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Prerequisites and Assumed Knowledge: Prerequisites and assumed knowledge vary by program and course. It's important to check the ANU Programs and Courses website for specific details before enrolling.

Course Changes: While efforts are made to avoid changes, the University may cancel courses or alter course dates as necessary. Regularly check the course search for any updates or changes.

Last Assessment Date: The Last Assessment Date provided is indicative. Final assessments must be submitted on or before this date. For the exact submission time, refer to the class summary, which is published two weeks before the class starts.

Graduation: Students enrolled in 2024 course iterations for the following courses will be considered for the February Graduation ceremony.

  • LAWS8183 Advanced Principles of International Law
  • LAWS8001 Global Law, Justice and Development

The following courses will NOT be considered for the February Graduation ceremony

  • LAWS4266 International Arbitration and Negotiation Moot Competition in Japan
  • LAWS8418 International Commercial Arbitration
  • LAWS8252 International Refugee Law

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Corporations, Law and Technology

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 19-02-2024
Teaching end date: 24-05-2024
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 24-05-2023
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There is no prescribed textbook for this course.

A full list of readings will also be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Advanced Legal Methods and Legal Writing

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 19-02-2024
Teaching end date: 24-05-2024
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 24-05-2024
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. 

A full list of readings will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Advanced Legal Methods and Legal Writing

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 19-02-2024
Teaching end date: 24-05-2024
Session: Semester 1
Last assessment date: 
Intended teaching dates: Please check ANU Timetable 2024
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Semester - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

There is no prescribed textbook for this course. 

A full list of readings will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

International Law of the Environment

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 20-02-2024
Teaching end date: 26-04-2024
Session: Summer
Last assessment date: 26-04-2024
Intended teaching dates: 5pm - 8pm | Tuesday & Thursday | 20 February - 28 March
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 
 
Prescribed Text:
  • Sands, Philippe and Jacqueline Peel, Principles of International Environmental Law (Cambridge University Press, 4th ed, 2018)
A full list of readings will also be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Legal Education for True Justice: Indigenous Perspectives and Deep Listening on Country

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 04-03-2024
Teaching end date: 07-05-2024
Session: Autumn
Last assessment date: 10-05-2024
Intended teaching dates: 5pm - 8pm | Tuesday | 5 March, 26 March, 23 April, 7 May
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Legal Education for True Justice: Indigenous Perspectives and Deep Listening on Country

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 04-03-2024
Teaching end date: 07-05-2024
Session: Autumn
Last assessment date: 10-05-2024
Intended teaching dates: 5pm - 8pm | Tuesday | 5 March, 26 March, 23 April, 7 May
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Artificial Intelligence, Law and Society

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 11-03-2024
Teaching end date: 24-05-2024
Session: Summer
Last assessment date: 24-05-2024
Intended teaching dates: 2pm - 5pm | Wednesday | 13 March - 22 May
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 
 
There is no prescribed textbook for this course. A full list of readings will be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date.
 
Recommended Reading:
  • Guihot, Michael and Lyria Moses, Artificial Intelligence, Robots and the Law (LexisNexis, 2020) 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

International Law and Australian Government

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 12-03-2024
Teaching end date: 04-05-2024
Session: Autumn
Last assessment date: 17-05-2024
Intended teaching dates: 9am - 4pm | Friday and Saturday | 15 & 16 March, 3 & 4 May
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Cyber Law

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 08-04-2024
Teaching end date: 16-05-2024
Session: Autumn
Last assessment date: 14-06-2024
Intended teaching dates: 5pm - 8pm | Wednesday and Thursday | 10 April - 16 May
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Law of the Sea

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 01-05-2024
Teaching end date: 04-05-2024
Session: Autumn
Last assessment date: 14-06-2024
Intended teaching dates: 9am - 5pm | Wednesday - Saturday | 1 May - 4 May
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

Prescribed Text:

  • Rothwell, Donald R and Tim Stephens, The International Law of the Sea (Bloomsbury Publishing, 3rd, 2023)

A full list of readings will also be made available on Wattle two weeks prior to the course commencement date. 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Statutory Interpretation

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 02-05-2024
Teaching end date: 19-06-2024
Session: Autumn
Last assessment date: 19-07-2024
Intended teaching dates: 4pm - 6pm | Monday & Wednesday | 6 May - 19 June
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Post Conflict Situations

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 09-05-2024
Teaching end date: 14-05-2024
Session: Autumn
Last assessment date: 20-06-2024
Intended teaching dates: 9am - 5:30pm | Thursday, Friday, Monday, Tuesday, | 9, 10, 13, 14 May
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Law Internship (Capstone)

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 03-06-2024
Teaching end date: 19-07-2024
Session: Winter
Last assessment date: 19-07-2024
Intended teaching dates: N/A
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

This course requires an application process, please refer to the information on Programs and Courses.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Law Internship

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 03-06-2024
Teaching end date: 19-07-2024
Session: Winter
Last assessment date: 19-07-2024
Intended teaching dates: N/A
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

This course requires an application process, please refer to the information on Programs and Courses.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Law Internship (Capstone)

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 03-06-2024
Teaching end date: 19-07-2024
Session: Winter
Last assessment date: 19-07-2024
Intended teaching dates: N/A
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

This course requires an application process, please refer to the information on Programs and Courses.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Law Internship

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 03-06-2024
Teaching end date: 19-07-2024
Session: Winter
Last assessment date: 19-07-2024
Intended teaching dates: N/A
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - On Campus
Textbook and reading requirements: 

This course requires an application process, please refer to the information on Programs and Courses.

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Space Law and Governance

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 10-06-2024
Teaching end date: 14-06-2024
Session: Winter
Last assessment date: 12-07-2024
Intended teaching dates: 10am - 3pm | Monday - Friday | 10 June - 14 June
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Government Contracts

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 01-07-2024
Teaching end date: 09-08-2024
Session: Winter
Last assessment date: 06-09-2024
Intended teaching dates: 4:30pm - 6:30pm | Wednesday, Thursday | 3 July - 8 August
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

International Nuclear Energy Law

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 01-07-2024
Teaching end date: 09-08-2024
Session: Winter
Last assessment date: 06-09-2024
Intended teaching dates: 10am - 12pm | Wednesday & Friday | 3 July - 9 August
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.

Income Tax

Course convenor: 
Teaching start date: 01-07-2024
Teaching end date: 07-08-2024
Session: Winter
Last assessment date: 06-09-2024
Intended teaching dates: 4pm - 7pm | Wednesday | 3 July - 7 August
Course type: Elective
Study mode: Non Standard Session - Online
Textbook and reading requirements: 

For an overview of this course, learning outcomes, indicative assessment and workload requirements, please refer to Programs and Courses. The class summary will be published on Programs and Courses two weeks prior to the teaching start date.