Melbourne Law School Supported Place

The information below is relevant for students who commenced the Juris Doctor in a Melbourne Law School Supported Place in 2024 or 2025 only.

Overview

The Melbourne Law School aims to ensure that the future legal community reflects society. The School is committed to helping students from a range of diverse backgrounds undertake and complete the Juris Doctor. Although now replaced with other scholarship offerings, in 2024 and 2025 the Law School supported a diverse student cohort by offering Melbourne Law School Supported Places. These places provided financial support to Australian Fee (AF) students commencing the Juris Doctor. The questions below are relevant for continuing students who commenced with a Melbourne Law School Supported Place in 2024 or 2025.

Frequently asked questions

  • The Melbourne Law School Supported Place is an Australian Fee Place with a scholarship attached. These were available in the 2024 and 2025 intakes, primarily for Graduate Access Melbourne applicants.

  • The scholarship covers a significant portion of the course fee, so that the remaining student contribution amount is equivalent to that of a student with a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).

  • The scholarship is a fee remission (not a payment directly to you) and this discount appears on your Fee Statement each year for the three years of the Juris Doctor. The scholarship is applied prior to the start of each year of study.

  • After the scholarship has been applied prior to the start of each year of study, it will show up on your online Fee Account Statement under the Scholarship/Sponsorship column. The amount will be applied over the three years of the Juris Doctor and you will see a deduction (over all subjects) in your Fee Account Statement.

  • Yes.

  • See information about how to check your combined HELP balance and indicative course fees for the JD.

    The amount you can defer each year to HELP is also indexed which increases the amount you can borrow (see next FAQ).

    You will need to check this information carefully throughout your studies so that you understand your fee liability and how much you may be deferring.

    Further details regarding University of Melbourne fees

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  • Yes, each year the amount you can defer to HELP is indexed (increased) in line with changes in the cost of living. Further information on indexation.

  • The scholarship will be applied to the subjects that you take in each year of your JD.

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