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The University of Sydney sydney.edu.ausydney.edu.au/law ContactContact us us sydney.edu.au/ask UndergraduateLaw guide 2018 1800 SYDsydney.edu.au/ask UNI (1800 793 864) Undergraduate and +61 2 86271800 1444 SYD (outside UNI Australia) The University of Sydney Law School postgraduate guide 2019 1800 793 864 We are ranked 1st in Australia and 4th in the world for graduate employability*. Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) is a globally recognised certification overseeing all fibre sourcing Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) is a globally recognised certification overseeing all fibre sourcing standards. This provides guarantees for the consumer that products are made of woodchips from well-managed forests and other controlled sources with strict environmental, economical social standards. * QS Graduate Employability Rankings, 2018 Law Undergraduate and postgraduate guide 2019 Join us Careers Law at the Your path to legal practice ....24 University of Sydney .................. 2 Career support ........................ 25 Your study options ....................4 Meet our staff ............................. 5 Postgraduate Where will postgraduate Undergraduate study lead you? ....................... 26 The Sydney Undergraduate Plan your career ...................... 27 Experience ......................... ........ 6 Postgraduate study at Dalyell Scholars Program ......... 8 Sydney Law School ................ 28 Bachelor of Laws (LLB) .............9 Master of Laws (LLM) ............ 30 Combined degrees ................. 10 Master of Business Law ......... 34 Arts/Law .................................... 11 Master of Taxation .................. 35 Commerce/Law .. .....................12 Master of International Law ..36 Economics/Law ....................... 13 Master of Health Law .............. 37 Engineering Honours/Law ..... 14 Master of Science/Law ..............................15 Environmental Law ................. 38 Inside view .................................16 Master of Administrative Law and Policy ........................ 39 Juris Doctor Master of Criminology ........... 40 Master of Jurisprudence ....... 41 Juris Doctor (JD) ..................... 17 Master of Labour Law Juris Doctor structure ........... 18 and Relations ........................... 42 Inside view ................................ 19 Continuing professional development ........................... 43 Experiential opportunities Research Make a difference – Research .................................. 44 social justice in action ........... 20 Centres and institutes ........... 46 We acknowledge the tradition Exchange opportunities ��������� 21 of custodianship and law of the Offshore opportunities ......... 22 Next steps Country on which the University of Pathways to Oxford Sydney campuses stand. We pay our and Cambridge ....................... 23 How to apply ............................ 47 respects to those who have cared Scholarships ����������������������������� 52 and continue to care for Country. Important dates ..................... 53 – LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY sydney.edu.au/law – The University of Sydney Law School is one of the world’s leading law schools, ranked 14th in the world in the 2018 QS World University Rankings. We have more than 160 years experience as a legal educator. Outstanding scholarship International engagement The University of Sydney is an innovator in the We are part of a highly regarded group of legal world. You will be taught by staff who law schools that includes Harvard in the are acclaimed legal educators, renowned United States, Oxford and Cambridge in the The University of Sydney researchers and respected practitioners. UK, and Peking and Tsinghua in China. You We also welcome prominent international will have an invaluable opportunity to gain scholars and leaders, including those from international experience and apply the skills the judiciary and government. and knowledge you learn at Sydney to an international career. Page 2 Our exchange program includes events, sports, and initiatives that Purpose-built facilities partnerships with law schools inspire you to see the law as an Our instantly recognisable building across North America, Europe and instrument for social change. As a on the Camperdown Campus is Asia, while our offshore program, Sydney Law School student you’ll just 10 minutes from the centre of Join us which is open to students at all automatically be part of SULS, the city. It offers superior teaching levels of study, offers you the giving you the opportunity to make facilities and a dedicated moot chance to select from one of lifelong friends and develop a court, along with mediation and Australia’s most comprehensive strong professional network. library facilities that are among the collections of overseas intensive best in the world. units of study in law. Alumni impact As a graduate of Sydney Law We also have teaching spaces Student society School, you will be ready to build in Castlereagh Street in the city The student-led Sydney University a career in a wide range of fields, for postgraduate studies in law. Law Society (SULS) organises a both within and outside the legal These facilities include four range of activities, including social profession. Our alumni can be teaching rooms, meeting rooms, a events, study support, mooting found in legal and non-legal roles lounge for networking and other and skills competitions, careers around the world. Join the only events, and flexible learning spaces Australian law school to produce for students. six prime ministers; the first Australian law school to admit Scholarships women; and the legal educator of Sydney Law School offers a number three of the nation’s five female of generous scholarships designed High Court judges. to recognise potential, assist those in need, reward high achievement and support future success. See page 52 for details. Sydney Law School Page 3 – YOUR STUDY OPTIONS – Whether you wish to become a lawyer, expand your legal knowledge or you are a non-law professional who needs some legal expertise, our programs will meet your needs. From an undergraduate Combined Law program to the postgraduate Juris Doctor and our master's degrees, we deliver depth, breadth, and a world-class legal education. sydney.edu.au/law Bachelor of Laws (LLB) Master of Laws (LLM) Individual units of study Ideal for high school leavers, our Our flagship Master of Laws Postgraduate students can choose Bachelor of Laws program provides provides lawyers with expert, individual units of study in specialist a first-class legal education for in-depth, specialist legal areas. We offer you the flexibility to a successful career in a dynamic knowledge. You can select all units complete these in intensive mode global environment. You will study of study in one area of expertise or or throughout the semester, and for this degree in combination with combine various fields of study. they can be credited towards a another degree in arts, commerce, degree in the future. economics, engineering or science. Juris Doctor (JD) Specialist master’s degrees Research degrees Our Juris Doctor is a graduate- Specialist master’s degrees Our postgraduate research entry professional law degree that and graduate diplomas offer degrees equip you for a career provides a pathway into the legal opportunities for both lawyers in advanced research, policy profession for people who already and non-lawyers to gain or extend development, public service, have a degree in another discipline. their knowledge in an area of the tertiary teaching or professional law of their choosing. We offer leadership. Work alongside some With full-time or part-time study specialist coursework degrees in of the world’s brightest and most options, you'll gain the academic Administrative Law, Business Law, accomplished academics. The University of Sydney knowledge and skills for admission Criminology, Environmental Law, to practise law in Australia. Health Law, International Law, Jurisprudence, Labour Law and Taxation Law for those with or without a legal background. Page 4 – MEET OUR STAFF – Our staff are acclaimed legal educators, world-renowned researchers and widely respected practitioners. We also attract visits from international scholars and leaders in the judiciary and government. Here are just a few of our staff. For a complete list, please visit: − sydney.edu.au/law/about/staff/academic.shtml Join us Belinda Reeve’s research focuses on public Ben Saul is a barrister and public international health law, including intersections between law expert, focusing on human rights issues, law, regulation, and non-communicable disease terrorism and armed conflict. Ben has taught prevention. She co-founded the Food Governance at the Oxford Law Faculty and Oxford Refugee node at the Charles Perkins Centre, involving Studies Centre, and in the Hague, China, India, cross-disciplinary research into Nepal, Cambodia and Italy. improving nutrition. Professor Ben Saul Dr Belinda Reeve Professor of International Law Senior Lecturer Peter Gerangelos specialises in constitutional law Rita Shackel’s extensive experience includes Sydney Law School and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. the NSW Cabinet Office, the NSW Office of In 2017 he received a Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Youth Affairs and the Australian Law Reform Award for Outstanding Teaching. He was Commission. She undertook research for the Royal previously the Principal Solicitor in the Office of Commission into Responses to Institutional Child the Australian