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University of Technology Sydney Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies
University of Technology Sydney

University of Technology Sydney

Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies

Botany, Australia

Diploma

1 up to

2 years

English

Full time, Part time

Jul 2025

On-Campus

Key Summary

    About : The Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies provides an accessible entry into legal education for individuals interested in legal concepts. This program helps develop a solid understanding of essential legal principles and their application in various contexts. Students engage with core legal subjects, enhancing their analytical and critical thinking skills over the course duration.
    Career Outcomes : Graduates can pursue careers in law-related fields such as legal research, paralegal work, compliance, and human resources. This diploma also serves as a foundation for those considering further legal studies or law degrees, opening up additional professional pathways.

Course content includes ethics, criminal and tort law. Students can also use their elective choices to build specialist legal expertise in areas such as compliance and intellectual property law.

This course particularly benefits accountants and auditors, business development managers, compliance managers, engineers and architects, financial advisers and planners, IT professionals, law enforcement officers, paralegals, policy officers in the public, private and non-profit sectors, property developers and public sector managers and administrators (especially those who work in Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Attorney-General's Department and Treasury).