Monash-King’s pathway opportunity

About the Monash-King's College London pathway

Would you like to graduate with a qualification from Monash University and King's College London? The Faculty of Law offers a pathway opportunity to study the Master of Laws (LLM) at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London (King's).

This opportunity is open to outstanding Monash students enrolled in either:

  • a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) Double Degree (LLB Hons/XXX); or
  • a Juris Doctor (JD)

If successful, you will begin your studies at King's in September/October.  At that time you must have no more than four general law elective units (24 credit points) left to complete in your overall Monash qualification.

Eligibility

Your application must meet the King's admissions standards for the LLM.

Visit the King's LLM website to review admissions requirements and program details.

Not all applicants will receive a course offer. Applications must include all your Monash unit results.

All students must have the equivalent of a completed undergraduate degree to be enrolled in a United Kingdom postgraduate qualification. For this reason:

  • students in the single degree Bachelor of Laws (Honours) are not eligible
  • students who are applying from a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) Double Degree must have completed the non-law side of their double degree by the time they go to King's

Students are required to lodge their application late in the year previous to when they would commence study at King's. This means they would normally be in the following years of study at the time of application:

  • Bachelor of Laws (Honours) Double Degree students – End of fourth year
  • JD students – End of second year

Note: The information above refers to a standard course progression of a student who completes the full-time load for their course. Not all students will have completed their course at the same pace so the timeline described above may not be accurate for all students.

King's will not:

  • Apply any Monash course credits to their LLM degree
  • Accept work already submitted for assessment to Monash

Before you apply

It is important you review and understand the following points before applying:

  • If you are interested in this pathway, you should ensure you are on track to be able to finish everything in your course except for four general law electives (24 credit points) by July of the year you intend to go to King's. If you are unsure whether you are on track, you should seek course advice.
  • You must adhere to the applicable academic rules and codes of conduct set down by King's.
  • If your application is successful you will pay tuition and any other fees to King's each semester or term. You may also be eligible to apply for financial aid from King's (including scholarships and bursaries). We recommend you apply early.
  • If you receive an offer from King's it is your responsibility to apply for any necessary visa or travel documentation. Monash is not responsible for you meeting the obligations of any student visa.

How to apply

  1. If you are on track to meet the credit point requirement, complete:
    1. LLM Pathway application form
  2. Once we confirm via email that you can proceed, you will need to apply to King's directly for admission to the LLM program.
  3. If you get a course offer from King's you must submit the details to the Faculty of Law via Ask.Monash. We will then enrol you in Monash equivalent units.
  4. Once you have a course offer from King's and advised the Faculty of this, you will be automatically assessed  for the Monash Law Faculty International Study Scholarship

When to apply

  • You must apply to Monash by 1 November (at the latest) of the year prior to when you intend to commence at King's. After this date we will consider on a case by case basis.
  • If your initial check by Monash is deemed successful, you will informed you need to make an application directly to King's. The deadline for this is normally 1 March. You will need to check the King's website directly to confirm the exact application deadline date.

Provision of King's results

After successfully completing the LLM program you must provide the Faculty of Law with an official academic transcript of results from King's. We use the results from King's to apply the final grade of SFR (Satisfied Faculty Requirements) to your Monash units.

You will not receive a numeric grade for these units and they will not be taken into account in the calculation of your Law honours grade.

Queries and submission of paperwork

Submit queries via Ask.Monash.

Further information

Visit the King's LLM course website for more information.

Scholarships

The Kings College pathway is currently supported by the Nick Auden International Study Scholarship. This Scholarship will support  Monash Law students to undertake one of the three international pathway programs established by the Monash Law Faculty. Please note, availability of this scholarship is dependent on funding at the time and there may be multiple awardees for amounts up to $10,000.

No application is required for this scholarship, students who are accepted into this program will be automatically assessed.

For further information please see the Monash Law International Study Scholarship web page.

The Faculty’s pathway programs enable outstanding Monash Law students to study some of the most internationally acclaimed universities in the United Kingdom: the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge and King’s College London.

For more information about the other two programs, please visit the following web pages: