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FREQUENTLY

ASKED QUESTIONS

CAN I RECEIVE CREDIT FOR ANY PRIOR
LEARNING?

The College’s Credit for Prior Learning Policy encourages practitioners
HOW MANY HOURS PER WEEK DO I NEED who have completed (or partially completed) previous postgraduate
TO SET ASIDE FOR STUDY? and other recognised study to apply for The College of Law’s credit
towards a LLM.
You should allow eight to ten hours study per week per subject
to work through the online materials and participate in the online A maximum of three subject credits may be granted towards the
learning activities. You will also be expected to devote further Master of Laws award.
time to complete assessment tasks.
If you have undertaken a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice with
If you are working full-time, we recommend that you take no The College of Law within the last ten years you may apply to
more than two subjects per intake. receive up to two elective subjects of unspecified credit.
If you have undertaken a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice
with another provider within the last ten years you may apply to
CAN I CLAIM CPD POINTS? receive one elective subject of unspecified credit.
You may be entitled to claim CPD points for your study, subject to If you have undertaken other postgraduate study, such as an LLM
jurisdictional requirements. or Graduate Diploma of Law, whether you have completed the
award or not, you may be eligible to receive credit for that study.
Bar Council Malaysia will award a total of 16 CPD points to an
individual upon successful completion of the Master of Laws, To apply for Credit for Prior Learning please complete the
based on the date of completion of the course. application for recognition of prior learning online with your
application for enrolment and upload an original certified copy of
your academic transcript.

FURTHER QUESTIONS?

Contact us at:
Phone: +60 3 2727 1609 or +61 2 9965 7000
Email: colasia@collaw.edu.au

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