Specialist Certificate in Law (Digital Law and Technological Innovation)
The University of Melbourne
Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Postgraduate
CRICOS: 00116K
The Specialist Certificate in Law (Digital Law and Technological Innovation) is designed to equip students with the legal knowledge and technical skills needed to navigate the complex ethical, legal and social implications of new technologies. Students can choose from subjects designed to impart expert knowledge about the regulatory challenges of our times: the expediential growth of artificial intelligence, big data and allied disruptive technologies, such as blockchain and smart contracts, which affect markets, professional practice and governance
Structure
Students must complete 25 credit points of study from the prescribed list of subjects.
Subjects
- Advanced Payment Devices and Fintech
- AI and Justice
- Artificial Intelligence and the Law
- Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Law
- Competition in Digital Markets
- Cryptoassets in Global Context
- Cyber Security and the Law
- Digital Technologies and Labour Law
- Digital Trade
- Health Data Governance
- Information Technology Contracting Law
- Law and Emerging Health Technologies
- Licensing Law and Technology Transfer
- New Media and Communications
- Online Streaming, Film and TV Law
- Privacy Law
- Regulating AI
- Regulation of FinTech
- Science & AI: Legal & Ethical Challenges
Standard entry requirements
- A degree in law (LLB, JD or equivalent) leading to admission to practice with a University of Melbourne equivalent score of at least 70, OR
- A degree in law (LLB, JD or equivalent) leading to admission to legal practice and at least one year of documented, relevant professional experience
Study information
| Campus | Fees | Entry | Mid year intake | Attendance |
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| Parkville | Domestic: $11,744 | No |
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Fee comments
Campuses: Parkville.
This course is available to domestic students only
