Overview

Develop your legal expertise and gain essential transferable skills, such as competency in advanced research, critical thinking, legal writing, communication, and project management. You will be part of a vibrant academic community that values both established and emerging areas of legal research.

Key Facts

Work with supervisors who are global experts in their field
Collaborate with industry partners
Explore possibilities for interdisciplinary research
Establish links with world-class overseas universities

Make a difference in the world – your research has the potential to change people’s lives

Career

The Doctor of Laws is offered at the Flinders University can open the door to a career both inside the courtroom and out. With in-depth knowledge in a legal specialty you will be attractive to both national and international government and non-governmental organisations, in areas of legal practice, business, diplomacy, social justice, and human rights.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

The purpose of the Higher Doctorate degree is to acknowledge that the production of a substantial body of original research produced prior to candidature demonstrates internationally recognised, significant and sustained original contributions to a field of research or to inter-disciplinary scholarship.

A higher doctorate degree is of a higher standing than either a Masters by Research degree or the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).

To qualify for the higher degree a candidate will not undertake a formal programme of study but is expected to use the period of enrolment to prepare a contextual statement for their body of work, and to submit both in the format required by the University.

For a candidate to qualify for the degree of Higher Doctorate, the student must receive a determination that the degree be awarded following the examination of the body of work and contextual statement.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2028-02-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-28 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-03-31 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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80

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PTE Academic

58

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IELTS

6.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Adelaide, Australia

Disciplines

Public Law Business Law View 12 other PhDs in Business Law in Australia

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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120

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TOEFL^® IBT

80

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58

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

CRICOS code: 011339D

Have a relevant doctoral degree of at least five years’ standing from an Australian university, or the equivalent as approved by the relevant authorised delegate

Have a body of published work in English (which may be a translation), produced prior to their candidature, to submit for examination

Satisfy the University that there is a prima facie case that the applicant’s body of work meets the requirement for admission to the award

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

38100 AUD / year

≈ 38100 AUD / year

Living costs

Adelaide

Australia

1328 - 2474 AUD / month

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Career

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Key information

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English requirements

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Living costs

Adelaide

Funding

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