Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor
Your gateway to a life in law If you are a graduate who is passionate about law and justice, our Juris Doctor is your entry point to the legal profession. Innovative structure Build real-world skills such as research, advocacy, negotiation and how to work with clients, in a course ranked…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Your gateway to a life in law
If you are a graduate who is passionate about law and justice, our Juris Doctor is your entry point to the legal profession.
Innovative structure
Build real-world skills such as research, advocacy, negotiation and how to work with clients, in a course ranked #1 in Victoria for skills development in law.
Industry connected
Take advantage of RMIT’s deep industry connections. Choose from a range of clinical, judicial, research and international study opportunities.
Focus on contemporary issues
Work on law reform projects with our industry partners including RMIT’s Business and Human Rights Centre.
Legal skills
You will build skills and expertise in the critical areas of practice. Under the supervision of legal professionals you will engage in a variety of simulations to develop practical legal capabilities.
What you will study
The RMIT JD is structured to bring the study of law to life by offering an amalgamation of practical, theoretical and research opportunities. You will develop a full range of contemporary legal skills. You will study Australian and international substantive law, focussing on all core areas of legal practice including commercial law, international law and innovation in the justice system.
Students can undertake 3 years of full-time study, or on a part-time basis. Online learning options are also available.
What you will learn:
research and policy development
mooting and advocacy
working with clients
negotiation and mediation
The RMIT Juris Doctor is an innovative postgraduate law course focusing on the fundamentals of law and the justice system.
This course is based on a unique approach that we call ‘bringing law to life.’ It has been designed specifically to create job-ready graduates, with direction and input from a Program Advisory Board made up of senior executives from law firms, representatives from the Bar, Magistrates and other senior members of the profession.
You will build practical legal skills such as mooting and advocacy, research and policy development, interviewing and working with clients and negotiation, influencing and mediation. These are integrated into the study of substantive areas of law.
You will learn how to conduct research, to gain insights into policy development and law reform through a subject focussed on innovative justice that incorporates design thinking in law. We offer a core subject in Law and Technology that gives you skills for the changing world of work and critiques the impact of technology on the law.
You will also choose from a range of law electives that cover human rights law, tax law, intellectual property law, international business law, competition and consumer law, insolvency, acquisitions and mergers, labour law, environment and planning law, health law, wills and family law.
The RMIT Juris Doctor has a three-year flexible structure. The course can be delivered in ways that suit your life. For example, a part time option is available, or you can study off-campus via Open University Australia’s online portal.
Career
Graduates can change their career direction and enter the legal profession by adding this fully accredited legal qualification to their undergraduate degree.
RMIT’s Juris Doctor graduates have access to a range of legal opportunities. These include practising law in the commercial legal sector, practising as a barrister, or working as an in-house lawyer with corporations, governments or not-for-profit organisations.
JD graduates work in many other fields where knowledge of legal principles and the ability to think deeply and rigorously are essential.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Since its establishment in 1887, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) has been meeting the needs of the community surrounding it. Originally a Working Men’s College, RMIT showed its flexibility during World War Two, training over 20,000 servicemen in communications to help with the war effort.Now, it is a true pioneer in international education, championing cross-border study opportunities with campuses in various countries. Granted formal university status in 1992, RMIT is ranked 21st in the world for universities that are less than 50 years old.RMIT is the largest higher education institution in Australia, currently with more than 82,000 students. With nearly 20% of those students coming from overseas, it is a university that truly welcomes diversity and is a melting pot of different cultures. RMIT has three campuses in Vietnam, a European hub in Barcelona, an office in Indonesia, and partners with 200+ institutions in 42 countries to provide study opportunities worldwide.
