Welcome to the 2009 Melbourne JD!
On behalf of Melbourne Law School, it is my pleasure to congratulate you on your place in this pioneering programme in 2009. We are delighted that you are joining us this year.
Over the last two months you would have received a variety of information relating to enrolment, orientation, teaching staff, syndicates, extra-curricular activities, and the professional services available to you. Should you have questions about any of this, please feel free to contact the Melbourne Law School Student Centre. If you wish to speak with an academic member of staff, you are most welcome to get in touch with me (p.nicholson@unimelb.edu.au) or my colleagues Professor Belinda Fehlberg, Professor Richard Garnett and Associate Professor Christian Witting, as the 2009 Course Directors.
Orientation is a wonderful opportunity to begin to know the Law School and to start the process of immersion in the Melbourne JD. The orientation program is designed to get you thinking about the study and practice of law as early as possible, in a context that lays out a wide range of the options that will be open to you, during your time as a JD student and afterwards. The highlight of the orientation program is an address by the Chief Justice of Victoria, the Honourable Justice Marilyn Warren AC, in the historic Banco Court in the Supreme Court of Victoria. During orientation, you will also have the chance to meet members of your cohort, current JD students, JD alumni, and the academic and professional staff of the Law School with whom you will work in first year.
I look forward to working with you this year.
Melbourne JD 2009 Orientation Program
At the core of the Melbourne JD experience is the course itself and the subjects through which it is delivered. The Melbourne JD is a three-year program taught over six semesters, although you have the option (subject to approval) of accelerating your degree in order to finish the JD in just over two years.
Melbourne JD course structure
Key dates
Pre-reading materials
Course rules
Subject pages
The Melbourne Law School is a vibrant community and you are invited to become involved in all the activities within the Law School that are offered by the School as a whole or by its research centres and institutes. You are encouraged to maximize resources available to you, in a way that suits your own interests and aspirations.
Academic staff
Professional staff
Facilities available
Research centres and institutes
The Law School understands that activities beyond the formal curriculum are essential to enable students to deepen their knowledge and understanding of the law. As such, we have developed a number of initiatives specifically targeted to Melbourne JD students.
Guest Lecture Series
Melbourne Conversations
Student Experience
To access the reading materials for LMR click here.
You can view 2009 subject pages here.
For those who are in the process of arranging accommodation in Melbourne, applications remain open for graduate student places at Ormond College. If you are interested, please contact Ms Jennifer Holmes, Dean of Studies at Ormond College, via email or phone 9344 1268.
Please let me know if we can assist in any way, with information or advice, before orientation begins.
Associate Professor Pip Nicholson
Associate Dean (JD)