Administration

Important Information for 2009

Forms: download commonly used administration forms

Administration topics:

• Academic Conduct Reports
• Academic Interactive Resources portal (AIRport) 
• Alloc8
• Assessment Dates for Semester 2, 2009
• Assessment Rules and Guidelines (including Special Consideration and Extensions)
• Complementary Course Enrolments
• Computers and Computing Facilities
• Contact Officers
• Course Materials
• Course Objectives
• Course Planning Information
• Credit
• Exchange  
• Forms
• Graduation Requirements
• Honours LLB
• Leave of Absence (LOA) 
• Newsletters
• Overloading and Workload Limits 
• SIS (Student Information System)
• Special Consideration 
• Student Administration
• Subject Pages
• Subject Selection
• Summer Semester
• Timetables

 

 

Complementary Course Enrolments

Complementary course enrolments are available to students who are enrolled in a degree course at one university, who apply to enrol in specific subjects at another university, usually for the purposes of credit towards their degree.

Complementary course enrolments are available for both University of Melbourne students wishing to study specific subjects at another university and for students from other universities wishing to study specific subjects at the University of Melbourne.

There is a complementary course application form available from the Melbourne Law School Student Centre or you may phone (03) 8344 4475 or email law-studentcentre@unimelb.edu.au to request an application form. Applications must be submitted prior to the commencement of the relevant semester.

Alternately, you can download an electronic version of this form, by selecting from the following:

University of Melbourne LLB students wishing to study specific subjects at another university	Download form (pdf format)	Closing Dates: Summer 2009: 5 December 2008 Semester 1, 2009: 9 February 2009 Semester 2, 2009: 26 June 2009
Students from other universities wishing to study specific subjects at the University of Melbourne	Download form (pdf format)	Closing Dates: Summer 2009: 5 December 2008 Semester 1, 2009: 9 February 2009 Semester 2, 2009: 26 June 2009

 

 

Contact Officers

Melbourne Law School has a number of Contact Officers appointed to help deal with student concerns. In addition to the Academic Liaison Officers, there is a Mental Health and Disability Contact Officer located in the Melbourne Law School Student Centre. Students with concerns about mental health or disability issues as they relate to enrolment and assessment in the undergraduate program should contact the Melbourne Law School Student Centre on +61 3 8344 4475 and speak to a contact officer for advice and/or referral. Students with academic concerns should contact the Academic Disability Equal Opportunity Liaison Officer.

Equal Opportunity Liaison Officers 

 

Course Materials (Semester 2, 2009)

 

 

Course Objectives

The Bachelor of Laws course aims to ensure that graduates:

• understand, and can identify, use, and evaluate rules, concepts, and principles of law, their derivation, and the various theories that attempt to systematise them;
• have acquired the techniques of legal reasoning and argument, in oral and written form;
• understand the institutions of the law, and their social, economic and political context;
• have learnt to find the law, to carry out independent research and analysis, and to think creatively about legal problems;
• have a continuing interest in law and obtain satisfaction from its study and practice;
• develop a critical interest in the reform of the law;
• can appreciate the responsibilities of lawyers to the courts, the legal profession, the community and individuals within it; and
• are committed to promote justice.

 

 

Credit

Credit for studies already completed at tertiary level may only be granted if previous studies are comparable in content and equivalent in standard. The Law School may grant credit of up to 150 Law points for law studies completed at another tertiary institution (this is equivalent to half the required 300 law points). Specified credit is awarded for the completion of studies that are considered equivalent to a subject(s) offered by the Faculty. Unspecified credit is awarded, in certain circumstances only, for the completion of studies for which there is no specific equivalent subject offered by the Faculty. Credit may also be granted for any non-Law studies previously undertaken. A candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Laws who holds a degree from a recognised tertiary institution, but not in the study of law may be exempted from the requirement of obtaining 100 non-law points. Details of the application procedure may be obtained from the Melbourne Law School Student Centre.

1. No candidate may in any year enrol in, or receive credit for any subjects, unless the proposed enrolment has been approved by the Faculty. Any subsequent alteration in  the enrolment during that year must also be approved by the Faculty. Credit will not usually be granted for any complete or incomplete studies undertaken 10 or more years prior to admission to the degree.
2. The subject Torts and Process of Law and the subjects History and Philosophy of Law I and II are prerequisites for all law subjects. In the case of those students who are permitted to take the subjects 730-260 Criminal Law and Procedure and, 730-301 Constitutional and Administrative Law in first year, the first mentioned subjects are co-requisites.
3. The Faculty shall not approve the enrolment of a candidate in any subject which is, in the opinion of the Faculty, substantially similar to another subject for which the  candidate has been granted credit.
4. A person who has been a candidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws and
   (a) has been absent for a continuous period of not less than five years; or
   (b) has been suspended from the course and has not been re-admitted within a period of five years from that suspension; shall not retain credit for any subject of the course, unless the Faculty decides otherwise.
5. (i) The faculty may, in accordance with the powers granted by Statute 11 of the University, grant such credit as it thinks fit to a candidate who enrols in the course for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws and who has passed subjects in another institution which in the opinion of the faculty, are equivalent to subjects prescribed in the course for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws; provided that no candidate may be granted credit for more than 150 law points in an LLB course; and provided that credit transfers shall be granted in accordance with the guidelines approved by the faculty from time to time for that purpose.
   
   (ii) Students undertaking any concurrent Diploma will not be granted credit towards the 100 points non-Law component of the degree of Bachelor of Laws.
   
   (iii) Any LLB student who participates in an approved exchange program, and successfully completes subjects offered as part of the exchange institution's LLB curriculum, will be given appropriate credit towards his/her University of Melbourne LLB degree.

 

 

Leave of Absence (LOA)

Leave of Absence application forms are available from the Melbourne Law School Student Centre or can be downloaded here.

The Faculty has resolved that:

• Students who wish to take a break from their studies for any reason must make a formal application for Leave of Absence by completing an application online through the SIS or submitting an Application for Leave of Absence to the Student Centre in the Melbourne Law School. 
  
  It is not sufficient to simply absent yourself from classes or withdraw from all your subjects.  If you do this without having leave approved by the Faculty you risk failures, fees and other charges and, ultimately, cancellation of your enrolment by the University. 
  
  Taking Leave of Absence from your Law course is subject to the following guidelines:
  
  
  • Leave of Absence for Law students may be granted at the discretion of the Melbourne Law School.
  • Approval of leave may be restricted depending on the compulsory Law subjects a student would normally be required to do during the period for which they have sought leave. 
  • Students will not normally be permitted to take more than two semesters of Leave of Absence for any reason.  
  • International students taking Leave of Absence from their course must depart Australia within two weeks from the date when the leave was granted.  The university of Melbourne must report variations of student enrolment details to the Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA).  Students are advices to report their Leave of Absence to the DIMIA Office before leaving Melbourne to reduce the possibility of their student visa being cancelled while they are on leave.
  • Students who fail to re-enrol prior to the end date of their leave will have their enrolment automatically terminated. A reinstatement fee will be levied. If you do not intend to return to study you must submit a discontinuation form.

If you have any queries about taking a break from your studies or any other matters relating to course planning please make an appointment to speak with a student adviser in the Student Centre on the Mezzanine Level of the Melbourne Law School (Tel: +61 3 8344 4475 or email law-studentcentre@unimelb.edu.au).

• An alternative pathway into Law for Australian students who are completing their final year of schooling in Australia in 2006 and do not intend to study at UM until 2008 has been developed.  If a student is offered a place in Law or a Law double degree for 2007 and is unable to enrol in 2007 they are eligible for the following:
  
  The student will be given a reserved place in 2008 in the corresponding undergraduate or where applicable new generation program.  Single degree Law applicants will be required to nominate which alternative undergraduate program they wish to study in 2008 and will be offered a place if they meet entry standards and other specific course requirements. Students will be offered an undergraduate program with the fee type that corresponds to the Law/ Double degree Law offer. Details of the process to request this option after offers are made in January will be detailed on http://www.unimelb.edu.au/admissions/index.html in October 2006.
  
  In addition these students are eligible for the following guaranteed pathway to the JD:
   
  JD CSP pathway:
  An Australian school leaver with an ENTER or equivalent of at least 99.9 will be offered a guaranteed pathway to the JD if they enrol in an undergraduate program at Melbourne and have an H2A average in the undergraduate program. 
   
  JD Australian Fee pathway:
  An Australian school leaver with an ENTER or equivalent of at least 99.00 will be offered a guaranteed pathway to the JD if they enrol in an undergraduate program at Melbourne and have an H2A average in the undergraduate program. 
   
  Applications for the Juris Doctor through this pathway are made in the final year of the undergraduate program.
   

 

Summer Semester

A number of subjects will be offered in January and February each year. These subjects are taught intensively over a one or two week period. Summer subjects may be taken as part of the LLB degree. It is strongly recommended that students have completed a minimum of the four compulsory subjects before undertaking summer subjects. Where the subjects are not taken as part of the LLB degree, a Community Access Program fee will be payable in respect of each subject taken.