The Monash Master of Legal Studies is designed to equip non-lawyers with the legal skills and knowledge you need to make better managerial and commercial decisions and to lead your organisation effectively.

This course provides you with the legal knowledge that will give you a competitive edge in your chosen career.

Criminal law and forensics

Become an expert in the laws that regulate criminal law and forensics

The Criminal Law and Forensics specialisation will equip you with a theoretical and practical grounding in the interaction between science, medicine, technology and the law. This specialisation gives you the opportunity to pursue emerging areas of study or explore existing knowledge at a deeper level.

Suitable for: Graduates from non-law disciplines in occupations requiring a sound grasp of crime scene investigation, death investigations, forensic medicine, mental health evidence, biological and chemical evidence, technological evidence. It also suits law graduates interested in developing or enhancing a specialist career as criminal lawyers, investigators, forensics practitioners or evidence experts.

A Bachelor Honours degree (or equivalent) in a cognate discipline as determined by the faculty, with a minimum credit average.

OR

A Bachelor degree (or equivalent) plus either a graduate diploma (or equivalent) in Law or a cognate discipline or a graduate certificate (or equivalent) in Law or a cognate discipline.

OR

A Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a cognate discipline, plus sufficient relevant work-based experience or professional learning to provide the equivalent of a bachelor honours degree on one of those disciplines, as determined by the faculty.

Applicants will be assessed on their entire academic record, with a credit average (or equivalent) preferred. As a general rule, students who do not have a credit average or are relying on relevant work experience to satisfy entry requirements will need to have worked for at least two years, although the required period may be shorter where the work experience has been supplemented by other relevant learning.