2023 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Unit Code	Unit Name	Teaching Period	Teaching start date	Withdrawn Early ends Academic and Financial Penalties apply after this date	Withdrawn Late commences Academic and Financial Penalties for WD-Late apply from this date	Withdrawn Fail commences Academic and Financial Penalties for WD-Fail apply from this date	Withdrawn Fail ends Last day to discontinue from units (Exceptions apply to some teaching periods)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	09/01/2023	23/01/2023	24/01/2023	7/02/2023	17/02/2023
LAW5001	Principles of criminal law and procedure	Trimester 1 T1-58	20/02/2023	13/03/2023	14/03/2023	21/03/2023	24/03/2023
LAW5002 to LAW5018	JD Core units*	Trimester 1 T1-58	09/01/2023	08/02/2023	09/02/2023	21/03/2023	31/03/2023
LAW5000	Australian legal reasoning and methods	Trimester 2 T2-58	01/05/2023	15/05/2023	16/05/2023	30/05/2023	09/06/2023
LAW5001	Principles of criminal law and procedure	Trimester 2 T2-58	12/06/2023	03/07/2023	04/07/2023	12/07/2023	21/07/2023
LAW5002 to LAW5018	JD Core units*	Trimester 2 T2-58	01/05/2023	29/05/2023	30/05/2023	11/07/2023	21/07/2023
LAW5000	Australian legal reasoning and methods	Trimester 3 T3-58	21/08/2023	04/09/2023	05/09/2023	19/09/2023	29/09/2023
LAW5001	Principles of criminal law and procedure	Trimester 3 T3-58	02/10/2023	18/10/2023	22/10/2023	31/10/2023	10/11/2023
LAW5002 to LAW5018	JD Core units*	Trimester 3 T3-58	21/08/2023	17/09/2023	18/09/2023	31/10/2023	10/11/2023
Postgraduate Law Elective Units
Unit Code	Unit Name	Teaching Period	Teaching start date	Withdrawn Early ends Academic and Financial Penalties apply after this date	Withdrawn Late commences Academic and Financial Penalties for WD-Late apply from this date	Withdrawn Fail commences Academic and Financial Penalties for WD-Fail apply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
LAW5050	Professional practice (JD)	T1-57	25/11/2022	19/12/2022	20/12/2022	31/01/2023	15/03/2022
LAW5301	Copyright	T1-57	09/01/2023	24/01/2023	25/01/2023	24/02/2023	24/03/2023
LAW5372	Contemporary perspectives on construction law	T1-57	09/01/2023	24/01/2023	25/01/2023	24/02/2023	24/03/2023
LAW5319	Law of employee relations	T1-58	23/01/2023	03/02/2023	04/02/2023	28/02/2023	17/03/2022
LAW5428	Health law	S1-32	23/01/2023	03/02/2023	04/02/2023	28/02/2023	17/03/2023
LAW5649	Law in the age of artificial intelligence	T1-58	30/01/2023	10/02/2023	11/02/2023	07/03/2023	24/03/2023
LAW5450	Principles of succession law	T1-58	31/01/2023	13/02/2023	14/02/2023	07/03/2023	27/03/2023
LAW5081	Australian legal process and research	S-01	27/02/2023	08/03/2023	09/03/2023	29/03/2023	11/04/2023
LAW5052	Professional project	S1-32	15/02/2023	20/02/2023	21/02/2023	03/03/2023	14/03/2023
LAW5476	The death penalty: Law, politics and advocacy	T1-58	13/02/2023	24/02/2023	25/02/2023	21/03/2023	07/04/2023
LAW5407	Current issues in torts	S1-01	21/02/2023	06/03/2023	07/03/2023	28/03/2023	14/04/2023
LAW5344	Negotiation: Essential skills for dispute resolution	S1-01	27/02/2023	10/03/2023	11/03/2023	01/04/2023	21/04/2023
LAW5312	Competition law	S1-01	07/03/2023	28/03/2023	29/03/2023	09/05/2023	19/05/2023
LAW5340	Intellectual property	S1-01	28/02/2023	15/03/2023	16/03/2023	18/04/2023	15/05/2023
LAW5304	Overview of international human rights law	S1-01	01/03/2023	13/03/2023	14/03/2023	04/04/2023	25/04/2023
LAW5350	Principles of taxation	S1-01	07/03/2023	22/03/2023	23/03/2023	25/04/2023	22/05/2023
LAW5356	Corporate and white collar crime	S1-01	06/03/2023	17/03/2023	18/03/2023	11/04/2023	28/04/2023
LAW5432	Workplace investigations and misconduct	T2-57	06/03/2023	21/03/2023	22/03/2023	21/04/2023	19/05/2023
LAW5050	Professional practice (JD)	T2-57	13/03/2023	04/04/2023	05/04/2023	16/05/2023	22/06/2023
LAW5352	Digital workplace law	T2-57	03/04/2023	18/04/2023	19/04/2023	22/05/2023	18/06/2023
LAW5321	Protecting commercial innovation: Patents and trade secrets	T2-57	10/04/2023	25/04/2023	26/04/2023	26/05/2023	23/06/2023
LAW5354	International criminal justice	T2-57	10/04/2023	25/04/2023	26/04/2023	26/05/2023	23/06/2023
LAW5355	Advocacy	T2-57	04/05/2023	19/05/2023	20/05/2023	19/06/2023	19/07/2023
LAW5314	International environmental law	T2-57	27/03/2023	11/04/2023	12/04/2023	12/05/2023	09/06/2023
LAW5660	Global Issues in private and commercial law	T2-57	05/04/2023	20/04/2023	21/04/2023	24/04/2023	25/05/2023
LAW5657	Global Issues in human rights and public law	T2-57	05/04/2023	20/04/2023	21/04/2023	24/04/2023	25/05/2023
LAW5656	Global Issues in environment law and climate change	T2-57	26/04/2023	11/05/2023	12/05/2023	15/05/2023	15/06/2023
LAW5655	Global Issues in criminal law and justice	T2-57	24/05/2023	08/06/2023	09/06/2023	12/06/2023	13/07/2023
LAW5658	Global Issues in international law and governance	T2-57	24/05/2023	08/06/2023	09/06/2023	12/06/2023	13/07/2023
LAW5469	Family Violence, Gender and Law	T2-57	18/04/2023	03/05/2023	04/05/2023	06/06/2023	03/07/2023
LAW5315	Commercial alternative dispute resolution	T2-58	02/05/2023	17/05/2023	18/05/2023	20/06/2023	17/07/2023
LAW5480	Internet law and regulation	T2-58	29/05/2023	09/06/2023	10/06/2023	04/07/2023	21/07/2023
LAW5466	Financial services law	T2-58	30/05/2023	12/06/2023	13/06/2023	04/07/2023	24/07/2023
LAW5478	Strategic and public interest litigation	T2-58	31/05/2023	12/06/2023	13/06/2023	04/07/2023	25/07/2023
LAW5340	Intellectual property	T2-58	05/06/2023	16/06/2023	17/06/2023	11/07/2023	28/07/2023
LAW5409	Principles of family law	T3-57	10/07/2023	21/07/2023	22/07/2023	15/08/2023	01/09/2023
LAW5050	Professional practice (JD)	T3-57	12/06/2023	03/07/2023	04/07/2023	10/08/2023	14/09/2023
LAW5358	Current issues in workplace law	T3-57	13/06/2023	28/06/2023	29/06/2023	01/08/2023	25/08/2023
LAW5338	International humanitarian law	T3-57	12/06/2023	23/06/2023	24/06/2023	18/07/2023	04/08/2023
LAW5414	Public international law	T3-57	20/06/2023	5/07/02023	6/07/2023	8/07/2023	4/09/2023
LAW5375	Arbitration of international commercial disputes	T3-57	21/06/2023	03/07/2023	04/07/2023	25/07/2023	15/08/2023
LAW5384	International investment law	T3-57	27/06/2023	10/07/2023	11/07/2023	01/08/2023	21/08/2023
LAW5424	Human trafficking, modern slavery and the law	WS-01	26/06/2023	03/07/2023	04/07/2023	13/07/2023	14/07/2023
LAW5624	Introduction to Islamic law	WS-01	26/06/2023	03/07/2023	04/07/2023	13/07/2023	14/07/2023
LAW5052	Professional project	S2-32	28/06/2022	19/07/2023	20/07/2023	30/08/2023	10/10/2023
LAW5394	Banking Law	T3-57	17/07/2023	28/07/2023	29/07/2023	19/08/2023	08/09/2023
LAW5411	Mediation A: Foundations of mediation	T3-57	24/07/2023	04/08/2023	05/08/2023	15/08/2023	01/09/2023
LAW5081	Australian legal process and research	S2-01	24/07/2023	04/08/2023	05/08/2023	29/08/2023	15/09/2023
LAW5313	Planning and environmental law	S2-01	25/07/2023	15/08/2023	16/08/2023	26/09/2023	06/11/2023
LAW5477	International organisations and global governance	T3-57	25/07/2023	07/08/2023	08/08/2023	29/08/2023	19/09/2023
LAW5445	Commercial equity	T3-57	26/07/2023	16/08/2023	17/08/2023	27/09/2023	07/11/2023
LAW5431	International entertainment law	S2-01	31/07/2023	11/08/2023	12/08/2023	05/09/2023	22/09/2023
LAW5340	Intellectual property	S2-01	25/07/2023	09/08/2023	10/09/2023	12/09/2023	09/10/2023
LAW5334	Psychiatry, psychology and law	S2-01	07/08/2023	18/08/2023	19/08/2023	12/09/2023	29/09/2023
LAW5392	Globalisation and international law	S2-01	07/08/2023	18/08/2023	19/08/2023	12/09/2023	29/09/2023
LAW5370	Discrimination law and human rights at work	S2-01	07/08/2023	22/08/2023	23/08/2023	22/09/2023	20/10/2023
LAW5355	Advocacy	T3-58	24/08/2023	08/09/2023	09/09/2023	09/10/2023	08/11/2023
LAW5481	Artificial intelligence, technology regulation and cyberlaw	T3-58	21/08/2023	01/09/2023	02/09/2023	26/09/2023	13/10/2023
LAW5451	Indigenous people and the law	T3-58	21/08/2023	05/09/2023	06/09/2023	06/10/2023	03/11/2023
LAW5452	Private investment law	T3-58	22/08/2023	06/09/2023	07/09/2023	10/10/2023	06/11/2023
LAW5312	Competition law	T3-58	22/08/2023	06/09/2023	07/09/2023	10/10/2023	06/11/2023
LAW5343	Privacy and surveillance: Law, policy and governance	T3-58	23/08/2023	07/09/2023	08/09/2023	10/10/2023	07/11/2023
LAW5316	Trade marks and commercial designations	T3-58	28/08/2023	08/09/2023	09/09/2023	03/10/2023	20/10/2023
LAW5319	Law of employee relations	T3-58	28/08/2023	08/09/2023	09/09/2023	03/10/2023	20/10/2023
LAW5357	Corporate governance and directors' duties	T3-58	28/08/2023	08/09/2023	09/09/2023	03/10/2023	20/10/2023
LAW5050	Professional practice (JD)	T4-57	04/09/2023	25/09/2023	26/09/2023	02/11/2023	07/12/2023
LAW5398	Transnational labour law	T3-58	25/09/2023	06/10/2023	07/10/2023	31/10/2023	17/11/2023
LAW5325	Defamation law	T4-57	29/08/2023	13/09/2023	14/09/2023	17/10/2023	13/11/2023
LAW5421	Managing high conflict personalities in legal disputes	T3-58	04/09/2023	15/09/2023	16/09/2023	10/10/2023	27/10/2023
LAW5310	Sentencing	T3-58	11/09/2023	22/09/2023	23/9/2023	17/10/2023	03/11/2023
LAW5412	Mediation B: Essential skills for practice and accreditation	T4-57	03/10/2023	16/10/2023	17/10/2023	07/11/2023	27/11/2023
LAW5472	Regulating shareholder activism	T4-57	02/10/2023	17/10/2023	18/10/2023	17/11/2023	15/12/2023
LAW5409	Principles of family law FULL	T4-57	02/10/2023	16/10/2023	17/10/2023	16/11/2023	08/12/2023
LAW5350	Principles of taxation	T4-57	04/10/2023	19/10/2023	20/10/2023	21/11/2023	19/12/2023
LAW5650	Technology, design, and innovation in legal services	T4-57	11/10/2023	26/10/2023	27/10/2023	28/11/2023	26/12/2023
LAW5393	Law of workforce management	T4-57	16/10/2023	31/10/2023	1/11/2023	1/12/2023	29/12/2023
LAW5344	Negotiation: Essential skills for dispute resolution	T4-57	23/10/2023	03/11/2023	04/11/2023	28/11/2023	15/12/2023
LAW5353	Cybercrime	T4-57	23/10/2023	03/11/2023	04/11/2023	28/11/2023	15/12/2023
LAW5464	Negotiation and influence: Strategy and skills	T4-57	15/11/2023	27/11/2023	28/11/2023	18/12/2023	09/01/2024
LAW5082	Masters research	Refer to host unit	Refer to host unit	Refer to host unit	Refer to host unit	Refer to host unit	Refer to host unit
LAW5083	Extended research	Refer to offer letter	Refer to offer letter	Refer to offer letter	Refer to offer letter	Refer to offer letter	Refer to offer letter
LAW5084	Minor thesis	Refer to offer letter	Refer to offer letter	Refer to offer letter	Refer to offer letter	Refer to offer letter	Refer to offer letter

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2023 unit discontinuation and penalty dates - postgraduate law students

JD Core Unit Discontinuation Dates

Postgraduate Law Elective Units