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FREQUENTLY

ASKED QUESTIONS

CAN I RECEIVE CREDIT FOR ANY PRIOR LEARNING?

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

HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS?

Contact us at:
Phone: +61 2 9965 7000
Email: colasia@collaw.edu.au

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