College of Law

The College of Law is a postgraduate school for the study of law operating in Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia. The main campus is located in the Sydney suburb of St Leonards, with satellites in central Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Auckland, Wellington and Kuala Lumpur.

Since commencing operations in New South Wales in 1974, the organisation has grown to become largest provider of practical legal training (PLT) in Australia and New Zealand. The College claims more than 60,000 graduates, with more than 25,000 of these in New South Wales. In addition to the PLT Program (which is the prerequisite program for practicing law in Australia or New Zealand), the College offers the LLM (Applied Law) and other post graduate applied law programs, as well as Continuing Professional Development short courses for lawyers, in the following specialisations: Business law, Commercial litigation, Commercial transactions, Family law, Government and public sector law, In-house practice, Legal practice management, Mediation and dispute resolution, Property law and Wills, estates and estate planning.

The college has over 400 staff across Australia and New Zealand – most of whom are practicing lawyers. The College of Law is also one of the few non-universities to achieve status as a Self-Accrediting Authority from the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency.

Courses Available

• Humanities and Social Sciences

For International Students