Master of International Law (MIL) & Graduate Diploma in International Law (GradDipIntLaw)

This program builds on the reputation of the Sydney Law School in international law, and its capacity to deliver superior quality postgraduate coursework programs. The international law program is designed to appeal to both local and international students who wish to obtain a specialist qualification in international law. This is consistent with the growing perception that knowledge of international law is important to graduates from a non-law background wishing to work in certain areas of the public service and for non-government organisations.

Program Co-ordinator

Dr Jacqueline Mowbray (Students A-L)

Associate Professor Chester Brown (Students M-Z)

Admission requirements

Applicants are required to hold a relevant undergraduate degree (or equivalent qualification) at an appropriate level. Non-lawyers are eligible to apply for admission if they have an undergraduate degree relevant to international, legal or business studies.

Program structure

Studies in International Law can be taken as one or more single units of study, or eight units of study leading to a Master of International Law (MIL) degree. The Masters program requires 48 credit points for completion. The Graduate Diploma requires the completion of 24 credit points. Each unit of study is equivalent to six credit points.

Program attendance

Each law unit of study entails 26 contact hours. Law units are offered on a semester length basis or intensive basis. Semester length units are taught once a week over 13 weeks on either a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evening between 6pm and 8pm. Intensive units of study condense the 26 hours over a period of four to five days. The units are then taught between 9am and 5pm over a block period. For example, an intensive unit may be taught two consecutive days one week and then two consecutive days in a fortnight's time. All classes are held in the Law School or another Sydney CBD location.

Duration

Mode
Timeframe
Full-time 1-3 years
Part-time 2-6 years

Units of study

For 2009 Units of study list, please visit Units of study 2009 by alphabetical order.

Compulsory units of study 2010
International Law and Australian Institutions

Public International Law

Candidates must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in this unit prior to undertaking other law units of study

Master's candidates must undertake one approved 6 credit point elective unit of study offered by the Department of Government and International Relations (see below)

Core units of study 2010
International Business Law
International Commercial Arbitration
International Dispute Resolution: Practice and Procedure
International Dispute Resolution: Principles
International Environmental Law
International Human Rights
International Humanitarian Law
International Law and the Use of Armed Force
Law of the Sea
Refugee Law
World Trade Organization (WTO) Law I
Elective units of study 2010
Anti-Terrorism Law
Aspects of European Union Commercial Law
Australian International Taxation
Carbon Trading, Derivatives and Taxation
Chinese International Taxation
Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems
Comparative Admiralty and Maritime Law
Comparative Commercial Contracts
Comparative Corporate Governance
Comparative Corporate Taxation
Comparative Income Taxation
Comparative International Taxation
Comparative Taxation of Financial Transaction
Comparative Value Added Tax
Consumer Contracts and Product Defects
Doing Business in China
Energy and Climate Law
European Human Rights Law
European Private International Law
Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues
Genetically Modified Organisms & Environmental Law
Human Rights and the Global Economy
Interaction of Tort and Contracts
International Human Rights Advocacy
International Import/Export Laws
International Insolvency Law
International Investment Law
International Mergers and Acquisitions
Japanese Law
Japanese Law and the Economy
Law and Investment in Asia
Law and Society in Indonesia
Legal Reasoning & the Common Law System
Manipulation and Abuse in Global Securities Markets
Netherlands International Tax
Principles of US Taxation
Private International Law
Sustainable Development Law in China
Tax Treaties
Tax Treaties Special Issues
The Legal System of the European Union
The State and Global Governance
Transfer Pricing in International Tax
Transnational Commercial Litigation
UK International Taxation
US International Taxation
World Trade Organization (WTO) Law II
2010 elective units of study offered by the Department of Government and International Relations
Asia Pacific Politics
Australia in Diplomacy, Defence & Trade
Civil-Military Relations
Democracy and Development in SE Asia
Disease and Security
Ethics, Law and War
Foundations of International Relations
Genocide in Global Perspective
Globalisation and Governance
Globalism, Internationalism and the UN
Human Rights and the Environment
Human Security
International Organisations
International Policy Making
International Politics of Human Rights
International Public Management
International Security
Middle East Conflict and Security
New Security Challenges
Politics of the World Economy
Population and Security
Special Topic in International Security
Statebuilding and Fragile States
Strategy & Security in the Asia-Pacific
Terrorism in the Asia-Pacific Region

International Law Research Project

Candidates for the Master of International Law (MIL) may complete the optional unit of study, International Law Research Project. This unit is worth 12 credit points, the equivalent of two units of study. Candidates generally undertake the unit over two semesters or one year. Students can complete a paper of 20,000 words on a topic approved by the Program Co-ordinator for International Law.
MIL Research Project

Staff

The Sydney Law School has a long history of research and scholarship in international law. A number of prominent international lawyers have taught at the Faculty and the Challis Chair of International Law demonstrates the commitment of the Faculty to both teaching and scholarship in the area. For further information, please refer to the Our People section of the website.