Page 10 - About The College of Law Asia (March 2017)

THE COLLEGE OF LAW ASIA

The College of Law Asia (COL Asia) was established in 2016 to expand the College’s operations into
Asia, with a special focus on the new ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). COL Asia willl add three
new jurisdictional streams to the College’s LLM in Applied Law programme in September 2017:

ASEAN+6 Cross-Border Legal Practice
Malaysian Legal Practice
New Zealand / Common Law Legal Practice

LLM (APPLIED LAW) MALAYSIAN LEGAL PRACTICE LLM (APPLIED LAW) ASEAN+6 CROSS-BORDER
Bar Council Malaysia has assisted the College to LEGAL PRACTICE
develop subjects that are designed to meet the needs This unique programme has been developed to
of Malaysian practitioners. service the needs of lawyers operating within the
ASEAN+6 region. It’s focussed on the 10-nation
The first six subjects will be available in the ASEAN Economic Community and its free trade
September 2017 Intake: and investment relationships with six surrounding

Civil litigation practice economies - Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, LLM (APPLIED LAW)
Korea, and India.
Criminal law practice COMMON LAW PRACTICE
Commercial and corporate law practice The programme recognises the existing and future This LLM programme is comprised of seven subjects
Lawyer’s skills needs for cross-border legal skills and knowledge plus a Capstone or Major Project. The seven subjects are:

Personal injury and torts practice within our region. Administrative Law Practice
Property law practice The initial 10 subjects are: Commercial Law Practice

Four further subjects will be available in the February Commercial transactions - September 2017 intake Criminal Law Practice
2018 Intake : Mergers and acquisitions - September 2017 intake Ethics and Professional Practice

Administrative law practice Intellectual property - February 2018 intake Personal Injury and Torts Practice
Intellectual property practice Banking and finance - February 2018 intake Property Law Practice
Alternative dispute resolution practice In-house practice - May 2018 intake Wills, Estates and Trusts Practice
Family law practice Alternative dispute resolution practice - May 2018 intake It is offered as an alternative to doing the College’s New Zealand Law and Practice Examination
Employment and immigration - May 2018 intake (NZLPE) preparation course. LLM students will be prepared for the NZLPE exams and receive an LLM
This builds on and is part of the highly successful LLM in Applied Law.
(Applied Law) programme, which the College began Trade and investment - August 2018 intake
offering in Australia in 2008. Capital markets - August 2018 intake It covers all six subjects of the New Zealand Law and Practice Examination (NZLPE) that are required
Competition law - August 2018 intake for the admission of foreign lawyers in New Zealand - plus Ethics and Professional Practice.
The programme enables lawyers to equip themselves
to move into a new area of practice, or to build It will equip students with a solid grounding in the foundations of common law legal practice.
competence in an existing area. The first subjects will be
available in September 2017 This LLM programme is also designed for lawyers from Civil Law jurisdictions who want to learn the
fundamentals of practising in a Common Law jurisdiction and at the same time gain admission to
practice in New Zealand.