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Monash University Calendar
Regulations
Graduate and Postgraduate Diploma
1. Diplomas
1.1 The following diplomas may be undertaken in the faculty pursuant
to these regulations -
- Graduate Diploma in Law
- Graduate Diploma in Regulatory Studies
- Graduate Diploma in Trade Mark Law and Practice
- Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Skills and Ethics.
1.2 The Graduate Diploma in Law may be undertaken in a specialty listed
in the schedule and the title of the graduate diploma where so undertaken
includes the name of the specialty in brackets.
2. Interpretations
In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears -
'candidate' means a candidate for the graduate or the postgraduate diploma;
'course of study' means the course of study for the graduate or the postgraduate
diploma, determined by or under these regulations;
'diploma' means a diploma listed in subsection 1.1
and ‘graduate diploma’ and ‘postgraduate diploma’ respectively
have corresponding meanings;
'faculty' means the Faculty of Law;
'faculty board' means the faculty board of the faculty;
'faculty information handout' means the faculty handbook or such other
publication concerning a course of study, whether bound or loose leaf
or online or in other electronic form, as the faculty board determines
from time to time;
'specialty' means a specialty listed in the schedule.
3. Admission to candidature
3.1 The faculty board may admit to candidature for the postgraduate
diploma an applicant who has -
3.1.1. qualified in the faculty for the degree of Bachelor of Laws, or
has other qualifications which the faculty board is satisfied are equivalent;
and
3.1.2 satisfactorily completed the units required by the Victorian Council
of Legal Education for admission to practise in Victoria.
3.2 The faculty board may admit to candidature for the graduate diploma,
an applicant who has -
3.2.1 qualified for a degree in the university or in
another educational institution approved for the purpose by the faculty
board; or
3.2.2 other qualifications and experience which the
faculty board is satisfied are equivalent or a satisfactory substitute
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provided that the faculty board is satisfied the applicant's degree or
qualifications and experience constitute suitable preparation for the
proposed course of study.
4. Preliminary candidature
4.1 An applicant for admission to candidature for a graduate diploma
may, at the discretion of the faculty board, be admitted as a preliminary
candidate.
4.2 The faculty board may specify units in the course of study concerned
that must be undertaken by a preliminary candidate.
4.3 A preliminary candidate who -
4.3.1 satisfactorily completes the specified units may continue as a
confirmed candidate with credit for the units completed; or
4.3.2 fails to satisfactorily complete the specified units must withdraw
from candidature unless the faculty board in circumstances it deems exceptional
otherwise determines.
5. Course of study
5.1 A course of study comprises units determined by the faculty board
under this section.
5.2 The faculty board may from time to time determine the units requirements
of a course of study and in relation to the these requirements may determine
any matter or thing, including but not limited to -
5.2.1 sequence, content and duration;
5.2.2 attendance and participation;
5.2.3 credit points;
5.2.4 assessment; and
5.2.5 satisfactory completion.
5.3 Before determining the units for the postgraduate diploma, the faculty
board must consult with the Victorian Council of Legal Education.
5.4 The faculty board may determine particular requirements in relation
to a course of study undertaken in a specialty.
5.5 The faculty board must cause a determination under this section to
be published in a faculty information handout.
6. Credit
6.1 The faculty board may grant credit to a graduate diploma candidate
for -
6.1.1 one or more degree units satisfactorily completed in the faculty,
to a maximum of 50% of the work in the candidate's course of study ;
and
6.1.2 up to two units satisfactorily completed in another faculty of
the university or in another educational institution, where the faculty
board is satisfied that the units are equivalent to or a satisfactory
substitute for work in the candidate's course of study.
6.2 Where a graduate diploma candidate has had a minimum of two years
work experience which the faculty board is satisfied is a satisfactory
substitute for work in the candidate's course of study, the faculty board
may grant credit to the candidate, to a maximum of 50% of the work in
the course of study.
6.3 Credit under this section must not be granted in respect of a unit
completed, or work undertaken, more than eight years prior to admission
to candidature.
6.4 A candidate granted credit under this subsection must complete the
relevant course of study in the time specified by the faculty board.
7. Candidature
7.1 The course of study for the graduate or postgraduate diploma may
be undertaken by full-time or part-time candidature.
7.2 A candidate may, with the consent of the faculty board, change from
full-time to part-time candidature or vice-versa and in this event must
complete the course study within the time specified by the faculty board.
8. Time limits
Subject to these regulations and to a determination of the faculty board
in any particular case, the course of study for -
8.1.1 a graduate diploma must be completed in 12 months of full-time
or 24 months of part-time candidature; and
8.1.2 the postgraduate diploma must be completed in 21 weeks of full-time
or 39 weeks of part-time candidature.
9. Intermission
The faculty board may, from time to time, grant a graduate diploma candidate
intermission for a period not exceeding 12 months in total.
10. Transfer of candidature
10.1 A candidate for the graduate or postgraduate diploma may -
10.1.1 with the consent of the faculty board transfer to candidature
for a relevant graduate certificate with credit for work satisfactorily
completed in the course of study for the graduate diploma; or
10.1.2 where the faculty board is satisfied that a candidate has satisfactorily
completed the requirements of a graduate certificate, be declared by
the faculty board to have qualified to that award, where appropriate
in a particular specialty.
10.2 A candidate may not transfer candidature to, or be declared qualified
for, a graduate certificate where the duration of candidature for the
graduate or postgraduate diploma exceeds the period of candidature prescribed
for the graduate certificate.
11. Qualification
A candidate who satisfactorily completes the course of study for a diploma
qualifies for the award of the diploma.
12. Compliance
12.1 Subject to this section, a candidate must comply with these regulations
and with the requirements concerning the relevant course of study determined
by the faculty board under these regulations, as in force or published
from time to time.
12.2Where the faculty board considers that a candidate has, since first enrolling
for a diploma, been unreasonably adversely affected by any change in the regulations
or course of study requirements, the faculty board must permit the candidate
to qualify for the diploma under the regulations or course of study requirements
in forceor published at some time during candidature, provided
the faculty board is satisfied that the work so required to be completed is equivalent
in standard to that currently required to complete the course of study.
Schedule
Specialties - Graduate Diploma in Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Commercial Law
- Human Rights Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- International and Comparative Law
- Local Government Law
- Tribunal Procedures
- Workplace and Employment Law
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