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

Master of Legal Studies

2 up to 4 Years

English

Full time, Part time

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Feb 2025

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On-Campus

* in AUD per 24cp session

Key Summary

    About: The Master of Legal Studies offers a comprehensive understanding of legal principles and their application. This program is ideal for professionals seeking to deepen their knowledge of legal frameworks without becoming practicing lawyers. Students will explore various aspects of law, including corporate, civil, and international law, preparing them for diverse roles in different sectors.
    Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue careers in law firms, corporations, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. Potential job titles include legal analyst, compliance officer, and policy advisor, leveraging their enhanced legal knowledge to support decision-making and navigate legal challenges.

Introduction

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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