Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law
What you’ll study
You will acquire a strong legal education and be well prepared for practice in the profession should you choose that career path.
You will develop:
- critical thinking skills,
- the capacity for deep, evidence-based analysis and problem solving, and
- a thorough grounding in professional ethics.
You will complete 24 credit points, equivalent to four units of study. There is one compulsory unit of study, Environmental Law & Policy and students without a law degree must also complete the unit, Legal Reasoning & the Common Law System. You are then able to choose from a wide range of relevant electives on offer.
Fees
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Admission criteria
1
Qualifications
Mandatory for course entry
Admission to candidature for this course requires:
- a bachelor's degree from the University of Sydney; or an equivalent qualification
2
Prerequisites
Students who do not hold a law degree or equivalent from a common law jurisdiction must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in LAWS6825 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System prior to undertaking other law units of study.
3
English language requirements
Mandatory for course entry
You may need to provide evidence of your English proficiency to study with us. Find out which requirements are applicable to you below:
How to apply
Submit application
Submit an application through our portal.
Closing dates
Semester 1
31 January of the commencing year.
Semester 2
15 July of the commencing year.
