2022 unit discontinuation and penalty dates - postgraduate law students

Postgraduate and Juris Doctor law students have different teaching periods, unit discontinuation and penalty dates from the rest of the University. Relevant dates are below, do not use the central university census dates for any units listed on this page.

Before discontinuing a unit, you should check the dates below to avoid academic and financial penalties.

JD Core Unit Discontinuation Dates

(Note: Some of these units are also available for study in other postgraduate law courses)
*JD Core Units include: LAW5002, LAW5003, LAW5004, LAW5005, LAW5006, LAW5007, LAW5008, LAW5010, LAW5011, LAW5012, LAW5013, LAW5014, LAW5015 and LAW5018
Unit CodeUnit Name Teaching Period Teaching start date Withdrawn Early ends

Academic and Financial Penalties apply after this date
Withdrawn Late commences

Academic and Financial Penalties for WD-Late apply from this date
Withdrawn Fail commences

Academic and Financial Penalties for WD-Fail apply from this date
Withdrawn Fail ends

Last day to discontinue from units

(Exceptions apply to some teaching periods)
 Financial penalties apply

Academic penalties apply to some teaching periods only
LAW5000 Australian legal reasoning and methods Trimester 1   T1-58 10/01/202224/01/202225/01/202208/02/202218/02/2022
LAW5001Principles of criminal law and procedure Trimester 1   T1-58 14/02/202207/03/202208/03/202215/03/202225/03/2022
LAW5002 to LAW5018JD Core units* Trimester 1  T1-58 10/01/202209/02/202210/02/202222/03/202201/04/2022
LAW5000Australian legal reasoning and methods Trimester 2    T2-58 02/05/202216/05/202217/05/202201/06/202211/06/2022
LAW5001Principles of criminal law and procedure Trimester 2   T2-58 06/06/202227/06/202228/06/202206/07/202215/07/2022
LAW5002 to LAW5018JD Core units* Trimester 2   T2-58 02/05/202230/05/202231/05/202212/07/202222/07/2022
LAW5000Australian legal reasoning and methods Trimester 3  T3-58 29/08/202212/09/202213/09/202223/09/20223/10/2022
LAW5001Principles of criminal law and procedure Trimester 3  T3-58 03/10/202224/10/202225/10/202201/11/202211/11/2022
LAW5002 to LAW5018JD Core units* Trimester 3  T3-58 22/08/202221/09/202222/09/202208/11/202218/11/2022

Postgraduate Law Elective Units

Unit CodeUnit NameTeaching PeriodTeaching start dateWithdrawn Early ends

Academic and Financial Penalties apply after this date
Withdrawn Late commences

Academic and Financial Penalties for WD-Late apply from this date
Withdrawn Fail commences

Academic and Financial Penalties for WD-Fail apply from this date
Withdrawn Fail ends

Last day to discontinue from units

(Exceptions apply to some teaching periods)
 Financial penalties apply

Academic penalties apply to some teaching periods only
LAW5050Professional practice (JD)T1-5706/12/202104/01/202205/01/202210/02/202224/03/2022
LAW5301CopyrightT1-5710/01/202225/01/202226/01/202225/02/202225/03/2022
LAW5450Principles of succession lawT1-5719/01/202203/02/202204/02/202208/03/202206/04/2022
LAW5432Workplace investigations and misconductT1-5802/02/202217/02/202218/02/202222/03/202219/04/2022
LAW5052Professional projectS1-3208/02/202201/03/202202/03/202212/04/202223/05/2022
LAW5081Australian legal process and research
(First offering)
T1-5814/02/202225/02/202126/02/202222/03/202208/04/2022
LAW5348Indigenous rights and international lawT1-5714/02/202228/02/202201/03/202222/03/202208/04/2022
LAW5476The death penalty: Law, politics and advocacyT1-5815/02/202228/02/202201/03/202222/03/202211/04/2022
LAW5319Law of employee relations
(First offering)
T1-5828/02/202211/03/202212/03/202205/04/202222/04/2022
LAW5340Intellectual property (First offering)S1-0101/03/202216/03/202217/03/202219/04/202216/05/2022
LAW5312Competition law (First offering)S1-0102/03//202223/03/202224/03/202204/05/202214/06/2022
LAW5304Overview of international human rights lawS1-0103/03/202214/03/202215/03/202207/04/202227/04/2022
LAW5350Principles of taxationS1-0108/03/202217/03/202218/03/202208/04/202222/04/2022
LAW5050Professional practice (JD)T2-5714/03/202204/04/202205/04/202217/05/202223/06/2022
LAW5344Negotiation: Essential skills for dispute resolutionS1-0122/03/202204/04/202205/04/202227/04/202216/05/2022
LAW5317Principles of privacy and freedom of informationS1-0128/03/202208/04/202209/04/202203/05/202220/05/2022
LAW5335Contemporary problems in the administration of criminal justiceT2-5704/04/202219/04/202220/04/202220/05/202217/06/2022
LAW5394Banking lawT2-5720/04/202202/05/202203/05/202224/05/202214/06/2022
LAW5355Advocacy
(First  offering)
T2-5720/04/202205/05/202206/05/202207/06/20225/07/2022
LAW5358Current issues in workplace lawT2-5728/04/202213/05/202214/05/202216/06/202213/07/2022
LAW5384International investment lawT2-5702/05/202217/05/202218/05/202221/06/202218/07/2022
LAW5310SentencingT2-5709/05/202220/05/202221/05/202214/06/202201/07/2022
LAW5340Intellectual property (Second offering)T2-5816/05/202227/05/202228/05/202221/06/202208/07/2022
LAW5478Strategic and public interest litigationT2-5825/05/202206/06/202207/06/202228/06/202219/07/2022
LAW5469Family Violence, Gender and LawT2-5830/05/202210/06/202211/06/202205/07/202222/07/2022
LAW5454Climate change and displacementT2-5806/06/202217/06/202218/06/202212/07/202229/07/2022
LAW5479Avoidance, management and resolution of construction disputesT2-5806/06/202221/06/202222/06/202222/07/202219/08/2022
LAW5365Terrorism and human rightsT2-5807/06/202220/06/202221/06/202212/07/202201/08/2022
LAW5353CybercrimeT2-5814/06/202228/06/202229/06/202226/07/202222/08/2022
LAW5393Law of workforce managementT2-5808/06/202223/06/202224/06/202226/07/202223/08/2022
LAW5052Professional projectS2-3220/06/202211/07/202212/07/202223/08/202230/09/2022
LAW5321Protecting commercial innovation: Patents and trade secretsT3-5722/06/202207/07/202208/07/202209/08/202206/09/2022
LAW5443Language, communication and legal processT3-5728/06/202211/07/202212/07/202202/08/202222/08/2022
LAW5619European human rights law (Prato)WS-0128/06/202206/07/202207/07/202223/07/202209/08/2022
LAW5050Professional practice (JD)T3-5713/06/202204/07/202210/08/202215/09/202215/09/2022
LAW5081Australian legal process and researchT3-5711/07/202222/07/202223/07/202216/08/202202/09/2022
LAW5381Human rights advocacyT3-5718/07/202202/08/202203/08/202202/09/202230/09/2022
LAW5411Advanced mediation: Skills and theory AT3-5725/07/202205/08/202206/08/202230/08/202216/09/2022
LAW5315Commercial alternative dispute resolutionS2-0126/07/202210/08/202211/08/202213/09/202210/10/2022
LAW5431International entertainment lawT3-5725/07/202208/08/202209/08/202230/08/202219/09/2022
LAW5334Psychiatry, psychology and lawS2-0128/07/202212/08/202213/08/202213/09/202212/10/2022  
LAW5452Private investment lawT3-5701/08/202212/08/202213/08/202206/09/202223/09/2022
LAW5649Law in the age of artificial intelligenceS2-0101/08/202216/08/202217/08/202216/09/202214/10/2022
LAW5473International mergers and acquisitionsS2-0104/08/202222/08/202223/08/202220/09/202219/10/2022
LAW5392Globalisation and international lawS2-0108/08/202219/08/202220/08/202213/09/202230/09/2022
LAW5409Principles of family lawS2-0109/08/202224/08/202225/08/202227/09/202224/10/2022
LAW5340Intellectual property
(Third offering)
S2-0111/08/202226/08/202227/08/202228/08/202226/10/2022
LAW5343Privacy and Surveillance in the age of AIT3-5815/08/202230/08/202231/08/202230/09/202228/10/2022
LAW5428Health lawT3-5818/08/202202/09/202203/09/202206/10/202202/11/2022
LAW5457Forensic evidence: Law, science, medicine and technologyT3-5824/08/202208/09/202209/09/202211/10/202208/11/2022
LAW5355Advocacy
(Second offering)
T3-5831/08/202215/09/202216/09/202218/10/202215/11/2022
LAW5414Public international lawT3-5830/08/202214/09/202215/09/202218/10/202214/11/2022
LAW5412Advanced mediation: Skills and theory BT3-5806/09/202219/09/202220/09/202211/10/202231/10/2022
LAW5370Discrimination law and human rights at workT3-5805/09/202220/09/202221/09/202221/10/202218/11/2022
LAW5316Trade marks and commercial designationsT3-5805/09/202216/09/202217/09/202211/10/202228/10/2022
LAW5312Competition law (Second offering)T3-5806/09/202221/09/202222/09/202225/10/202221/11/2022
LAW5445Commercial equityT4-5707/09/202228/09/202229/09/202209/11/202220/12/2022
LAW5438Sports law: Public policy, regulation and governanceT3-5813/09/202226/09/202227/09/202219/10/202207/11/2022
LAW5319Law of employee relations (Second offering)T3-5819/09/202230/09/202201/10/202225/10/202211/11/2022
LAW5421Managing high conflict personalities in legal disputesT3-5820/09/202203/10/202204/10/202226/10/202214/11/2022
LAW5050Professional practice (JD)T4-5705/09/202226/09/202227/09/202208/11/202215/12/2022
LAW5356Corporate and white collar crimeT4-5703/10/202218/10/202219/10/202218/11/202216/12/2022
LAW5470Exposing failures and wrongdoing: royal commissions and public inquiriesT4-5710/10/202221/10/202222/10/202215/11/202202/12/2022
LAW5350Principles of taxation
(Second offering)
T4-5710/10/202225/10/202226/10/202225/11/202223/12/2022
LAW5359International human rights law and womenT4-5718/10/202202/11/202203/11/202206/12/202202/01/2022
LAW5650Technology, design, and innovation in legal servicesT4-5719/10/202203/11/202204/11/202206/12/202203/01/2023
LAW5357Corporate governance and directors' dutiesT4-5731/10/202211/11/202212/11/202206/12/202223/12/2022
LAW5464Negotiation and influence: Strategy and skillsT4-5715/11/202221/11/202222/11/202230/11/202209/12/2022
LAW5344Negotiation: Essential skills for dispute resolutionT4-5730/11/202212/12/202213/12/202203/01/202224/01/2022
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LAW5084Minor thesisRefer to offer letterRefer to offer letterRefer to offer letterRefer to offer letterRefer to offer letterRefer to offer letter