Program Overview

Graduate Diploma in Asian Law

Overview

The specialisation in Asian law is ideal for lawyers and other professionals dealing with Asian legal systems in commercial, legal or policy capacities, or for researchers and scholars interested in Asia. International and domestic students will benefit from the diversity of subjects, exposure to teaching staff who speak Asian languages and who have lived and practiced law in Asian jurisdictions. It will also provide access to the Asian Law Centre - Australia's first and largest centre devoted to developing understandings of Asian laws and legal systems and its sister centre, the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, which is devoted to the study of Indonesian law and Islamic law across the Asian region.

Course Details

• Course code: 726AA
• Duration: 6 months full time / 1 year part time
• Location: On campus (Parkville)
• Intake: March, June, July, August, December
• Fees: AUD $23,488 (2025 indicative first year fee). Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) are not available

Program Structure

The Graduate Diploma in Asian Law is part of the world-renowned Melbourne Law Masters program. Covering a range of Asian legal systems and societies, the program offers insights into laws, institutions and their reform and practices that will determine how governments, businesses and broader stakeholders interact within and across borders.

Related Offerings

• Master of Laws
• Graduate Diploma in Laws
• Single Subject Study in Law

Related Study Areas

• Law
• Specialist legal study

Acknowledgement

The University acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Owners of the unceded lands on which we work, learn and live. We pay respect to Elders past, present and future, and acknowledge the importance of Indigenous knowledge in the Academy.