The UNSW Master of Laws (LLM) is a one-year full-time postgraduate degree that offers you the opportunity to develop an advanced and contemporary understanding of one or more areas of legal study, acquire further expertise and enhance your career prospects.

Key features:

• Learn up-to-date knowledge and skills. We review our LLM program continuously to ensure the curriculum is tailored to meet the industry's evolving needs and offers the latest legal education innovations.
• Specialise in one of our eight specialisation areas or generalise to undertake a broad range of courses across our areas of expertise.
• Benefit from flexible course delivery, with a combination of intensive or weekly classes (including evenings) and a mix of online or in class, to suit various learning preferences and help you balance work and family commitments.
• Optional overseas electives at the University of Oxford.
• Choose from a range of cross-disciplinary electives across UNSW’s faculties, including Business, Medicine, Science, Engineering and Arts, Design & Architecture.
• Learn from, network and engage with a diverse cohort of students and teachers with interdisciplinary perspectives in their fields.

COURSE STRCTURE:

You can complete the UNSW Master of Laws (LLM) in one year of full-time study or part-time across four or more terms. You’ll choose from eight specialisation areas or complete a generalist program and choose a combination of courses from any of our specialisations. To be awarded an LLM with a specialisation, you must complete at least four courses in your chosen field.

Students can also choose to study up to two elective courses from the Master of Science in Taxation (MSc Tax) at the University of Oxford, subject to faculty approval. For those students who have elected to study Corporate, Commercial and Taxation Law, these courses may contribute to this specialisation

In this degree, you’ll study eight courses (48 units of credit), including the option to undertake:

• foundation courses, if required
• a specialisation made up of a four-course sequence or a generalist program
• cross-disciplinary electives from across UNSW’s faculties
• a substantial independent legal research project.

If you choose to complete a specialisation (made up of a major sequence of four courses), you’ll receive the name of the specialisation in parentheses after 'Master of Laws' on your testamur.

Leading academics and industry professionals will teach your courses in various formats throughout the UNSW academic calendar's three terms. Some of your classes will run for three hours per week over a teaching term, while in others, courses may arrange the class hours more intensively to allow you to focus entirely on your research project. Courses are offered either online or involve in-person classes. Depending on what courses you choose, it may be possible to complete your LLM fully online.

To help you plan your timetable, you can view the 2023 Postgraduate course offerings for the UNSW Master of Laws as well as the 2024 Postgraduate course offerings. 

You'll graduate with advanced, integrated and up-to-date legal knowledge that you can apply to a broad range of law and non-law career opportunities.

Law graduates will find this program appealing as it allows them to acquire a new field of legal knowledge for a career change, career advancement or professional development. For non-law graduates, the acquired legal knowledge and skills will help them understand how the law works in their industry.

To be eligible for the Master of Laws by Coursework, you must have any of the following: a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Honours) degree with a credit average from UNSW Sydney or a qualification c

IELTS: 7.0 overall (min. 6.0 in each subtest)

TOEFL IBT (Internet Based): 94 overall (min. 25 in writing, 23 in reading, listening and speaking)

Pearson (PTE - Academic): 65 overall (min. 54 in each subtest)

C1 Advanced Cambridge: 185 overall (min. 169 in each subtest)

C2 Proficiency Cambridge: 185 overall (min. 180 in each subtest)

UNSW Global University English Entry Course (UEEC): Successful completion with a minimum overall grade of B and a minimum grade of C in the writing component.