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Law

Law School website

Dean of Law: Rosemary Owens

Phone: 61 8 8303 5172
Fax: 61 8 8303 4344
Email: rosemary.owens@adelaide.edu.au

Enrolment enquiries: Adelaide Graduate Centre
Phone: 61 8 8303 5882
Email: graduate.centre@adelaide.edu.au

Research Awards
Academic program	Duration	Annual fee domestic	Annual fee international 2009 ¹	Start date	Mode of study	Prerequisite qualifications
Master of Laws	up to 2 years	RTS*	$25,000	Feb/July	Internal, full / part time	Honours degree comprising a significant research component or equiv.
Doctor of Philosophy in Law	up to 4 years	RTS*	$25,000	Feb/July	Internal / remote, full / part time	Honours IIA degree or equiv.

* Research Training Scheme (RTS) - Currently all commencing "local" higher degree by research students at the University of Adelaide are awarded a Research Training Scheme (RTS) place. The RTS place entitles the student to a maximum period of four years of tuition fee exempt candidature to undertake a PhD program or two years of tuition fee exempt candidature to undertake a Masters program. This means there is no HECS debt at the end of the program.
"local" includes Australian citizens or permanent residents and New Zealand citizens.

International
¹ The quoted fee is a base fee that will be subject to an annual increase of up to 5% for each of the subsequent years in the program for the duration published on this site. Students completing the program beyond the maximum published period will be subject to a new base fee.

About the School

The Law School has a number of major research strengths in the areas of legal theory and history, corporate and commercial law, legal procedure and evidence, public law and the common law. The School has a proud history of accomplishments in obtaining major competitive grants and international publications in these fields, both in respect of pure and applied research.

Individual and collaborative research by the Law School academic staff is enhanced by the Law School Seminar Series, which brings to Adelaide a wide variety of distinguished visiting scholars from Australia and overseas. The Seminar Series is held throughout each semester.

The School publishes the Adelaide Law Review, which is designed to complement its Research Interests.

Research Interests

Associate Dean of Research: Dr Paul Babie
Phone: 61 8 8303 5521
Fax: 61 8 8303 4344

Administrative law
Anti-discrimination law
Comparative law
Constitutional law
Contract law
Corporation law
Criminal law and procedure
Criminology
Energy law
Environmental planning and natural resources law
Feminist legal theory
Human rights
Income maintenance
Industrial law
Insolvency law
International law
Jurisprudence
Law of evidence
Law of torts
Legal history
Legal philosophy
Medical law and ethics
Property law
Restitution law
Securities law
Social security law
Trusts

Please note that topic availability will be dependent on the availability of a supervisor.

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