2025 Postgraduate Electives Timetable

Published times and days may be subject to change. Please ensure that you check the timetable prior to the commencement of each unit in which you enrol.

The Faculty reserves the right to withdraw any of the listed units if insufficient teaching resources are available or insufficient student numbers are enrolled in a unit.

Unless otherwise indicated on the timetable below, all classes are held at Monash Law Chambers - 555 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000.

Re-enrolment for 2025

Please see the Re-enrolment for coursework students webpage for details about when re-enrolment opens for any given academic year, including steps to re-enrol and important dates.

Please note if you do not receive a transaction number from WES (starting with a U) then you have not been enrolled correctly. If you require help please submit an Ask Monash request.

The Monash postgraduate law program does not follow traditional semesters as it has a different set of units on offer each month. Therefore postgraduate law units have different teaching periods, census, and penalty dates from the rest of the University. For more information please go to the Units with non-standard dates webpage.

Postgraduate Law Elective Waitlist 2025

The 2025 - Elective Waiting List is now available for units labelled with WAITLIST in the Timetable below .  The waitlist will open at 10am on the first Monday of the calendar month, prior to the month in which the unit is listed to commence.

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Assessment General Guidelines

Assessment components for each unit can be found in the 2025 handbook.

  • The faculty regards it as a clash when a student has two 3-day take-home examinations due at the same time.
  • The faculty reserves the right to change the assessment dates in consultation with the Chief Examiner.

Assessment due dates will be set by the chief examiner and displayed within the relevant Moodle page. Final assessment tasks will be due within the following timeframes:

Intensive unitWithin 8 weeks after the first day of class
Semi-intensive unitWithin 11 weeks after the first day of class
Semester-long unitWithin 15 weeks after the first day of class

2025 Postgraduate Elective Timetable

Postgraduate electives in the Faculty of Law are delivered in either on-campus, online, or blended (a mix of on-campus and online) modes. Students are expected to attend and be active participants in classes regardless of the mode of delivery.

UPDATE - Please double check the dates and times of the units you have enrolled into.  PG electives with an asterisk indicate minor changes to the days and times due to a lack of suitable teaching spaces at the Monash University Law Chambers.

Unit Code

Unit Name

Teaching Period

Assessment Mode

Attendance Mode

Date/Time

Lecturer

January

LAW5301

Copyright T1-57 Semi-intensive On-Campus 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22,
28 and 29 January
5pm - 8pm
David Brennan
LAW5372 Contemporary perspectives on construction law T1-57 Semi-intensive Online 6, 7, 8, 13, 14 and
15 January
9am-1pm
Paula Gerber
LAW5341 Trade mark practice T1-57 Semi-intensive On-Campus 7, 9, 14, 16, 21 and
23 January
1pm - 5pm
Tyrone Berger

LAW5393

Law of workforce management T1-57 Semi-intensive Online 13, 17, 20, 24 and
31 January,
 3, 7, 10, 14, 17,
21 and 24 February
10am - 12pm
Joanna Betteridge

February

LAW5398

Transnational labour law T1-57 Intensive On-Campus 3, 5, 10, 12, 17 and
24 February
1pm - 5pm
Marilyn Pittard

LAW5348

Indigenous rights and international law T1-57 Intensive On-Campus
at
CAULFIELD
10, 11, 12 and
13 February
 9am-12pm, 1pm-3pm
14 February
9am-12pm, 1pm-2pm
Melissa Castan

LAW5052

Professional project
(JD students only)
(First offering)

S1-32 Semester-long On-Campus
12 February
9am - 1pm
12 March
9am - 1pm
Vicki Vann

LAW5344

Negotiation: Essential skills for dispute resolution
(First offering)
T1-58 Semi-intensive On-Campus 17, 19, 21, 24, 26 and 28 February
9am - 1pm
Shawn Whelan

LAW5407

Current issues in torts T1-58 Intensive On-Campus 25 and 27 February,
4 and 6 March
10am-1pm, 2pm- 5pm
Mark Hayes

LAW5304

Overview of international human rights law T1-58 Intensive On-Campus 26 and 28 February,
5 and 7 March
9am-12pm, 1pm-4pm
Julie Debeljak

March

LAW5319

Law of employee relations
(First offering)
T1-58 Intensive On-Campus 3, 7, 10, 12, 14 and
17 March
1pm - 5pm
Lucy Line and Mark Rinaldi
LAW5081 Australian legal process and research
(First offering)
S1-01 Intensive On-Campus 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12,
13 and 17 March
1pm - 5pm
Marnie Brown

LAW5340

Intellectual property
(First offering)
S1-01 Semi-intensive On-Campus 3, 5, 10, 12, 17 and
19 March
9am - 1pm
David Brennan

LAW5313

Planning and environmental law S1-01 Semester-long On-Campus 3 March - 14 April
28 April - 26 May (Mondays)
5pm - 7pm 
Mark Beaufoy

LAW5312

Competition law
(First offering)
S1-01 Semester-long On-Campus *7, 14, 21, 28 March, 4, 11 April,
2, 9 May
1pm - 4pm
Mel Marquis

LAW5451

Indigenous people and the lawS1-01Semi-intensiveOn-Campus14, 19, 21, 26 and
28 March, 2 April
1pm - 5pm
Stephen Gray

LAW5450

Principles of succession law         S1-01 Semi-intensive On-Campus 18, 20, 25 and
27 March,
1 and 3 April
1pm - 5pm
Vicki Vann

LAW5350

Principles of taxation
(First offering)        
S1-01 Semi-intensive On-Campus 18, 20, 25 and
 27 March
1, 3 April
9am - 1pm
Nastassia Bondarenko-Edwards

LAW5472

Regulating shareholder activismS1-01IntensiveOn-Campus24, 25 and 31 March,
1, 7 and 8 April
1pm - 5pm
Tim Bowley

April

LAW5358

Current issues in workplace law T2-57 Semi-intensive Online 4, 10, 11 and 17 April,
1 and 2 May
1pm - 5pm
Marilyn Pittard
LAW5081Australian legal process and research
(first offering - additional streams)
S1-01 IntensiveOn-Campus7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17 April
1pm - 5pm
Lisa Di Marco

LAW5469

Family violence, gender and law T2-57 Semi-Intensive On-Campus 8, 9, 15, 16, 29 April
  30 April (Online),
6 and 7 May
1pm - 4pm
Becky Batagol

LAW5411

Mediation A: Foundations of mediation T2-57 Intensive On-Campus 7 April
9:30am - 1pm
8, 9 and 14 April
9am-12pm, 1pm-4pm,
15 April
9:30am - 12pm
Tom Harber & Shawn Whelan 

LAW5354

International criminal justiceT2-57Semi-IntensiveOn-Campus7, 9, 11, 16 and
30 April,
2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21 and 23 May
10am - 12pm
Monique Cormier

LAW5375

Arbitration of international commercial disputes T2-57 Intensive On-Campus 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 and
16 April
1pm - 5pm
Albert Monichino KC

LAW5356

Corporate and white collar crimeT2-57Semi-intensiveOnline15, 17 and 29 April,
 1, 6 and 8 May
9am - 1pm
Liz Campbell

May

LAW5465

Migration and human rightsT2-57Semi-intensiveOn-Campus28 and 30 April,
2, 5, 7, 9, 12 and
14 May
1pm - 4pm
Heli Askola

LAW5355

Advocacy
(First offering)
T2-57 Semi-intensive Blended
(750 Collins Street)

1, 22 May,
5, 12, 19 June
10am-12pm, 1pm-3pm On-campus
15 May
2pm - 4pm,  4pm-6pm Online

29, 30 May - Online assessments
9, 10, 11 July - On- campus assessments

Jacqui Horan

LAW5483

Global health law T2-57 Semi-Intensive On-Campus 30 April,
2, 5, 7, 9 and 12 May
9am - 1pm
Calvin Ho

LAW5409

Principles of family law
(First offering)
T2-58 Semi-Intensive On-Campus
6, 8, 13, 15, 20 and
22 May
9am - 1pm
Claire Fenton-Glynn

LAW5422

Human rights laws in AustraliaT2-58Semi-intensiveOnline13, 15, 19, 20, 22 and 26 May
4pm - 8pm
Melissa Castan

LAW5432

Workplace investigations and misconduct T2-58 Semi-intensive On-Campus 26, 30 May,
2, 6, 9, 13 June
9am - 1pm
Joanna Betteridge & Peta Nowacki

LAW5481

Regulating artificial intelligence, technology and cyberspaceT2-58Semi-intensiveOn-Campus20, 22, 27 and 29 May, 3 and 5 June
9am-1pm
Chris Marsden

LAW5365

Terrorism and human rightsT2-58IntensiveOn-Campus21, 23, 28 and 30 May
9am-12pm, 1pm-4pm
Dan Mori

June

LAW5340

Intellectual property
(Second offering)
T2-58 Intensive  On-Campus 2, 3, 5, 9, 10 and
12 June
9am - 1pm
David Brennan

LAW5488

Corporations, ESG and societyT2-58IntensiveOn-Campus2, 3, 9, 10, 16 and
17 June
1pm - 5pm
TIm Bowley

LAW5482

Fintech law and regulation T2-58 Intensive On-Campus 4, 6, 11, 13, 18 and
20 June
1pm - 5pm
C.Y. Tsang

LAW5394

Banking lawT2-58IntensiveOn-Campus9, 12, 13, 16,
19 and 20 June
9am - 1pm
Steve Kourabus

LAW5338

International humanitarian law T3-57Semi-Intensive On-Campus 11, 13, 18 and 20 June
9am-12pm, 1pm-4pm
Dan Mori

LAW5303

Current issues in child lawT3-57Semi-intensiveOn-Campus16, 19, 23, 26 and
 30 June,  3 July
9am - 1pm
Claire Fenton-Glynn

LAW5384

International investment lawT3-57Semi-intensiveOn-campus24, 26 and 27 June,
1, 3 and 4 July
1pm - 5pm
Emmanuel Laryea

July

LAW5052 Professional project
(JD students only)
S2-32 Semester long On-Campus 30 June
9am - 1pm
18 August
9am - 1pm
Vicki Vann

LAW5319

Law of employee relations
(Second offering)
(NEW offering added!)
T3-57IntensiveOn-Campus7, 9, 11, 14, 16,
18 July
1 - 5pm
Lucy Line & Mark Rinaldi
LAW5330International refugee law and practiceT3-57IntensiveOnline14, 16, 18, 21, 23 and 25 July
9am-1pm
Asher Hirsch
LAW5375Arbitration of international commercial disputes

Note: Students must Allocate themselves to and attend only one stream.
T3-57IntensiveOn-Campus

Stream 1

14, 15, 21, 22 July   1pm – 5pm
16, 23 July         1:30pm – 5:30pm

Stream 2:

16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 July  9am – 1pm

Albert Monichino KC

LAW5334

Psychiatry, psychology and law T3-57 Intensive On-Campus 21, 23, 25, 28, 30 July and 1 August
1pm - 5pm
Annegret Kaempf

LAW5466

Financial services law T3-57 Intensive On-Campus 22, 23, 24 and 25 July
9am-1pm, 2pm-4pm
Justice Ashley Black

LAW5445

Commercial equity S2-01 Semester long On-Campus23 July to 24 September, 8 October to 15 October
Wednesdays
5pm - 7pm
Nick Sinanis

LAW5485

Principles of discrimination law and policyT3-57IntensiveOn-Campus29 and 31 July,
5 and 7 August
10am-1pm, 2pm-5pm
Liam Elphick

LAW5431

International entertainment lawS2-01IntensiveOn-Campus30 and 31 July,
1, 4, 5 and 6 August
9am - 1pm
Geoffrey Scott

August

LAW5452

Private investment law S2-01 Semi-intensive Online 30 July,
1, 6, 8, 13 and
15 August
9am - 1pm
Tamara Wilkinson
LAW5081 Australian legal process and research
(Second offering)
S2-01 Intensive On-Campus 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 18 August
9am - 1pm
Marnie Brown

LAW5310

Sentencing S2-01 Intensive On-Campus 11, 12, 13 and
15 August
9am-12pm, 1pm-4pm
Natalia Antolak-Saper
LAW5484Regulation and regulators
(NEW offering added!)
S2-01IntensiveOn-Campus11, 12, 13, and
14 August
9am-12pm 1-4pm
Joanna Bird

LAW5392

Globalisation and international economic law S2-01 Intensive Online 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21 August
8am - 12pm
Frank Garcia

LAW5414

Public international law S2-01IntensiveOnline18, 20, 22, 25, 27 and 29 August
1pm - 5pm
Monique Cormier

LAW5424

Human trafficking, modern slavery and the law S2-01 Semi-intensive On-Campus 20, 22, 27, 29
August,
3, 5 September
9am - 1pm
Jean Allain

LAW5370

Discrimination law and human rights at workT3-58Semi-IntensiveOnline22, 25 and 29 August,
1, 5, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22, 25 and 29 September
2pm - 4pm
Joanna Betteridge

LAW5316

Trade marks and commercial designations T3-58 Intensive Online 26 ,28 August,
2, 4, 9, 11 September
1pm-5pm
Tyrone Berger

LAW5355

Advocacy
(Second offering)
T3-58 Semi-intensiveBlended
(750 Collins Street)

25 August,
8, 22, 29 September,
6 October
12pm - 2pm, 2pm-4pm On-campus
1 September
12pm-2pm, 2pm-4pm Online

18, 19 September - Online assessments 29, 30, 31 October - On-campus assessments

Jacqui Horan

September

LAW5428

Health law T3-58 Intensive On-Campus  12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24 September
9am - 1pm
Gabrielle Wolf

LAW5312 

Competition law
(Second offering)
T3-58 Semi-intensive On-Campus *2, 4, 9, 11, 16 and
18 September
9am - 1pm
Julian Scarff

LAW5321

Protecting commercial innovation: Patents and trade secretsT3-58IntensiveOn-Campus1, 2, 4, 8, 9 and
11 September
1pm - 5pm
David Brennan

LAW5319

Law of employee relations
(Second offering)
T3-58 Intensive On-Campus 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 11 September
1pm - 5pm
Lucy Line & Mark Rinaldi

LAW5343

Privacy and surveillance: Law, policy and governance T3-58 Semi-intensive Online 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24 and 25 September  
1pm - 4pm
Normann Witzleb

LAW5340

Intellectual property
(Third offering)
T3-58Semi-IntensiveOnline9, 11, 16, 18, 23 and 25 September
9am - 1pm
Marnie Brown

LAW5409

Principles of family law
(Second offering)
T3-58Semi-intensiveOn-Campus8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24 September
10am - 1pm
Jennifer Lindstrom

LAW5421

Managing high conflict personalities in legal disputes T3-58 Intensive Online15, 16, 18, 22, 23, 25, 29 and 30 September
9am - 12pm
Michael Lomax

LAW5344

Negotiation: Essential skills for dispute resolution
(Second offering)
T4-57 Intensive On-Campus 29 and 30 September,
1, 6, 7 and 8 October
9am - 1pm
Shawn Whelan

LAW5352

Digital workplace lawT4-57Semi-IntensiveOnline30 September,
2, 7, 9, 14 and
16  October
1pm - 5pm
Marilyn Pittard

LAW5311

TakeoversT4-57Semi-intensiveOn-Campus30 September,
2, 7, 9, 14 and 16  October
1pm - 5pm
Bruce Dyer

October

LAW5649

Law in the age of artificial intelligenceT4-57Semi-IntensiveOn-Campus6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, and 16 October
1pm - 4pm
Janice Richardson
LAW5476The death penalty: Law, politics, and advocacyT4-57Semi-IntensiveOn-Campus6, 8, 10, 13, 15 and
17 October
1pm - 5pm
Sara Kowal

LAW5325

Defamation lawT4-57IntensiveOn-Campus6, 7, 8, 13, 14 and
15 October
9am - 1pm
Sharon Rodrick

LAW5650

AI for lawyers: Practical applications and theory T4-57 Semi-intensive On-Campus

10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28 and 31 October,
6 November
9am - 1pm

Paul Burgess

LAW5350

Principles of taxation
(Second offering)
T4-57 Semi-intensive On-Campus 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 and 23 October
1pm - 5pm
Nastassia Bondarenko-Edwards

LAW5383

International refugee law and human rightsT4-57IntensiveOn-Campus20, 21, 24, 27, 28 and 31 October
1pm - 5pm
Heli Askola

LAW5430

Advanced evidence and proof in litigation T4-57 Intensive On-campus 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 and 30 October
1pm - 5pm
Andrew Choo

LAW5409

Principles of family law
(Third offering)
T4-57 Intensive On-Campus 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 and 31 October
9am - 1pm
Claire Fenton-Glynn

November

LAW5353

CybercrimeT4-57IntensiveOnline27, 29 and
31 October,
3, 5 and 7 November
9am - 1pm
Jonathan Clough
LAW5357Corporate governance and directors' dutiesSSA-02IntensiveOn-Campus3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 November
1pm - 5pm
Jennifer Hill
LAW5478Strategic and public interest litigationSSA-02IntensiveOn-Campus10, 11, 13 and
14 November
9am-12pm, 1pm-4pm
Geert Van Calster

LAW5464

WAITLIST

Negotiation and influence: Strategy and skills SSA-02 Intensive On-Campus 5, 6, 7, 10 November
9am-12pm, 1pm-4pm
Tom Harber

LAW5314

WAITLIST

International environmental lawSSA-02IntensiveOn-Campus
(750 Collins Street)
17, 18, 20 and
21 November
9am-12pm, 1pm-4pm
Geert Van Calster