Environmental Law Specialization
Environmental Law Specialization - Overview
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The Graduate Diploma in Law specialising in Environmental Law, is a program for lawyers. Since its inception a decade ago, the Program has attracted hundreds of students from around Australia and internationally with very different backgrounds, undergraduate degrees and work experience. While many are just beginning their careers, many are well established in them.
The ANU offers a comprehensive program in environmental law including an array of specialist courses covering key areas ranging from biodiversity to water, environmental planning and landuse to effective business regulation and enforcement. The program’s aim is not only to provide students with a sophisticated understanding of the law but also to explore its origins and implementation, strengths and weaknesses. The program has interrelationships between environmental law and policy, science, economics and culture.
A key feature of the program is that it offers flexible delivery and learning, making it an excellent option for people who are unable to attend regular day or evening lectures because of work, family or travel commitments. The program is designed to cater for the needs of both part-time and full-time students. Its "intensive" courses in which the face-to-face tuition is usually compressed into three days have proved highly attractive.
Requirements
The program consists of 36 units chosen from the list of courses currently available within the Graduate Program in Law, with at least 24 units chosen from the Environmental Law courses. Some courses have prerequisites.
Students are able to apply to transfer to the degree of Master of Laws specialising in Environmental Law, with status for all relevant work completed.
Click here to go to the 2010 Postgraduate Law timetable. Environmental Law courses are coloured green.
The information published on the Study at ANU 2011 website applies to the 2011 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2010 website.
