Australia
as your study destination
Prerequisites
for studying law in Australia
Choosing
the law school that is best for you
Coming
to Australia
Living
in Australia
Legal
education in Australia
Practising
law in Australia
A
guide to Australia’s law schools
A guide
to Australia’s practical legal training programs
A
guide to Australia’s postgraduate law programs
It is my great pleasure to welcome readers and viewers to this electronic version of Studying Law in Australia, an informative publication of the Council of Australian Law Deans (CALD) that has been produced in hard copy since 1993.
Having myself studied law in many countries, I know from personal experience how fulfilling it will be for you to study law in Australia. Australia has a well-developed, stable and sophisticated legal system that draws on the accumulated experience of many other countries and combines that international perspective with its own rich local experience. If you have had experience of another legal system, you will be reassured by the similarities and stimulated by the differences.
Australian law degrees are becoming increasingly valued world-wide, as Australian law graduates seek satisfying careers not only in Australia but around the globe. Australian postgraduate law programs — coursework and research — have also grown enormously in recent years, reflecting a demand for both general and specialised qualifications in law, legal practice, legal studies, law and society, and many other law-related fields.
Australia has 30 accredited law schools, which offer a wide diversity
of courses and programs. This web site offers an easy and user-friendly
way into those law schools. It provides some basic generic information,
but also a portal to the websites of all of the individual law schools.
I invite you to browse and click to your heart's content.
Finally, as this web site is directed mainly at international students
coming to Australia, may I underline how much Australia welcomes and values
foreign students, irrespective of nationality, race, religion, colour
or creed — in other words, on a totally non-discriminatory basis.
Idealistic as it may seem, I firmly believe that the cultural diversity
that international students bring to Australia, and the local experience
they take home, can only benefit the international community by contributing
to mutual understanding, tolerance, and thus, albeit indirectly, world
peace.
I warmly welcome you to the Australian part of the global village.
Professor Michael Coper
Immediate Past Chair 2005-2007, Council
of Australian Law Deans
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