Master of Laws

The UQLA is supporting the Law School in its efforts to offer a high quality Master of Laws programme, for both foreign and domestic students.

The importance of a Masters programme, for early career lawyers, was outlined by John McKenna KC in the Macrossan Lecture for 2025. 

Practitioners can also benefit from this programme by simply taking individual subjects, without the need to undertake assessment tasks, as part of their CPD studies.

To assist the Law School in expanding the range of subjects covered by the Masters programme, members of the UQLA continue to develop new subjects which deal with matters of real importance to legal practice – and which may be taught with the involvement of a range of eminent practitioners.

Key subjects in the Masters programme include:

  • Advanced Civil Procedure (LAWS7721) (John McKenna KC)

  • Advanced Contract Law (LAWS7948) (Prof Rick Bigwood)

  • AI and Internet Law (LAWS7725) (Prof John Swinson and Rebecca Slater)

  • Commercial Equity (LAWS7835) (Sam Walpole)

  • Corporate Governance Law (LAWS7893) (Prof Ross Grantham)

  • International Commercial Arbitration (LAWS7868) (Dylan McKimmie)

  • Interpretation of Statutes and Instruments (LAWS7709) (John McKenna KC)

  • Mediation and Conflict Management (LAWS7851) (Anne-Marie Rice)

  • Natural Resources Law (LAWS7805) (Adjunct Prof Jonathan Fulcher)

  • Protecting Human Rights in the Public Sector (LAWS7722) (Kathryn McMillan KC and Kent Blore)

Not all of these subjects are offered every semester.

Official information about the Masters course, and the subjects which are currently on offer, can be found on the UQ website here.

A range of perspectives on the Masters course can be found in the videos to follow: