The Melbourne Law Doctorates
The CMCL welcomes students interested in undertaking a research in a range of legal areas, including media, communications, intellectual property, journalism, contempt, privacy, art and law, and law and economics. The CMCL may be available to supervise sociological, doctrinal, law and economics, theoretical and empirical research papers. For a list of expertise within the Melbourne Law School, click here.
The Melbourne Law School's Research Higher Degree program is administered by the Office for Research (Law). For more information on the program, click here. The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is the principal doctoral degree of the University, and involves preparation of a supervised thesis of up to 100,000 words, representing an original and substantial contribution to the knowledge of law. The Doctor of Laws (LLD) is the highest qualification available by examination. The Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) is a professional doctorate in law. It combines coursework and original research at an advanced level in a specialist area, culminating in a doctoral dissertation. Melbourne Law Masters(LLM) is available by thesis or by coursework.
If you are interested in undertaking a Research Higher Degree with the CMCL, please contact us to discuss your proposal.
Scholarships
Melbourne Research Scholarships and Commonwealth Scholarships may be available to outstanding students. For more information click here. Graduate Program in Communications Law
The CMCL supervises the Graduate Program in Communications Law, and is associated with the LLB subjects Media Law and Communications Law.
Subjects that form part of the Graduate Program in Communications Law are:
Art and Law
Commercial Information and the Law
Communications Law
Copyright Law
Cybersecurity Law
Defamation Law
Digital Broadcasting and Wireless Networks
Electronic Commerce Law
Entertainment Law
Film and Television Law: Production, Financing and Distribution
Free Speech and Intellectual Property Law
Free Speech, Contempt and the Media
Intellectual Property in the Digital Age
International and Comparative Copyright Law
Privacy and Data Protection
Privacy and the Media
Public Law of the Internet
For more information on Graduate Studies, Faculty of Law, click here. |