Faculty of Law

Degree Programs

Masters Degrees

Duration: 2 semesters full-time (8 subjects)

Intakes: Each January, May & September

Entry Requirements:

The Master of Laws program is offered to students with an undergraduate qualification in law. Applicants would
normally be required to have at least a Credit or 70% average and/or extensive professional experience. Students from non-English speaking backgrounds must achieve an IELTS score of 7.0. The Master of Jurisprudence and Master of Business Law may be undertaken by students who have a non-law undergraduate degree, again with a Credit or 70% average and/or relevant professional experience. These courses can be completed in two semesters full-time (eight months). An undergraduate (LLB) student at Bond University can enrol for the Master of Laws degree during the last two semesters of the undergraduate program.

Undergraduate law students will only be admitted if they have achieved an average of 70% during the previous six
semesters of undergraduate study and their application is approved by the Dean of the Law Faculty.

Program Description:

Bond offers a range of Masters qualifications for both law and non-law graduates. These postgraduate
qualifications are suitable for both Australian and international students and can include advanced study in the following specialist areas:

Program Structure:

Students must complete 2 compulsory subjects:

• Introduction to Common Law *
• Advanced Legal Research and Writing

and six electives. Students undertaking a specialisation area must undertake at least 4 electives from that area. If appropriate supervision is available, students may elect to replace two elective subjects with a 20,000 word minor dissertation. It is also possible to complete the degree entirely via a 60,000 word major research thesis on an approved topic.

* Students who have completed Business Law or Australian Legal System are exempt from this subject.

Combined Degrees:

Combined degrees are encouraged and take between three and five semesters full-time to complete. A Law Masters can be combined with most other postgraduate awards. Popular combinations include Master of Business Law/MBA and Master of International Relations/Master of Laws (International Trade Law). Students
must meet admission requirements for both awards and need to complete a number of subjects from each
program.

Professional Outcomes:

For domestic students with a law background, the LLM provides a specialist postgraduate qualification for students intending to practice law in Australia. For international students it provides a wide range of international law, comparative law, IP and trade law, and dispute resolution subjects to broaden and internationalise an undergraduate law qualification. The MBL and MJuris provide opportunities for students from non-law or quasilegal
backgrounds to undertake a postgraduate law qualification that focuses on directly relevant areas of law.

Professional Recognition:

These awards are not professional degrees and do not qualify students to practice law in Australia.

Further Information:

  • Apply on-line
  • MBL and MJuris students without a law background are advised to undertake the introductory law subject Business Law and must meet subject pre-requisites.
  • These Masters degrees are all 100 CP and designed to be taken over two semesters (full-time), but may be completed over three full-time semesters.
  • Scholarships are available to Bond graduates with Honours degrees.
  • Students who achieve a percentage average of 85% for their Masters degree will be awarded their degree with High Distinction.
  • ^ Note that some classes in elective subjects are taught to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Where this occurs, the subject outline will detail the different classes, content and/or assessment requirements for the two groups.
  • A LLM (Legal Practice)is also available.