Law and Justice

–– Land Law

–– Crime and the Criminal Process

–– Court Processes, Evidence and Proof

–– Principles of Private Law

–– Federal Constitutional Law

–– Principles of Public Law Middle stage compulsory courses –– Administrative Law –– Contracts

–– Business Associations

Prescribed Elective –– Law and Social Theory / Legal Theory / Theories of Law and Justice

–– Defining Crime –– Equity and Trusts –– Law in the Global Context –– Law, Ethics and Justice –– Resolving Civil Disputes –– Torts

Electives You can choose from a wide range of postgraduate electives, which include experiential, clinical and exchange opportunities. Further details about the elective offerings are available on page p16.

Legal Writing in Context Elective for International Students UNSW Law offers international JD students from nonCommon Law countries a specialised elective to support the development of the core legal skills you will need for studying and practising law in Australia. See p17 for more information.

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Our distinctive approach to legal education Student-centred learning in seminar classes You will never sit in a lecture theatre among hundreds of others at UNSW Law. We pioneered student-focused, seminar style teaching in Australian legal education, as we believe our students learn best when they’re actively engaged.

Seminar style teaching is demanding on students but also exciting. It requires preparation and pre-reading, but it also facilitates real debate and discussion. In class you will develop skills of reasoning and analysis, argument and negotiation that are critical to your future legal career.

To allow you to develop your confidence and capacity to engage in the interactive seminars, your introductory courses are kept small, capped at around 30 students. To provide you with the grounding necessary to move onto your other core courses in your first semester of study, Introducing Law and Justice commences in Orientation Week (one week prior to the start of semester). This is taught in an intensive format during that week, helping you with the basic conceptual tools needed to study the substantive law subjects. You will learn the principles of statutory interpretation and how to read and interpret case law as well as essential legal writing and research skills. This course continues into Semester 1, along with the rest of your foundation subjects.

To allow you to develop your confidence and capacity to engage in the interactive seminars, your introductory courses are kept small, capped at around 30 students

Class format Each compulsory course is usually taught over four hours per week. Class sizes will vary as you progress throughout the program, giving students an opportunity to experience a variety of classes and teaching styles. Both compulsory courses and electives are taught in a variety of formats including: –– Twice weekly daytime or evening classes –– Weekly daytime or afternoon/evening classes –– Intensive classes (taught over a condensed timeframe) offered during semester, on weekends or over the Summer –– A combination of weekly and intensive classes

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Academic support The Peer Tutor Program is offered to all first year JD students to assist you in developing and practising legal skills such as case-reading and statutory interpretation. Senior students are trained to act as paid peer tutors and work with a small group of students for about one to two hours per week. This program is open to all JD students and is free.

International JD students can also enrol in the specialised elective, Legal Writing in Context (see p17).

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First year was a wonderful and intense experience.

The introductory course immersed me in law and set the stage for the classes to come.

Although studying full time, I’ve managed to keep up part time work, but it makes for a busy schedule.

In first semester I was on campus 4 days a week, which meant working afternoons and on my non-uni day during the week.

In second semester I was able to squeeze everything into 2 days from 9-6pm.

Although it seems like any other 8 hour working day, learning so much in one day is certainly exhausting. The great thing is you always get a lunch break from 1-2pm so there is a chance to take a breather, grab some lunch or go to one of the presentations that are so often held on campus by faculty staff.

The workload has been huge, and entering law really does mean you have to think about problems and the world in a whole new way.�

Clancy King 3rd year JD student

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Planning your JD program When can I start?

How long will it take?

You can commence in Semester 1 or 2 of each year. All of the introductory core courses are offered in each Semester, with Introducing Law and Justice commencing in Orientation Week of each Semester.

The UNSW JD is a three year program, but you may shorten or extend the duration to suit your circumstances. You can commence your studies full time or part time, and you are not locked in to either a full time or part time pathway. The maximum duration for the JD program is eight years.

Where and when are classes held?

All compulsory courses are offered at the UNSW Kensington Campus (just 7km from the Sydney CBD). Classes are held in our modern, purpose-built law building which also houses the Freehills Law Library, Law Student Services and facilities such as dedicated postgraduate study spaces. Classes at Kensington are generally held during the day.

We also offer classes in two venues in the city at either the UNSW O’Connell Street or our Kent Street venue. Classes are held in the late afternoon and evening. You can elect to study (on a course by course basis) at whichever location best suits you, depending on the timetable and availability.

There are three teaching periods over the year at UNSW Law. Semesters 1 and 2 are 12 weeks long and run from late February to June, and late July to November. The Summer Semester runs over a shorter period of eight weeks from late November to early February.

You might use the Summer Semester to spread your course load over a full year to better balance your study and working commitments. Taking an additional course or two over Summer can lighten your workload during the main semesters.

Others choose to use the Summer Semester to take an extra course or two on top of the courses they study in the standard semesters.

If you’d like to accelerate your progression you should seek advice from Law Student Services or the Director of the JD Program.

International students must enrol in the minimum number of units of credit per semester to meet their visa requirements.

“Entering law really does mean you have to think about problems and the world in a whole new way”

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How flexible is the UNSW JD? Flexibility to allow you to balance your study with work or other demands is one of the distinguishing features of the UNSW JD, but there are some things to bear in mind.

While the entire program can be completed part time, certain courses, such as Introducing Law and Justice or clinical courses will require daytime attendance either at our Kensington Campus or elsewhere. Some assessments will require you to observe the operation of courts or tribunals during the day. Daytime attendance will also be necessary if you undertake internships, clinics or other experiential learning electives.

Preparing for class is a vital part of our interactive teaching style and helps you get the most out of it.

We generally expect that you spend one to two hours preparing for each hour of class. You can get advice about accelerating your study, or about combining your study with work or family commitments from Law Student Services or from the Director of the JD Program.

“The JD is a postgraduate program that caters to adults with busy lives and varied obligations.�

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At UNSW Law I am able to choose how many subjects I will study and at what times and locations. I feel like I can take control of my own learning and work-study-life balance. As someone with a job and kids and other things in my life, this is really important for me. The fact that I can take between 2-8 years to finish my degree is as it should be.

After all, the JD is a postgraduate program that caters to adults with busy lives and varied obligations.

ANNE SHIELDS Part time JD student

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Recommended Study Plans The number of electives offered in each Semester will vary each year and there are fewer electives available over the Summer Semester.

These progression plans are offered as a guide to help you select your courses and plan your study.

The outlines below will show you the recommended sequence of courses and take into account that some courses have prerequisites and so need to be studied in a defined order. UNSW Law schedules compulsory courses in line with these progression plans.

For additional examples please visit law.unsw.edu.au/studyplans

Standard 3 year progression plan

Year 1

Introducing Law & Justice (O Week) Semester 1

Introducing Law & Justice

Crime & the Criminal Process

Principles of Private Law

Principles of Public Law

Semester 2

Torts

Defining Crime

Contracts

Law, Ethics & Justice

Semester 1

Law in the Global Context

Resolving Civil Disputes

Equity & Trusts

Administrative Law

Semester 2

Law & Social Theory/ Legal Theory/ Theories of Law & Justice

Court Process, Evidence & Proof

Land Law

Federal Constitutional Law

Semester 1

Business Associations

Law Elective

Law Elective

Law Elective

Semester 2

Law Elective

Law Elective

Law Elective

Law Elective

Year 2

Summer

Year 3

Summer

Summer

Accelerated 2.5 year progression plan

Y3

Year 2

Year 1

Introducing Law & Justice (O Week) Semester 1

Introducing Law & Justice

Crime & the Criminal Process

Principles of Private Law

Principles of Public Law

Semester 2

Torts

Defining Crime

Contracts

Law, Ethics & Justice

Summer*

Equity & Trusts

Semester 1

Law in the Global Context

Resolving Civil Disputes

Land Law

Administrative Law

Semester 2

Law & Social Theory/ Legal Theory/ Theories of Law & Justice

Court Process, Evidence & Proof

Business Associations

Federal Constitutional Law

Law Elective

Summer

Law Elective

Semester 1

Law Elective

Law Elective

Law Elective

Law Elective

Law Elective

*You may wish to apply to undertake a Summer Clerkship for work experience during your second Summer Semester. If you are planning to apply for a Summer Clerkship, then you will need to factor that in when planning how many courses to enrol in over each Summer.

Note that UNSW Law does not select students nor manage Summer Clerkship recruitment. For more information see p25.

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Part time 6 year progression plan

Year 1

Introducing Law & Justice (O Week) Semester 1

Introducing Law & Justice

Principles of Private Law

Semester 2

Torts

Contracts

Semester 1

Crime & the Criminal Process

Principles of Public Law

Semester 2

Defining Crime

Law, Ethics & Justice

Semester 1

Equity & Trusts

Administrative Law

Semester 2

Land Law

Federal Constitutional Law

Semester 1

Law in the Global Context

Resolving Civil Disputes

Semester 2

Law & Social Theory/ Legal Theory/ Theories of Law & Justice

Court Process, Evidence & Proof

Semester 1

Business Associations

Law Elective

Semester 2

Law Elective

Law Elective

Semester 1

Law Elective

Law Elective

Semester 2

Law Elective

Law Elective

Year 2

Summer

Year 3

Summer

Year 4

Summer

Year 5

Summer

Year 6

Summer

Summer

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Elective courses You are able to select seven elective courses in areas of particular interest to you. Included in these electives are internships, clinical programs and our two week short courses overseas to study the legal systems of particular countries.

–– International Aspects of Social Justice –– International Business Transactions –– International Child Law –– International Climate Law –– International Commercial Dispute Resolution –– International Criminal Law & Transitional Justice –– International Environmental Law –– International Financial Institutions: Law & Practice

Electives

–– Corruption Law & Policy: Australian & International Perspectives

–– Advanced Administrative Law

–– Criminal Process: a Human Rights Framework

–– Advanced Contracts

–– International Financial System: Policy & Regulation –– International Human Rights –– International Human Rights Law & Advocacy

–– Advanced Criminal Law

–– Criminal Threats from Cyberspace

–– Advanced Debt Capital Markets & Securitisation

–– Critical Issues in Restorative Justice –– Critical Victimology

–– Advanced Intellectual Property Policy & Practice

–– Current Issues in Criminal Justice –– Discrimination Law

–– International Law of Equality & Discrimination

–– Advanced Issues in International Human Rights Law

–– Dispute Resolution

–– International Organisations

–– Advanced Issues in International Law

–– Elements of Income Tax Law

–– Advanced Issues in Torts

–– Energy Law, Environment & the Global Economy

–– Interpretation of Contracts

–– Environmental Law

–– Advanced Topics in Intellectual Property

–– Dispute Resolution in Family Law

–– International Humanitarian Law –– International Investment Law & Policy –– International Law & the Use of Force

–– International Trade Law: The Law & Policy –– Introduction to Space Law

–– Advanced Topics in Taxation

–– EU: Institutions & Legal Systems

–– Introduction to the American Legal System

–– Advanced Tort Law

–– Family Law

–– Issues in Space Law

–– Advanced Trusts

–– Forced Migration & Human Rights in International Law

–– Jewish Law

–– Foundations of Facilitation

–– Law of Banking

–– Australian Climate Law

–– Foundations of Intellectual Property Law

–– Law of the Sea

–– Australian Immigration Law & Practice

–– Funds Management, Superannuation & Insurance

–– Law, Rights & Development

–– Business Entity Taxation

–– Gender & Law

–– An Uncensored History of International Law –– Asian Competition Law

–– Land Dealings

–– Law of the World Trade Organization –– Managing Workplace Conflict & Change

–– Censorship, Contempt & the Media

–– Gender, Race & Justice

–– Children & the Law

–– Global Legal Systems

–– Chinese Corporate & Securities Law

–– Globalisation & Intellectual Property

–– Commercial Finance

–– Health & Medical Law

–– Competition Law

–– Human Rights in Asia

–– National Security Law & Human Rights

–– Competition Law & Intellectual Property

–– Indigenous People & the Law

–– Online Content Regulation

–– Competition Law & Policy

–– Indigenous Peoples in International Law

–– Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes

–– Complex Civil Litigation

–– Indigenous Women & the Law

–– Concepts & Controversies in Dispute Resolution

–– Information Technology Law

–– Planning Law & Environmental Assessment

–– Insolvency Law

–– Principled Negotiation

–– Conflict of Laws

–– Insurance Law

–– Privacy & the Media

–– Intellectual Property 1

–– Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Law & Policy

–– Corporate Governance –– Corporate Insolvency 16

–– Intellectual Property 2

–– Mastering Facilitation –– Media Law: General Principles –– Mediation

“The Legal Writing in Context course was an enriching experience for me.”

The Legal Writing in Context course was an enriching experience for me.

Having studied a psychology degree previously, law was very different. The course allowed me to quickly become accustomed to thinking and writing about legal concepts and texts through exposure to a variety of legal writing such as reports, essays and journal articles. I was also able to raise questions that arose in other classes and gain confidence in speaking up.

It also served to broaden my knowledge of current and emerging legal issues through engaging in discussions with my peers and lecturers. The course, I felt, ultimately helped me to better understand the material in my other classes.

Pamela Xian Yun Lee 1st year JD student from Singapore

–– Prudential Regulation as Law –– Public International Law –– Remedies –– Resolving Regulatory Disputes –– Restitution –– Roman Law –– Securities & Financial Services Regulation –– Sovereign Debt & the Law –– Sport & the Law –– Statutory Interpretation –– Strata & Community Title –– Succession –– Surveillance, Security & Democracy –– Takeovers & Securities Law –– The Conceptual Framework of the Common Law

Legal Writing in Context

A new elective for international JD students If you are an international student from a non-Common Law country, this specialised elective will help you gain the skills needed to study and practice law in Australia.

Legal Writing in Context is designed to develop your legal writing, legal research and oral presentation skills and is offered in your first year of the JD. Taught by academic staff from the Law School and the Learning Centre, the course focuses on the fundamentals to give you a good foundation for the rest of your studies. Unlike other elective subjects, we recommend you take Legal Writing in Context in your first semester.

See law.unsw.edu.au/studyplans to see how this elective fits into your program.

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Beyond the classroom UNSW Law leads the way in innovative legal education beyond the classroom.

We encourage our students to gain high-level practical experience of the law by offering an extensive range of outstanding opportunities, such as internships, clinical practice and international opportunities, all of which are all credited towards your degree.

The value of internships Students have extraordinary learning opportunities in internship subjects. There also is no doubt that employers are impressed by the skills that students gain during internships.

From an employer’s point of view, practical experience in a workplace is invaluable and this type of experience makes a student stand out in a crowd of applicants.

FRANCES GIBSON

Director of Experiential Studies

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Learn outside the classroom and get course credit for it with our extensive range of experiential learning electives Internships Internships give you the chance to ‘trial’ careers in advocacy and policy areas by working in non-government organisations (NGOs), social justice and law reform organisations, and public interest groups.

You will receive training and gain practical legal experience in the workplace, as well as a unique insight into future career paths.

In addition to the partner organisations listed below, you can also undertake internships for course credit at organisations around the world, including the United Nations, other intergovernmental organisations or NGOs in foreign countries. We can help you tailor an internship that fits with your interests or career goals.

–– Environmental Defenders Office NSW –– Federal Court of Australia –– Federal Magistrates Court –– Financial Advisers Australia –– Football Federation of Australia –– Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby –– International Committee of the Red Cross - Australia –– Justice Action –– Land and Environment Court

Social Justice Internships at UNSW –– Australian Human Rights Centre –– Centre for Law, Markets and Regulation –– Centre for Refugee Research –– Crime and Justice Research Network –– Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre

–– Local Courts - Burwood, Campbelltown, Coffs Harbour, Downing Centre, Dubbo, Newcastle, Parramatta, Sutherland, Wollongong –– Local Court NSW Magistrate –– Mid North Coast Community Legal Centre

–– Diplomacy Training Program

–– National Association for the Visual Arts

–– Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law

–– North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency

–– Indigenous Legal Centre

–– Northern Territory Legal Aid

–– National Children’s and Youth Law Centre

–– NSW Attorney-General

–– National Pro Bono Resource Centre –– Social Justice Project

–– Office of the Information Commissioner

External Partner Organisations

–– Office of the Small Business Commissioner

–– Aboriginal Legal Service

–– Pro Bono Animal Law Service

–– Administrative Appeals Tribunal

–– Public Defenders Office

–– Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre – Pacific; Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

–– Redfern Legal Centre

–– Arts Law Centre of Australia

–– Refugee Council of Australia

–– Aurora Project

–– Salvos Legal Humanitarian

–– Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration/ Australian International Disputes Centre

–– Samoa Law Reform Commission

–– Australian Human Rights Commission

–– Transparency International - South Pacific

–– Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network

–– USP Community Legal Centre Vanuatu

–– Brain Injury Australia

–– Voiceless

–– Cancer Council of NSW

–– Welfare Rights Centre

–– Citicorp Pty Ltd

–– Womens Legal Service

–– City University New York

–– XYZ Networks

–– NSW Ombudsman

–– Refugee Advice and Casework Service (Aust) Inc.

–– Shopfront –– Toongabbie Legal Centre

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Clinical Legal Education Clinical legal education offers you the chance to see the law in action.

UNSW JD students can choose from a range of courses at our on-campus community legal centre or a number of other ground-breaking clinics exclusive to UNSW Law.

Kingsford Legal Centre Clinics All UNSW JD students go behind the scenes at our onsite community legal centre as part of the Law, Ethics and Justice course. You can also choose from several longer clinical programs at KLC as an elective.

ANNA CODY Director, Kingsford Legal Centre

Clinical Legal Experience Working with experienced solicitors, you will interview clients, develop legal strategies for conduct of the case, undertake legal research, write letters, prepare briefs to counsel, make submissions and instruct barristers in court. Students might be assisting with advice involving family law, domestic violence, discrimination, personal injury, credit and debt, immigration, employment law, criminal law and other matters.

Employment Law Clinic Help real clients with their employment issues while analysing the effect of the law in practice. You will conduct interviews with clients, make strategic decisions about conduct of the file, undertake research, draft all documents and where appropriate undertake advocacy in court or tribunals for the client.

Family Law Clinic Work with various community groups and community members focusing on family law and the cross over with domestic violence, particularly considering the impact on children. You will develop and present a range of educational programs and spend time working at a community legal centre.

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The KLC experience Students love the chance to meet with real clients, learn about how law and lawyers work in practice and see how law frequently fails disadvantaged clients and communities. They enjoy using the theory they have learnt in their work and can imagine themselves as lawyers.

KLC gives students an opportunity to reconnect with why they chose to study law in the first place. Our teaching methodology relies on students taking responsibility for client files and law reform or community education projects and running these under supervision.

Meeting people with real legal problems brings law alive in unexpected ways. Students also love the chance to work in a community legal centre, as part of a team who together try and help people with their complex issues.

Land & Environment Court You will assist unrepresented people attending the court and gain firsthand experience in policy and research on planning and environment issues under the supervision of the Chief Judge and court staff.

South Africa Human Rights Clinic Intern with leading public interest and human rights organisations in Johannesburg, South Africa and learn first-hand from organisations at the cutting edge of social change lawyering. You will spend five weeks working on significant public interest and human rights projects.

You might assist in preparation of court documents for constitutional challenges, produce law reform submissions or write advocacy reports. You will have the chance to meet with clients, attending court and legislative bodies, and reach strategic decisions with your colleagues on important cases. The organisations are highly regarded and effective groups doing work on issues such as housing, health, education, violence against women, social security, and broader work in the Southern African region.

Hong Kong Refugee Law Clinic Travel to Hong Kong to undertake casework on behalf of asylum seekers and refugees including intake interviews, collecting client testimonies, and preparing research memoranda. You will be supervised by Hong Kong Refugee and Asylum Seeker staff and you will receive content-specific skills training such as interviewing and working with survivors of torture and trauma.

Housing Clinic Prepare cases for the Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal under the supervision of Redfern Legal Centre staff. You will be interviewing and advising disadvantaged people who have administrative and housing law problems and you may even appear for clients in the Tribunal.

Human Rights Clinic Address human rights violations that extend beyond Australia’s borders, focusing primarily on advancing the human rights of non-citizens including migrant workers and refugees in Asia and Australia. You will support organisations with public interest litigation within national courts, draft communications to UN human rights bodies, document systemic rights violations, produce advocacy reports or educational materials, white papers, law reform submissions or freedom of information requests.

I’ve relished my time at the Human Rights Clinic. We were advised of a problem, given possible remedies and became human rights campaigners. It sounds daunting, but I’ve learned how to use different legal skills to effectively advocate for people who really need advocates. The project I was working on will help make a difference in challenging what I consider a serious human rights violation in Australia. And what I’ve learned in this course can be applied by anyone, anywhere.

I think it’s one of the most important things I’ve studied yet at uni.

MICHAEL BRULL 3rd year JD student

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International Opportunities Take a course overseas JD students keen to add international experience and legal knowledge to their study program find that our 2-3 week summer and winter schools overseas are ideal. We offer these courses at a range of overseas locations during the main semester breaks. The courses are elective Law courses and are credited to your law degree.

Beijing and Shanghai, China Travel to China to study the Chinese Legal System in Beijing or Shanghai. This two week course provides an introduction to the legal system of the People’s Republic of China with particular reference to modern developments in contract and commercial law. In addition to studying the legal system, you will see this legal system in practice with field trips to a Chinese law firm and Chinese court. The program also includes opportunities to experience local culture and attractions.

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New York, USA Jet off to the Big Apple for a two week intensive summer school at Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute.

The course, Human Rights in Practice, examines the operation of human rights law in practice in international, regional and domestic US and Australian contexts. The course draws together leading US and international human rights lawyers to provide cutting-edge case studies from US courts, regional human rights commissions and the UN system. It also provides you with doctrinal foundations in international human rights law and its incorporation into domestic law, as well as an introduction to the US Bill of Rights and civil rights law. You will also go on field visits to the United Nations and other major New York landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum.

Hanoi, Vietnam Immerse yourself in one of the most fascinating and dynamic countries in the region with the Vietnam summer school in Hanoi. The program offers two courses over a three week program - Vietnamese Legal System, and International Economic Law in the Asian Region - and you may select to be enrolled in one or both courses. Both provide an opportunity to learn about the Vietnamese legal system, to put comparative law theory into practical context, and to gain a deeper awareness of cross-cultural communication and Vietnamese culture. A vibrant program of field trips and presentations by local experts complements the academic program.

International Exchange Expand your horizons with a semester long international exchange to one of the world’s leading Law Schools. UNSW students do not pay any additional tuition fees to the overseas host institution and your courses are credited directly to your UNSW JD. The Law School has direct links with the following leading universities: Austria: University of Salzburg Canada: McGill University, Queen’s University, University of Alberta, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario

China: Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, Beijing Normal University Denmark: University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University

France: University Pantheon Assas – Paris 2, University Paul Cezanne – Aix Marseille 3, University Jean Moulin – Lyon 3, Sciences Po

Finland: University of Turku Germany: University of Bonn, Bucerius Law School , Freie University Berlin, Freiburg University, Tuebingen University, Mannheim University

Port Vila, Vanuatu Study Pacific Islands Legal Systems at the University of the South Pacific Law School, located in Port Vila, Vanuatu.

This course will provide an introduction to legal systems of the Pacific region, and to some specific areas of Pacific law. Most Pacific Island states have gained independence only in recent years, and thus their laws and legal systems are still works in progress.

This course will introduce many of the issues arising in these developing legal systems, including issues of history and politics, constitutional development, recognition and application of customary law, land tenure regimes, and regional engagement between states, and with outside bodies.

Greece: University of Athens

Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong

Iceland: University of Iceland

India: NALSAR School of Law

Ireland: University College Dublin

Italy: Bocconi University, University of Bologna, University of Padua

Korea: Korea University, Yonsei University, Ewha Women’s University, Seoul National University

Mexico: University of Guadalajara, Tech De Monterrey

Netherlands: University of Amsterdam, Erasmus University Law School

New Zealand: University of Auckland

Norway: University of Oslo

Singapore: National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University

South Africa: University of Cape Town Spain: University of Zaragoza, University of Carlos 3 Madrid Sweden: Lund University, Uppsala University Switzerland: University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, University of Zurich

Taiwan: National Taiwan University

Thailand : Chulalongkorn University UK: University of Birmingham, Glasgow University, University of Nottingham, University College London, University of Exeter, University of Edinburgh, University of Leeds

USA: University of Texas, Tulane University, University of California Hastings College of Law For further details, please visit international.unsw.edu.au/exchange

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STUDENT Law Society Attend career presentations, participate in skills competitions and meet legal professionals at a series of events throughout the year, all of which are co-ordinated by our student-run Law Society.

Presentations

Publications

Career presentations from top-tier firms bring prospective employers and students together on-campus in the Law Building. These presentations give you the chance to meet prospective employers and gain an insight into each firm and what they look for when selecting employees.

The Law Society also produces a number of publications designed to give you the information you need when you’re considering your future employment.

Twilight Drinks is an opportunity for penultimate year students to network with professionals from Sydney’s top commercial law firms. Partners, lawyers, HR and previous summer clerks from top tier firms attend so you can ask questions in a relaxed setting.

Alternative and Government Careers Week lets you explore other ways to use your law degree.

Featuring short presentations from a range of government agencies and other institutions, you can talk to experienced professionals in the public and community sector.

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Summer Clerkship and Graduate Employment Guide This guide provides a rundown of the clerkship and graduate programs offered by most firms. It includes information about the process for applying for a clerkship or graduate position, a timeline of important dates, a profile and description of each participating firm and their recruitment programs, and where possible, a personal account by a student from UNSW who undertook their clerkship or received a graduate position at the firm.

Government and Public Careers Guide This guide targets areas of law that are less commercially orientated and which are not traditionally defined under ‘corporate law’. It provides detailed information on a broad range of law related and non-law related careers.

This includes information about probono departments in law firms, public interest law (such as international humanitarian rights law or native title law), and other non-commercial career opportunities (e.g. opportunities in the Australian Defence Force and other Government Departments).

Corporate Careers Guide This guide provides information on yet another sector that you may want to specialise in. It details all you need to know about working in the financial sector (e.g. management consulting and investment banking), accounting or other commercial areas in which you won’t necessarily practice law.

Mentoring The Headstart Mentoring Program offers you an opportunity to network and learn from leading Australian legal professionals. Running throughout the year, the program provides you with a rare insight into life as a lawyer. It offers students and mentors flexibility in meeting times and facilitates a genuine interaction with an experienced professional.

Professional Skills Competitions From your first year onwards you will have the opportunity to hone your professional skills through a variety of competitions, such as mooting, trial advocacy, client interviewing and negotiation. Beginners to advanced competitions are offered, and you can also compete internationally as an elective in later years of your degree.

Advice Careers and Employment Service UNSW Careers and Employment service can assist you in finding graduate, part time and vacation employment while you complete your studies. You can also attend career planning workshops or book individual appointments. For more information visit: careers.unsw.edu.au

What is a summer clerkship?

Summer clerkships are offered by law firms and some government departments. You would usually apply for a clerkship during your penultimate year of study and undertake the clerkship during the summer before your third or final year of study. Clerkships allow you to gain practical experience and skills and discover what life is really like as a legal practitioner. Places are in high demand each year. The NSW Law Society coordinates the Summer Clerkship Program and Graduate Employment Program on behalf of law schools and law firms in NSW. For more information: lawsociety.com.au

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Professional Recognition The JD is a graduate level law degree and can be used as a basis for seeking admission to the legal profession.

In order to be admitted as a legal practitioner (for example in New South Wales) you must: –– Meet certain academic requirements –– Attend a practical skills program, and –– Obtain practical experience from employment approved by the Legal Profession Admission Board of the NSW Attorney-General’s Department.

NOTE: As the requirements for admission to legal practice are complex, you should refer to the relevant admitting body in the state or country where you intend to practise.

Practising in NSW

Tertiary Qualification (2.5 - 8 yrs)

The UNSW JD is accredited by the Legal Profession Admission Board (LPAB) and satisfies the academic component for admission to practice as a solicitor and barrister of the Supreme Court of NSW. For more information about Practical Legal Training and admission to practice, please visit: collaw.edu.au, lawsociety.com.au and the NSW Bar Association nswbar.asn.au

Juris Doctor degree

Practical Legal Training (6mth - 1yr) Coursework: 15 weeks FT or 30 weeks PT (online or on-campus) Work experience: 75 days FT or PT equivalent Continuing Professional Education

Admission to Legal Practice

Practising in other states of Australia

Working internationally

Practising Certificate (2 yrs) Solicitor Supervised legal practice

Bar Exams 3 exams (10 mths)

Reader’s Practising Certificate (1yr) Bar Practice Course Practise as a Reader with supervised tutor (experienced barrister)

Unrestricted Practising Certificate - Barrister

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BARRISTER

As in Australia, to practice Law in other countries you must satisfy the academic and accreditation criteria in the particular jurisdiction. Always refer to the relevant authority or admitting body in that country or state.

SOLICITOR

Under the National Practising Certificate scheme, legal practitioners with a current practising certificate in NSW may also practice in other Australian States and Territories.

Please refer to the relevant Law Society in the state or territory that you wish to practice.

Apply to Supreme Court for Certificate of Admission

“Your fellow students bring a wealth of life experience to discussions”

My JD cohort is a diverse mix and includes musicians, doctors and business people. The value of this comes out in the classroom where your fellow students bring a wealth of life experience to discussions.

This differs from my undergraduate studies because the JD is a mature learning environment where I feel I learn as much from my classmates as from my lecturers.

XAVIER O’HALLORAN 3rd year JD student

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Careers and Employment The UNSW JD opens doors to many career opportunities in Australia and internationally in law firms, business, government agencies or the community sector.

Your UNSW JD gives you the opportunity to join the global network of UNSW Law graduates. You will be able to take advantage of the supportive and connected Law Alumni chapters around Australia and in cities across the United States, England, Hong Kong, Germany and Canada.

Our graduates work in Australia and all over the world as solicitors and barristers, as in-house lawyers in the corporate and government sectors, as policy and legislative advisors or researchers, as prosecutors or public defenders in the criminal justice system, as lawyers in community legal centres or working in non-government organisations focusing on particular issues or rights.

The international currency that is a JD has enormous potential value in serving the needs of Australia as a country that increasingly looks out into a world where we send our best and brightest to shine; not only in sport, the arts and sciences but in commerce, international justice and governance.

“The UNSW JD will enable and equip graduates to work in the increasingly competitive and complex global legal environment�

Nicola Wakefield Evans Partner, King & Wood Mallesons

Christopher Craigie SC Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions

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Alumni

UNSW Law School is a dynamic and innovative Law School with graduates achieving positions of prominence in law, government, business and the arts.

Judges of the Federal Court of Australia

Chief Executive Partner, Allens –– Michael Rose

–– Hon. Justice Annabelle Bennett AO –– Hon. Justice Anna Katzmann –– Hon. Justice John Nicholas

Global Managing Partner King & Wood Mallesons –– Stuart Fuller

Judges of the Supreme Court of NSW –– Hon. Justice Elizabeth Fullerton –– Hon. Justice Megan Latham –– Hon. Justice Lucy McCallum –– Hon. Anthony Meagher –– Hon. Justice Stephen Rothman AM Judge of the High Court in Hong Kong and Chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission –– Hon. Justice Barnabas Fung Judge of the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia –– Hon. Justice David Wong Federal Minister for Justice, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Defence Materiel –– Hon. Jason Clare MP

Managing Director Investment Banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Sydney) –– Richard Alcock Senior Vice President, International & Corporate Strategy, Time Warner (USA) –– Michael Del Nin Chief Financial Officer, CleanSource Power (California, USA) –– Jennifer McFarlane CEO of Macquarie Bank –– Nicholas Moore CEO, UBS Australia and New Zealand, Joint Global Head of Investment Banking

Federal Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth

–– Matthew Grounds

–– Hon. Peter Garrett AM, MP

–– Shemara Wikramanayake

Head of Macquarie Funds Group

Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions –– Christopher Craigie SC Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner –– Elizabeth Broderick

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Scholarships The following scholarships are available to JD students.

Juris Doctor (JD) Scholarships for Academic Excellence

Juris Doctor (JD) Scholarships for Indigenous Students

–– $10,000 per annum for the duration of program

–– $10,000 per annum for the duration of program

–– Scholarship code: [PGCA1038]

–– Scholarship code: [PGCE1007]

–– Established to assist high achieving students to undertake the Juris Doctor Program at UNSW.

–– Established to assist high achieving Indigenous students to undertake the Juris Doctor Program at UNSW.

Juris Doctor (JD) Equity Scholarships

Juris Doctor (JD) Scholarships for International Students

–– $10,000 per annum for the duration of program

–– $10,000 - for 1 year only

–– Scholarship code: [PGCE1006]

–– Scholarship code: [PGCA1039]

–– Established to assist students from disadvantaged backgrounds to undertake the Juris Doctor Program at UNSW.

–– Established to assist high achieving international students to undertake the Juris Doctor Program at UNSW.

Postgraduate Coursework Equity Scholarship

Please refer to www.scholarships.unsw.edu.au for details on these and other scholarships you may be eligible for.

–– $13,000 per annum for the duration of program –– Scholarship code: [PGCE1004] –– Established to assist students from disadvantaged backgrounds to undertake postgraduate study at UNSW.

Accommodation UNSW offers a range of accommodation both on and off the campus for local and international students. We offer fully catered on-campus colleges and self-catered on and off-campus apartments, Private rental units in surrounding suburbs as well as numerous short-term options are also available. Visit www.housing.unsw.edu.au for more information.

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Entry Requirements Domestic Applicants

Transferring

International Applicants

The UNSW JD is open to applicants who have completed, or are about to complete, a Bachelor degree in any discipline other than law.

Transfer from full-fee to CSP

The UNSW JD is open to international applicants who have completed, or are about to complete, a Bachelor degree in any discipline, including a degree in law from a different legal system. If you already have a law degree from another country you may be eligible for advanced standing, up to a maximum of 48 units of credit.

Selection into the UNSW JD is based on academic merit and candidates will be assessed on the basis of their academic results in completed Bachelor, Masters and Doctorate level university study only.

UNSW offers Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) and also full-fee places in the JD. Commonwealth Supported Places are offered to the most competitive applicants and the remaining eligible applicants will be offered a full-fee place in the JD program. See ‘Fees’ section on p32 for more information on CSP and full-fee places.

As a guide, to be competitive for a CSP, you would have achieved at least a distinction average in your Bachelors or Masters coursework degree, or have successfully completed an Honours year or higher research degree. To be competitive for a full-fee place, you would have achieved at least a credit average in your Bachelors or Masters degree.

While numbers will vary, our annual intake of domestic students into the UNSW JD is approximately 180 students, with about 50% of places offered as CSP.

If you are enrolled in a full-fee place you can apply to transfer to a Commonwealth Supported Place after one full time year of study (or equivalent) and in subsequent years if you are unsuccessful. Applications will be assessed on the results of your UNSW JD study. As a guide, to be competitive to transfer to a CSP, you must have achieved a distinction average in your UNSW JD studies.

Transfer from another university to the UNSW JD If you have already commenced a JD degree at another university, you can apply to transfer to the UNSW JD program, but note that it is only your completed Bachelor, Masters or PhD qualifications that are taken into account for admission purposes. You can expect to receive some credit for Law courses completed elsewhere, up to a maximum of 48 units of credit.

Applications for advanced standing can only be determined at enrolment.

Seek advice from Law Student Services or the Director of the JD Program.

International applicants may improve their chance of entry by providing an LSAT result in addition to their academic grades.

English language proficiency requirements If you do not have a university degree undertaken and assessed in English, you must provide evidence that your English language ability meets the requirements for admission.

IELTS: An overall minimum score of 6.5 is required, together with a minimum score of 6.0 in each of the sub-tests of listening, reading, speaking and writing.

TOEFL (Computer test): An overall minimum score of 233, with a minimum score of 5.0 in Essay rating.

TOEFL (Paper-based test): An overall minimum score of 577 with a minimum score of 5.0 in the Test of Written English.

For further information, please visit unsw.edu.au/elp For more information on studying at UNSW, please refer to the international student brochure at international.unsw.edu.au

WHEN CAN I APPLY? To be considered for admission in Semester 1 2013, your course completion must be confirmed by your institution no later than Friday 21 December 2012. Students who expect to complete their studies in Summer Semester cannot be considered for admission in Semester 1 and should apply for Semester 2.

To be considered for admission in Semester 2 2013 your course completion must be finalised by Friday 31 May 2013. Due to the early commencement of JD classes and late availability of final Semester 1 results students who are expecting to complete at the end of Semester 1 2013 cannot be considered for mid-year admission and should apply for Semester 1 2014. However UNSW students completing their studies S1 2013 may be considered for mid-year admission dependant on availability of places.

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JD Fees The UNSW JD offers both Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) and full-fee places. CSP places are awarded on the basis of academic merit to the most highly qualified applicants.

Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) Students enrolled in a CSP pay a proportion of the cost of their tuition (a Student Contribution) and the balance is funded by the Commonwealth Government. As a guide, the Student Contribution for a CSP in Law at UNSW in 2012 was $9,425 per year. For further information visit: https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/ fees/StudentContribution.html

Full-Fee Places Domestic For domestic students enrolled in a full-fee place, the 2013 tuition fee for the UNSW JD is $32,640 per year (based on a full time year of 48 units of credit) or $680 per unit of credit.

Please refer to law.unsw.edu.au/futurestudents/unsw-jd/cost for details.

FEE-HELP FEE-HELP is a loan available to help eligible students pay part or all of their tuition fees. It is available to students who are either Australian citizens or Australian permanent residents with a humanitarian visa. In 2012, the FEE-HELP limit was $89,706.

This amount is indexed each year.

For further information visit: studyassist.gov.au

Full-Fee Places International For international students the 2013 tuition fee in the UNSW JD is $34,080 per year (based on a full time year of 48 units of credit) or $710 per unit of credit. Please refer to law.unsw.edu.au/future-students/ unsw-jd/cost for details.

Student Income Support The UNSW JD is an approved program of study for Youth Allowance and Austudy payments.

For further information please visit the Department of Human Services website at humanservices.gov.au/ customer/themes/students-and-trainees

How to apply Domestic applicants uac.edu.au For Australian citizens, permanent residents and New Zealand citizens, applications for the UNSW JD are online through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC).

Go to uac.edu.au and click on “UAC Postgraduate”.

Semester 1 2013 To commence in Semester 1 2013, applications open in early September and are due by the end of October.

–– UAC code CSP - 912600 –– UAC code FEE - 912601

apply.unsw.edu.au Applicants who do not hold Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency are international applicants and apply directly to UNSW at apply.unsw.edu.au

Semester 2 2013 To commence in Semester 2 2013, applications open in early April and are due by the end of May. –– UAC code CSP - 915600 –– UAC code FEE - 915601

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International applicants

Information sessions JD information sessions are held during the year. Please register online law.unsw.edu.au/jd for the session you would like to attend.

Calendar of Dates Semester 1 2013

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February 2013 Orientation and Introducing Law and Justice classes for new students

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March – 7 April 2013 Mid Semester break

June 2013 – 1 July 2013 Study period & exams

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Contact details Online: law.unsw.edu.au/jd You will find more information on the UNSW JD on our website.

Email: jdlaw@unsw.edu.au You can email our Student Services Office with enquiries about application and admission.

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