Offered By	Faculty of Law
Minimum	144 units
Academic Contact	JD Administrator and JD Administrator
Academic Plan	7330XJD
CRICOS Code	061559M
UAC Code	832481(Juris Doctor) 835481(Juris Doctor)
Areas of Interest	Law and Law

This is a distinctive program for graduates of non-law disciplines (or non-Australian law degrees).  It allows students access to nominated postgraduate law courses.  The program can be studied full or part-time with entry points in first and second semester. It is intended to be completed in three years full-time, or on a part-time basis; in either case the degree must normally be completed within ten years from the start of study (including any periods of leave or suspension).

The program consists of compulsory and elective courses.  The compulsory courses are designed to ensure that every student gains a sufficient grounding in the fundamental branches of the law, and the elective courses provide an opportunity to develop particular interests and to deepen understandings.

Applicants are ranked for selection in order of academic merit based on performance in previous qualifications.  The level of attainment required for entry in a particular year depends on the overall number and standard of applications.  It should be noted, however, that some weighting may still be placed on secondary results. 

Previous law studies

A student who enrols in the ANU JD degree after completing law studies at another university may only be granted status for up to half of the courses prescribed for the ANU degree.  Where a student was previously enrolled in a combined program with law, whether at ANU or at another institution, no status will be given for law courses that were included in the completion of the other award.  A student may not repeat in the JD program a course, the syllabus of which is substantially similar to that of a subject passed for the award of another degree or diploma; where a course is a compulsory part of the ANU JD program an exemption from that course will normally be granted (ie the student will be required to undertake another course in lieu of the course for which exemption is granted).

 

Student Income Support

 

 

Eligible students undertaking the Juris Doctor at ANU are able to access Youth Allowance, Austudy and/or the Pensioner Education Supplement.  For full details, please visit the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations website

The information published on the Study at ANU 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.