Why Graduate Certificate in Military Law?
Engage with high level military law principles to take your career to new heights.
Adelaide University’s Graduate Certificate in Military Law is an important step in your journey to deepen your legal expertise and build specialised skills in military law. Taught under contract to the Department of Defence, this graduate certificate is specifically for legal officers in the Australian Defence Force.
Overview
Progress your career and build specialised knowledge and skills with our Graduate Certificate in Military Law. This qualification is only open to legal officers in the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Learn to solve legal problems, conduct research and communicate military law information to ADF audiences. Take an important step in your growth as a military law professional in the Australian Defence Force. On successful completion of this graduate certificate, you can enter our Master of Laws.
Key features
Learn to solve legal problems in ADF legal officer practice. - Complete research in military law – discovering inconsistencies, conflicts and gaps in law and policy.
- Extend your knowledge in discipline, administrative and operational law.
- Study with a community of legal officers with vast knowledge and skills.
- Learn from distinguished experts from Defence, industry, academia, and the legal profession.
- Use this graduate certificate as a pathway into our Master of Laws.
What you'll learn
This program is only available to legal officers in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and is designed to build specialised military legal knowledge and skills.
Adelaide University’s Graduate Certificate in Military Law covers the following courses:
- Advanced Military Discipline Law
- Advanced Military Operations Law
- Advanced Military Administrative Law.
Your studies will teach you to:
- Apply military law to solve legal problems in ADF legal officer practice.
- Analyse and critique military law/policy from diverse theoretical and practical perspectives.
- Complete research in military law, finding and resolving inconsistencies, conflicts, gaps and opportunities for improvement in law, policy and practice.
- Communicate military law information to relevant ADF audiences in legal and non-legal contexts, including training.
- Apply judgement, adaptability and responsibility as a military law professional across discipline, administrative and operational law.
- Understand and reflect on the qualities of a professional military lawyer.
After completing this graduate certificate, you can move into our Master of Laws to further your legal expertise.
Degree Structure: Graduate Certificate in Military Law
Program code: GCMLW
Complete 24 units comprising:
- 24 units for Core courses
Study plan
A study plan sets out the courses you will need to complete and the recommended timing for each one. This will help to guide your enrolment in each study period, alongside any additional information provided below. If you have received a personalised plan or alternative advice from your Program Director, please refer to that guidance in the first instance, or seek help from your Program Director or Student Assist if you are unsure.
Enrolment information
Find details about the rules and notes that apply to your program, along with other essential information required for successful enrolment. Supplementary supporting resources may also be provided where applicable.
Courses
Listed here are all the courses that contribute to your program, including elective options that can be chosen. These courses come together to form your study plan. Courses fall into different categories, each of which have specific unit values that need to be met under the program rules.
What courses you'll study
Complete 24 units comprising:
- 24 units for Core courses
Complete 24 units comprising:
- 24 units for all Core courses
| Course name | Course code | Units | |
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Course name
Advanced Military Discipline Law
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Course code
LAWS5019
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Units
9
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Course name
Advanced Military Operations Law
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Course code
LAWS5021
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Units
6
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Course name
Advanced Military Administrative Law
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Course code
LAWS5077
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Units
9
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