Graduate Diploma in Law–GDipLaw 120 points Qualification regulations
View qualification detailsEntry Requirements
1. (a) Before enrolment, a candidate for the GDipLaw shall have:
(i) completed a Bachelor’s degree; and
(ii) been accepted by the Director of Postgraduate Studies for the Faculty of Law as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.
(b) Requirement (a)(i) may be waived by the director for a candidate who has extensive practical, professional or scholarly experience of an appropriate kind and ability to proceed with the proposed course of study.
General Requirements
2. (a) The course of study for the GDipLaw shall be a coherent programme of study approved by the director and consisting of courses at 200 to 500 level, with a total value of no less than 120 points and including at least 75 points at 300 level or above. Except as provided in section 4, these courses shall be chosen from the LLB, LLB(Hons), or LLM schedules.
(b) The course of study may include up to two courses passed for a Certificate of Proficiency before enrolment for the GDipLaw.
3. A candidate shall normally be enrolled for at least two trimesters and shall complete the GDipLaw within three years of first enrolling in it. The director may extend the maximum period in special cases.
Major subject requirements
None
Minor requirements
None
Conjoint requirements
There are none.