Juris Doctor
Unit outlines will be available through Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
Not all units of study listed are offered in a given year. Please refer to the latest Sydney Law School lecture timetable.
Students are advised that given the current pandemic context, it may be necessary, at very short notice, to change unit of study details, including mode of delivery and assessment. Students should check unit of study details provided in the unit outline at the start of each unit of study and continue to check for any changes throughout the semester.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Elective Units of Study |
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| Juris Doctor students must complete 42 credit points of elective units of study comprising: | |||
| (i) a maximum of 36 credit points of units of study from Part 1 Electives | |||
| (ii) a minimum of 6 credit points of units of study from Part 2 Jurisprudence Electives | |||
| (iii) no more than 24 credit points of master's level units of study in the Juris Doctor | |||
Part 1 - Elective Units of Study |
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| LAWS5103 Advanced Corporate Law |
6 | P LAWS5014 N LAWS5145 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5104 Advanced Criminal Law |
6 | P LAWS5004 N LAWS3404 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5109 Advanced Taxation Law |
6 | P LAWS5112 N LAWS3013 or LAWS3409 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5111 Anti-Discrimination Law |
6 | N LAWS3012 or LAWS3411 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5112 Australian Income Tax |
6 | N LAWS3047 or LAWS3412 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5113 Banking and Financial Instruments |
6 | P LAWSW5002 and LAWS5015 N LAWS3101 or LAWS3413 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5119 Competition Law |
6 | N LAWS3419 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5126 Criminology |
6 | N LAWS3020 or LAWS3426 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS5127 Death and Inheritance Law |
6 | N LAWS3427 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5128 Media Law: Defamation and Privacy |
6 | N LAWS3059 or LAWS3428 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS5130 Environmental Law |
6 | C LAWS5010 N LAWS3024 or LAWS3430 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5131 Law and Social Justice Clinic |
6 | N LAWS3025 or LAWS3431 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit is by special application. Enrolment is restricted to students in their final year of study. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5132 Family Law |
6 | N LAWS3026 or LAWS3432 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS5134 International Human Rights Law |
6 | P LAWS5005 N LAWS3034 or LAWS3434 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5135 Indigenous Peoples and Public Law |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS5137 International Commercial Arbitration |
6 | P LAWS5002 N LAWS3092 or LAWS3437 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5141 Introduction to Islamic Law |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| LAWS5143 Interpretation |
6 | P LAWS5002) and LAWS5007 N LAWS3443 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5144 Japanese Law |
6 | N LAWS3076 or LAWS3444 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5145 Insolvency Law |
6 | P LAWS5014 N LAWS3403 or LAWS5103 or LAWS3445 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5146 Labour Law |
6 | N LAWS3023 or LAWS3446 or LAWS6071 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5151 Media Law: Contempt and Open Justice |
6 | N LAWS3451 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5152 Medical Law |
6 | N LAWS3046 or LAWS3452 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS5157 Private International Law B |
6 | N LAWS3015 or LAWS3457 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5160 Roman Law |
6 | N LAWS3052 or LAWS3460 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5161 Public Interest Law Clinic |
6 | N LAWS3112 or LAWS3461 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application. Priority will be given to students in their final year of study. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5163 Sports Law |
6 | P LAWS5001 and LAWS5002 and LAWS5006 Interest in sport is not essential to doing this subject. The topics are largely universal in application. |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5165 Sydney Law Review |
6 | N LAWS3057 or LAWS3465 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by Departmental Permission. Applicants must have a minimum WAM of 70 and be in their final year of study. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5178 Development, Law and Human Rights |
6 | N LAWS3478 or LAWS6846 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5179 IP: Trade Marks and Patents |
6 | N LAWS3472 or LAWS3033 or LAWS3479 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5180 IP: Copyright and Designs |
6 | N LAWS3033 or LAWS3423 or LAWS3480 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS5183 War Law: Use of Force and Humanitarian Law |
6 | N LAWS3440 or LAWS3086 or LAWS3483 or LAWS6218 or LAWS6062 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS5184 Secured Transactions in Commercial Law |
6 | P LAWS5008 N LAWS3484 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5189 International Moot |
6 | P LAWS5005 N LAWS3035 or LAWS3093 or LAWS3489 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study will be by special application, and will be based on competitve selection in accordance with the rules of the individual competition. |
Intensive December Intensive February Semester 1 |
| LAWS5199 Migration, Refugees and Forced Migration |
6 | P LAWS5007 and LAWS5010 and LAWS5011 C LAWS5010 or LAWS5005 N LAWS3045 or LAWS3458 or LAWS5158 or LAWS3453 or LAWS5153 or LAWS3499 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5202 Advanced Trusts |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| LAWS5208 Industry and Community Engagement |
6 | A Students are expected to have completed all core units with the exception of Private International Law A. N INDP3000 Enrolment in this unit of study is only available to JD and LLB students in their final two years of study. |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS5211 Indigenous Engagement |
6 | A Required knowledge will vary by project. N FASS3500 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS5214 Race and the Law |
6 | N LAWS3514 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5215 Citizenship and Nationality Law |
6 | P LAWS5005, LAWS5007 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5219 The Criminal Trial |
6 | P LAWS1014 and LAWS1016 C LAWS2016 N LAWS3519 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5220 Psychology and Law |
6 | N LAWS3520 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS5221 Law of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment |
6 | P LAWS5001 and LAWS5002 and LAWS5006 and LAWS5008 C LAWS5015 N LAWS3521 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS5344 Law International Exchange Electives |
24 | N LAWS3044 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Available to outbound exchange students only. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS5360 Independent Research Project |
6 | N LAWS3031 or LAWS3115 or LAWS3030 or LAWS3260 or LAWS5315 or LAWS5330 or LAWS5331 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolment in this unit of study is by special application and is restricted to students in their final year of study who meet the relevant academic criteria. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| LAWS5368 Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems |
6 | N LAWS3014 or LAWS3068 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Part 1 - Master's Level Electives |
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| LAWS6032 Crime Research and Policy |
6 |
Core unit for MCrim and GradDipCrim students. Elective unit for GradDipCrim students who commenced on or after 1 Jan 2019. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6047 Law of the Sea |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6052 Govt Regulation, Health Policy and Ethics |
6 |
MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6054 Health Care and Professional Liability |
6 |
Core unit for GradDipHL students. MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6061 International Environmental Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6063 World Trade Organization Law I |
6 | A limited knowledge of law of treaties N LAWS3439 or LAWS5139 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6065 Pollution, Corporate Liability and Govern |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive June |
| LAWS6066 Discretion in Criminal Justice |
6 |
Academic Profile https://www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6091 Chinese International Taxation |
6 | A It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have successfully completed an undergraduate/postgraduate unit of study in tax law. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive June |
| LAWS6096 Work Health and Safety: Law and Policy |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree and LAWS6071 (MLLR students) Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6128 Comparative International Taxation |
6 | A It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have successfully completed an undergraduate/postgraduate unit of study in tax law. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive November |
| LAWS6141 Asia Pacific Environmental Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6165 Biodiversity Law and Heritage Law |
6 | Intensive May |
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| LAWS6177 Tax Treaties |
6 | A It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have an understanding of Australian income taxation law commensurate with that which would be obtained from completing undergraduate study in Australian taxation law or five years working with Australian tax law in a law or accounting practice in an industry role or in the Australian Taxation Office. For students who do not have such knowledge or work experience they first should undertake LAWS6825 Introduction to Australian Business Tax before enrolling in this unit. The completion of LAWS6209 Australian International Taxation will provide students; without such knowledge or work experience; with additional knowledge and skills that will assist in successfully completing this unit. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6193 Criminal Justice: Prevention and Control |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Session 1 Early Census |
| LAWS6195 Immigration and Labour Law |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree and LAWS6071 (MLLR students only) Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive November |
| LAWS6214 Goods and Services Tax Principles A |
6 | A It is assumed that students undertaking this unit have an understanding of Australian income taxation law commensurate with that which would be obtained from completing undergraduate study in Australian taxation law or five years working with Australian tax law in a law or accounting practice in an industry role or in the Australian Taxation Office. For students who do not have such knowledge or work experience they first should undertake LAWS6825 Introduction to Australian Business Tax before enrolling in this unit. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6222 Corporate Governance |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6307 Class Action Litigation in Australia |
6 | N LAWS6230 or LAWS6869 Mr Jason Betts |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6320 Climate Justice and Disaster Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6343 International Law and Technology |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive November |
| LAWS6344 Work, Care and Gender |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Session 1 Early Census |
| LAWS6345 Principles of Financial Regulation |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6350 Criminal Law: History and Theory |
6 | A LAWS6034 Gender Violence and the Criminal Law, undergraduate criminal law or permission given by Unit Coordinator Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6352 Mergers and Acquisitions in Asia |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6355 Energy and Water Security Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive November |
| LAWS6356 Critical Victimology |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive November |
| LAWS6357 The Statutory Foundations of Negligence |
6 | A undergraduate law degree Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6358 Digital Criminology: Tech and Crime |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6360 Project Finance Fundamentals |
6 | A Students who do not hold a law degree must have completed LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before enrolling in this unit. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6361 Advanced Insolvency Law |
6 | A This unit is available to students who have completed LAWS5014 Corporations Law, LAWS6159 Insolvency Law or equivalent unit. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS6816 Labour Law in the Global Economy |
6 | A LAWS6252 or a law degree and LAWS6071 Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-visitors.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6839 Critical Issues in Public Health Law |
6 |
MHL students may select this unit as one of the three core units required in addition to LAWS6252 or LAWS6881. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6862 Hate Crime |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Semester 1a |
| LAWS6865 International Dispute Resolution |
6 | N LAWS6202 Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |
| LAWS6877 Mental Illness: Law and Policy |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people.html. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6888 Risk, Fear and Insecurity |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive September |
| LAWS6889 Death Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive June |
| LAWS6916 International Investment Law |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive May |
| LAWS6931 Dispute Resolution in Asia |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Session 1 Early Census |
| LAWS6932 Law and Investment in Asia |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive October |
| LAWS6933 Global Oil and Gas Contracts and Issues |
6 |
Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive June |
| LAWS6997 Cross-Border Deals |
6 | A Available to law graduates only. Students undertaking this unit must have a good working knowledge of the Australian Corporations Act and the rules and practices applicable to securities offerings and takeovers or the equivalent in their home jurisdiction. Academic Profile https://sydney.edu.au/law/about/people/list.php. The unit is also available on a Continuing Professional Development basis https://sydney.edu.au/law/study-law/continuing-professional-development.html |
Intensive April |