Indigenous Students and the Melbourne Law Masters
About the Melbourne Law Masters
The Melbourne Law Masters program offers master degrees, graduate diplomas, specialist certificates and single subjects across 26 specialist legal areas with more than 180 subjects. The courses have been developed by an exceptional range of scholars drawn from the Melbourne Law School and other leading law schools and from distinguished local and international practitioners and judges.
Each specialist area is developed and led by an expert director of studies with many actively connected to a research centre or network. This produces a concentration of expertise ensuring subjects are cutting edge and evolve in response to contemporary needs and developments.
Applications are accepted throughout the year.
Contact us
If you have questions about applying to the MLM program, please email the Law Admissions team at law-admissions@unimelb.edu.au
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Melbourne Law Masters Indigenous Bursary
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students admitted to any Melbourne Law Masters program at Melbourne Law School in 2026 will receive a Commonwealth Supported Place*, together with a $6,000 fee remission sponsorship.
Australian and Torres Strait islander persons studying single subjects^ from the Melbourne Law Masters suite of subjects in 2026 will receive a fee remission sponsorship of $750 per subject.
For further information, please contact law-admissions@unimelb.edu.au.
Melbourne Law Masters subject offerings
Comparative Indigenous Rights (LAWS90127)
This highly topical subject analyses the rights of Indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada, the United States and New Zealand. Topics discussed include Aboriginal title and the doctrine of discovery, treaties, land and resource rights, self-determination, and Indigenous families and justice. The subject will be taught from a critical perspective, comparing and assessing the treatment of Indigenous rights in the four jurisdictions. In exploring these issues, the subject will also examine aspects of legal pluralism, and assess a variety of normative and political justifications for Indigenous rights.
Subject Coordinator: Professor John Burrows
Programme: Melbourne Law Masters
Professional Opportunities and external funding
Professional development, scholarship and funding opportunities for Indigenous law students.