Program Requirements
The Master of Military Law requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:
24 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
LAWS8164 Advanced Military Discipline Law
LAWS8165 Advanced Military Administrative Law
LAWS8166 Advanced Military Operations Law
24 units from completion of courses from the following list:
LAWS8001 Introduction to Law, Governance and Development
LAWS8003 Transnational Business and Human Rights
LAWS8006 Law and Development in the Contemporary South Pacific
LAWS8008 Climate Change and Displacement
LAWS8009 Transnational Anti-Corruption Laws
LAWS8010 Environmental Protection and Human Rights
LAWS8012 Australian Disaster Law
LAWS8015 Fundamentals of Government and Commercial Law
LAWS8016 Comparative Constitutional Law
LAWS8017 Telecommunications Law
LAWS8018 National Security Law
LAWS8019 Special Topics in International Security Law
LAWS8023 International Law and United Nations Peace Operations
LAWS8025 International Security Law Research Project A
LAWS8026 International Security Law Research Project B
LAWS8028 Special Topics in Law, Governance and Development
LAWS8029 Economic and Social Rights
LAWS8030 Advanced Succession Practice
LAWS8032 International Financial Institutions and Development
LAWS8033 Prisons, Prisoners and the Law
LAWS8034 Law and Regulation
LAWS8035 Special Topics in Intern Security Law 2 - Cyber Warfare Law
LAWS8037 Sustainable Energy Law
LAWS8042 Special Topics in Law, Governance & Development 2: Operationalising Treaties
LAWS8061 Special Topics Environmental Law 1
LAWS8066 Special Topics in International Security Law 3: Intersection of Humanitarian Law & Human Rights Law
LAWS8067 Special Topics in Laws, Governance & Development 3: Courts, Justice & Development
LAWS8068 Australian Aviation Law
LAWS8069 Law and Society in South Asia
LAWS8070 Sports Law
LAWS8071 Law and Governance in sub-Saharan Africa
LAWS8072 Statutory Interpretation
LAWS8073 Trade Remedies Law: WTO Law & Domestic Implementation
LAWS8074 Personal Injuries Compensation
LAWS8104 Legislation and Legislative Drafting
LAWS8107 International Air and Space Law
LAWS8110 Corporate Environmental Responsibility
LAWS8111 Environmental Regulation
LAWS8116 Public Sector Dispute Management
LAWS8117 Commonwealth Environmental Law
LAWS8122 Special Topics in International Law:
LAWS8123 Water Resources Law
LAWS8125 The Law of Corporate Governance
LAWS8128 Contemporary Issues in Constitutional Law
LAWS8129 Marine and Coastal Law
LAWS8131 Commercial Drafting
LAWS8132 Advocacy
LAWS8136 International Intellectual Property Law
LAWS8140 Commercial Law
LAWS8141 Judicial Review of Government Action
LAWS8142 Tort Liability and Public Authorities
LAWS8143 Federal Litigation
LAWS8144 Conflict of Laws
LAWS8145 Environmental and Risk Assessment Law
LAWS8146 Environmental Landuse Planning Law
LAWS8147 Special Topics in Government and Commercial Law:
LAWS8148 Special Topics in Law
LAWS8149 Themes in Administrative Law
LAWS8150 Principles of Evidence Under the Uniform Act
LAWS8153 Intro To Legal Reasoning and Research
LAWS8154 Competition Law
LAWS8155 Human Rights Litigation
LAWS8156 Commonwealth Compensation Law
LAWS8157 Special Topics in Legal Practices
LAWS8160 Military Discipline Law
LAWS8161 Advocacy for Military Lawyers
LAWS8162 Military Operations Law
LAWS8163 Military Administrative Law
LAWS8164 Advanced Military Discipline Law
LAWS8165 Advanced Military Administrative Law
LAWS8166 Advanced Military Operations Law
LAWS8167 Australian Migration Law
LAWS8168 Australia's Visa System
LAWS8169 Visa Compliance, Cancellation and Review
LAWS8170 Applied Migration Law
LAWS8171 Kyoto Seminar: Japanese Law in the Global Era
LAWS8172 Media and Communications Law
LAWS8173 Pollution Law
LAWS8174 Investigations, Inquiries and Inquisitorial Processes
LAWS8175 Citizenship Law in Context
LAWS8176 Migration Law
LAWS8177 International Internship
LAWS8178 International Law and Use of Force
LAWS8179 International Security Law
LAWS8180 International Climate Law
LAWS8181 Australian Climate Law
LAWS8182 Principles of International Law
LAWS8183 Advanced Principles of International Law
LAWS8184 The Law of International Institutions
LAWS8185 Forestry Law
LAWS8186 Site Contamination Law
LAWS8187 Environmental Litigation
LAWS8188 Environmental Markets
LAWS8189 Fundamentals of Environmental Law
LAWS8190 Unspecified JD Elective
LAWS8191 Unspecified JD Research Elective
LAWS8197 Status from CDU GDLP
LAWS8198 Status from ANU Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
LAWS8199 Unspecified Status Units
LAWS8209 Government Corporations
LAWS8218 Advanced Contracts
LAWS8220 Government Contracts
LAWS8228 Law and Economics
LAWS8229 International Law of World Trade
LAWS8234 International Human Rights Law
LAWS8236 Tribunals and Government
LAWS8237 Health Law and Bioethics in Global Context
LAWS8240 Australian Human Rights and Discrimination
LAWS8241 Executive Power
LAWS8243 Freedom of Information and Privacy
LAWS8246 The High Court of Australia
LAWS8252 International Refugee Law
LAWS8253 Law of The Sea
LAWS8260 Fundamentals of Business Law
LAWS8264 International Law of The Environment
LAWS8268 International Humanitarian Law
LAWS8271 Contemporary Issues in Administrative Law
LAWS8277 International Business Transactions
LAWS8278 Environmental Dispute Management
LAWS8280 Biodiversity Law and Policy
LAWS8290 Special Topics in International Law 2
LAWS8291 Special Topics in Environmental Law
LAWS8296 Special Topics in International Law 3
LAWS8297 International Law and Australian Government
LAWS8298 Commercial Equity
LAWS8299 Unspecified Status 12 Credit Points
LAWS8299 Unspecified Status 12 Credit Points
LAWS8301 Graduate Research Unit
LAWS8303 Graduate Research Unit (Environmental Law)
LAWS8304 Graduate Research Unit (International Law)
LAWS8305 Graduate Research Unit
LAWS8306 Graduate Research Unit (Government & Commercial Law)
LAWS8308 Graduate Research Unit (Legal Practice)
LAWS8309 Graduate Research Unit (Law Governance & Development)
LAWS8310 Federal Criminal Law
LAWS8311 Occupational Health and Safety Law
LAWS8312 Land, Law and Development in Asia
LAWS8313 Federal Criminal Procedure and Evidence
LAWS8522 Public Sector Employment Law
LAWS8566 International Criminal Law
LAWS8567 International Dispute Resolution
LAWS8568 Fundamentals of Government and Commercial Law
LAWS8570 The Legal Framework of Regulation
LAWS8820 Exchange Program for Graduate Law Students
LAWS8999 Postgraduate Law Cross-Institutional Enrolment
STST8001 Strategic Studies
STST8002 Grand Strategies in the Asia-Pacific
STST8004 Australian Strategic and Defence Policy
STST8010 Strategic Concepts and Asia Pacific Conflict
STST8013 China's Defence and Strategic Challenges
STST8015 The US and East Asian Security
STST8016 Transnational Security
STST8017 Special Topics in Strategic Studies
STST8021 Intelligence and Security
STST8025 Strategic Crises
STST8026 Nuclear Strategy in the Asian Century
STST8027 Insurgency & Counterinsurgency in an Age of Terror
STST8028 Global Security Actors? NATO and the European Union
STST8029 Arms Control: Theory, Technology, Policy
STST8032 Why and How We Fight: Understanding War and Conflict
STST8033 Contemporary Issues in Australian Defence Policy
STST8051 Great and Powerful Friends: Strategic alliances and Australian security
STST8052 Strategy in Action: The Development of the Operational Art
STST8100 Australian Foreign and Defence Policy
STST8101 Australia's Strategic Environment
STST8102 Strategy
STST8104 Operational Art
STST8105 Intervention Operations
STST8106 Expeditionary Operations
STST8107 International Law and Operations
STST8108 Special Topic in Military and Defence Studies
STST8119 Australian Capability and Defense Organisation
Admission Requirements
This program is restricted to approved Defence personnel who hold a Bachelors of Laws, Juris Doctor or international equivalent qualifying the candidate for admission to legal practice in Australia, as well as a Graduate Certificate of Military Law from ANU.
All applicants must meet the University’s English Language Admission Requirements for Students
Scholarships
ANU offers a wide range of scholarships to students to assist with the cost of their studies.
Eligibility to apply for ANU scholarships varies depending on the specifics of the scholarship and can be categorised by the type of student you are. Specific scholarship application process information is included in the relevant scholarship listing.
For further information see the Scholarships website.
The program is taught under contract for the Department of Defence. It is only open to nominees of the Department of Defence; nominally serving ADF legal officers. The ANU College of Law Military Law Program covers the LTM2 and LMT3 levels of the ADF competency scheme for ADF legal officers.
Career Options
Graduates from ANU have been rated as Australia's most employable graduates and among the most sought after by employers worldwide.
The latest Global Employability University Ranking, published by the Times Higher Education, rated ANU as Australia's top university for getting a job for the fourth year in a row.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will be able to:
- investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories
- apply established theories to different fields of military law and practice
- design, evaluate, implement, analyse and theorise about developments in military law that contribute to professional practice or scholarship
- to plan and execute a substantial research-based project, capstone experience and/or piece of scholarship in each of the fields of military discipline, administrative and operations law
- justify and interpret theoretical propositions, methodologies, conclusions and professional decisions to specialist and non-specialist audiences in ADF context
