Facilities
Melbourne JD classes are located in the purpose-built Law School overlooking historic University Square. The building features modern teaching and IT facilities and a world-class Moot Court. The Law Library, spread over three levels of the Law School, houses one of the best law collections in Australia.
Melbourne Law School Student Centre, Mezzanine Level
- Seminar rooms equipped with audio-visual facilities
- Common room and meeting areas
- Information for students with a disability
Law Library
The University's Law Library has one of the best law collections in Australia. It is located in purpose-built surroundings with world-class library and computing facilities for teaching, learning and research.
The collections include approximately 180,000 printed volumes, 30,000 volumes in microfiche or microfilm and a comprehensive collection of online databases.
Graduate students have access to the following services:
- More than 100 computers for students' use
- One-on-one research consultations
- Skills seminars on using electronic research sources
- Reserve collections of subject-related material
- Photocopying, printing and study facilities
- Loans from other libraries in the University's network
- The opportunity to borrow laptop computers
- Plug-in and wireless internet connectivity for student laptops
Student IT facilities
- Access to the student plug-in network (SPIN) in the seminar rooms
- Access to the wireless network throughout the building
- A student email account
- 500 pages of printing credits per semester (twice per calendar year)
- Endnote software for the duration of study
- IT training and workshops
Local amenities
The Melbourne Law School is located on the city fringe, an easy 15-minute walk from the centre of the city or a short five-minute tram ride. Positioned right next to the inner-city suburb of Carlton, the campus is compact and beautifully landscaped with its 150-year history embodied in its architecture.