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Graduate Diploma in Natural Resources Law
University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
About this program
The University of Western Australia's Graduate Diploma in Natural Resources Law degree. This course is ideal if you're looking to expand your current knowledge of the mining, energy and natural resources sector or if you seek a new career path in this highly regulated industry. This course is available for law and non-law graduates, and, depending on your qualifications, this course may be articulated into the Master of Resources and International Commercial Law or Master of Mining and Energy Law. You'll study a foundation unit in law governance (this applies to all students except those with a recognised law degree) and also choose three option units, from topics such as mining law, climate change, and oil and gas project development. The topics dealing with the regulation of industry such as mining and oil and gas law provide a deep understanding not only of the steps required to commercialise the resource and the required legal compliance, but put those things into a practical context. So you will learn how oil and gas exploration is conducted and what is involved in the steps from finding a commercial reservoir to its sale. This informs your understanding of the contracts involved (joint operating agreements and gas sales contracts among others), but also of the associated risks and legal issues.
Fees & duration
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Course structure
- LAWS4227Foundations of Law and Legal Institutions Option - Group A: LAWS5111 Corporate Environmental and Social Governance
- LAWS5114International Environmental Law
- LAWS5252International Trade Financing
- LAWS5253International Shipping Law
- LAWS5261Planning Law
- LAWS5398Construction Law
- LAWS5517Mining Law
- LAWS5521Climate Change Law
- LAWS5532Energy Agreements: Oil and Gas
- Alternative Energy and Sustainability
- LAWS5540Environmental Protection Law
- LAWS5576International Commercial Arbitration
- LAWS5577Governing the Commons: Oceans
- ice and outer space
- LAWS5590Water Resources Law
- LAWS5694Research Paper I
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Admissions
To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have-1(a) a Juris Doctor or Bachelor of Laws, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; or 2(a) (i) a bachelor's degree in a cognate area, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and (ii) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 50 per cent; or 3(a) (i) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and (ii) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 50 per cent; and (iii) at least two years of relevant professional experience.
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