UTS course code: C07073
Testamur title: Graduate Diploma in Australian Law
Abbreviation: GradDipAustLaw
Course fee: $250 per cp (local); $8,000 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 48

Overview
Admission requirements
Course duration
Course structure
Professional recognition
Other information

Overview

The Graduate Diploma in Australian Law is designed to permit overseas lawyers from common law jurisdictions to satisfy the academic requirements for admission as a legal practitioner of the Supreme Court of NSW (this course is not appropriate for candidates who are already admitted to practise in NSW or have an undergraduate legal qualification from NSW).

Applicants should contact the Legal Practitioners Admission Board of the NSW Supreme Court (LPAB) to determine the subjects they are required to complete to be eligible for admission to practise in NSW before lodging their application. Applicants should consider making a 'Non-Award Application' if the LPAB-determined subjects total less than five.

Note that in order to gain admission as a legal practitioner of the Supreme Court of NSW, applicants may also be required to undertake a course in practical legal training.

Admission requirements

For admission to the Graduate Diploma in Australian Law, applicants must:

• have a Bachelor's degree in Law from outside Australia, or
• be admitted to practise as a solicitor or barrister in a common law jurisdiction.

Course duration

The GradDipAustLaw can be completed in:

• a minimum of two semesters (one year) for a full-time student or three semesters (one-and-a-half years) for a part-time student, and
• a maximum of four semesters (two years) from the time of enrolment for a full-time student or eight semesters (four years) for a part-time student.

Course structure

The course requires completion of a minimum of 48 credit points. However, each candidate's program will vary depending on the number of subjects he or she is required to take in order to be admitted to practise in NSW.

Professional recognition

The Graduate Diploma in Australian Law is designed to permit overseas lawyers from common law jurisdictions to satisfy the academic requirements for admission as a legal practitioner of the Supreme Court of NSW. Applicants should contact the Legal Practitioners Admission Board of the NSW Supreme Court (LPAB) to determine the subjects they are required to complete to be eligible for admission to practise in NSW.

Other information

For information about application procedures, attendance, assessment, subject exemptions, concurrent study, internal course transfer, leave of absence, assignments and results, see the introductory information under Coursework programs – General information.

See the Faculty information section for details of the Law Information Office, the Law Students' Society, prizes and scholarships, the Law Library Collection, and contact details for the Faculty's other academic program areas. The Faculty information section also contains information concerning computer access, studying as an international student, contact details for other units of the University, parking at UTS, University forms and the Rules of the University.

Contacts

Director, Postgraduate Program
Dr Stan Palassis
telephone (02) 9514 3415
fax (02) 9514 3400
email stan@law.uts.edu.au

or

Law Information Office
telephone (02) 9514 3444
email info@law.uts.edu.au

www.law.uts.edu.au/courses/postgraduate/