Enrolment and re-enrolment
Find information on subject options, selection and availability as well as a timeline of key dates and tasks you will need to complete.
Course planning
Course plans
Subject selection is an important step in your enrolment process that requires careful planning and consideration. The JD course plans will aid you in planning which compulsory subjects you should enrol in each semester, and when you will take elective subjects.
Students may also use the new My Course Planner tool for assistance with planning their studies.
Elective subjects
JD students have access to a wide range of elective subjects which offer exciting and challenging opportunities in diverse fields of study. Electives can be categorised as:
- JD quota electives
- Enrichment electives
- Melbourne Law Masters (MLM) electives
Further study opportunities
You may also undertake a Concurrent Diploma of Languages alongside your JD.
2024 Enrolment timeline
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Monday 13 November 2023,
progressively from 12pm AEDT -
Timely re-enrolment period commences
- Plan your Juris Doctor course using the 2024 Handbook and course planning resources
- Enrol in at least one of your subjects, particularly:
- Juris Doctor elective subjects
- Juris Doctor compulsory subjects
- Legal Research (LAWS50039) - topics are not yet released, you should still enrol in the subject
- If you choose not to enrol in at least one subject, you should apply for a Leave of Absence
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Monday 11 December 2023,
11.59pm AEDT -
Timely re-enrolment period ends
- Tuesday 12 December 2023
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Late re-enrolment period commences
You may continue to enrol in:
- Juris Doctor elective subjects (more electives will be available from this time)
- Juris Doctor compulsory subjects
- Legal Research (LAWS50039)
In addition, you are now able to:
- Apply for priority enrolment into Juris Doctor electives
- Apply for Legal Research topics
- Apply for an MLM subject as an elective
- Apply for enrichment subjects (those with applications still open such as clinics, legal internship, global learning opportunities, moot competitions and as editors of law journals)
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Monday 8 January 2024,
11.59pm AEDT -
Late re-enrolment period ends
Reviewing subject prerequisites
Once you have determined which subjects you wish to enrol in, review the subject handbook entry to ensure you meet the subject prerequisites and to confirm the last date you can enrol into the subject (the last date to self-enrol). If you do not meet the prerequisites, then you will need to obtain a prerequisite waiver prior to enrolment. There is no guarantee a prerequisite waiver will be approved.
General information
Commencing Juris Doctor students
New JD students are not required to participate in the University's re-enrolment processes prior to commencing their course.
Compulsory subjects
After the timely re-enrolment period commences, you can self-enrol via the Study Plan in compulsory subjects after meeting any subject prerequisites.
If the last date to self-enrol has passed, then submit an Enrolment Assistance form.
Intensively offered compulsory subjects
Compulsory subjects offered intensively will have an enrolment quota. You can self-enrol into these subjects until the quota has been met or up to the last date to self-enrol. If you can’t enrol because:
- the quota has been met, then submit an Enrolment Assistance form to be added to the waitlist. Places may become available unpredictably (as this is reliant on a student withdrawing from the subject), and you will be notified via your student email address if a place becomes available.
- the last date to self-enrol has passed, then submit an Enrolment Assistance form.
Legal Research (LAWS50039)
From the timely re-enrolment period, students can self-enrol into this subject.
During the late re-enrolment period, students can apply for a legal research topic.
Elective subjects
See more information on enrolling in electives.
Key links
Last updated: 07 Dec 2023 1:13pm