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Master of in Law, Governance and Development

DURATION: 1 YEAR FULL-TIME | UP TO 5 YEARS PART-TIME

Law, Governance and Development focuses on the role that local, national and international systems of law and governance play in fostering social and economic development in developing and transitional countries.

Program overview Career options and opportunities Learn from ‘Good governance’, ‘rule of law’, ‘access to justice’ Bringing together theory and practice, the ANU Master leading experts and ‘structural reforms’ are currently high on the of Laws in Law, Governance and Development provides at a top 20 agenda of international development and aid agencies, timely, specialist knowledge to suit practitioners and governments, local non-governmental organisations and policy-makers working in international development, civil society activists in developing, post-conflict and whether in government, the private sector, NGOs and Open to law transitional States. NFPs, in or abroad. and non-law graduates The ANU Master of Laws in Law, Governance and Given the location and regional expertise of ANU, the Development examines the role of law in promoting social program is especially valuable for anyone working Part-time and and economic development, and offers a critical analysis (or seeking to establish or build their career) in law, online options of the reform agenda and its theoretical foundations. governance and development in the Asia-Pacific. available Through the program, students explore the role that local, national and international systems of law and governance Mode of delivery play in fostering social, economic and political change. The ANU LLM in Law, Governance and Development is Enquire now In addition to considering historical shifts and current taught intensively – with lectures clustered over 3–4 days trends – including those being seen in Asia and the and the remainder of the course undertaken online – Student Pacific – the program introduces students to a range of making it ideal if you live outside of Canberra, or need to Administration theoretical tools, and strengthens their ability to think balance postgraduate study with employment and other T +61 2 6125 0510 critically and creatively about the links between law, personal commitments. E pgadmin.law governance and development. @anu.edu.au Admission requirements Elective course options include: Completion of a or degree >> Comparative with a minimum average of at least 50%, or completion >> International Financial Institutions and Development of a non- and the ANU >> and United Nations of Law with a minimum average of at least 50%. Peace Operations >> Law and Development in the Contemporary South Pacific For information on additional elective courses, search ‘ANU LLM Timetable 2017’.

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