University of Technology Sydney Master of Legal Studies
University of Technology Sydney

University of Technology Sydney

Master of Legal Studies

  • Sydney, Australia
  • Moore Park, Australia

MLS

2 up to

4 years

English

Full time, Part time

Feb 2026

On-Campus

Key Summary

    About : The Master of Legal Studies (MLS) program provides a comprehensive understanding of legal concepts for non-lawyers. It covers topics such as contracts, ethics, and intellectual property while equipping students with critical thinking and analytical skills. The program is designed to accommodate various professional backgrounds and can typically be completed in a flexible schedule format.
    Career Outcomes : Graduates can pursue various career opportunities, including roles in compliance, human resources, real estate, and project management. The training in legal principles prepares students for positions that require a solid grasp of legal issues within their specific fields. This degree can also enhance career progression for professionals aiming for roles with legal nuances.

Students come from a wide variety of professional backgrounds, such as insurance, human resources, banking, finance and education, and work in roles where knowledge of the legal landscape is critical to their work. Course content includes criminal, ethics, contract, tort and constitutional law. Students can also use their elective choices to build specialist legal expertise in areas such as compliance and intellectual property law.

The program 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, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, the Attorney-General's Department and Treasury).

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