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Call for proposals: (visiting teaching in Melbourne Law Masters)

The Melbourne Law Masters (MLM) offered by Melbourne Law School (MLS) at the University of Melbourne is an internationally-recognized graduate-level teaching program offering a suite of broad and specialist courses for students from law and non-law backgrounds. The program brings an array of international and Australia-based experts (academics, practitioners, judges and others), to provide to our students an optimal mix of in-depth legal knowledge and its practical application.

The purpose of this Call is to supplement our existing systems for expressions of interest in teaching a subject in the MLM by inviting proposals for teaching during our 2025 academic year.

Subject Areas

MLS welcome you the opportunity to consider proposals to teach new subjects in any area of the MLM (the existing subject offerings). They would particularly welcome proposals for new subjects which fall into one or more of the following areas:

  • business/ financial/ securities law that has comparative focus on Asia
  • construction law
  • online safety/harms, and the regulation of online activity
  • new technologies, big data and/or AI, whether on a general theoretical level, or vis-à-vis particular areas such as 1) commercial law, 2) legal practice, 3) competition law, 4) consumer law, 5) civil procedure, 6) criminal law, 7) public law

MLS would also welcome expressions of interest to teach in the following subjects:

  • Commercial Law in Asia
  • Comparative Criminal Justice in Asia
  • Contract Law in Asia
  • Human Rights and Sport
  • Human Rights and Technology
  • Investment Deals and Disputes in Asia
  • Intellectual Property Law in Asia
  • International Business Transactions
  • International Trade Law
  • Labor Law in Asia

Teaching Commitments and Schedule

Typically, subjects in the MLM are taught in five-day intensive mode (either Wednesday-Tuesday [weekend excluded] or Monday-Friday) but they have some flexibility in how they schedule the classes. Teaching runs for approximately 7-8 hours a day (inclusive of breaks) and classes typically involve up to 30 students. Teaching for subjects may be scheduled throughout the year, but teaching typically runs from mid-February to mid-December. Subject materials will be due around 6 weeks before teaching starts and teachers are expected to mark assessment tasks promptly. MLS envisage that subjects taught as a result of this Call will be conducted in-person, so visitors will be required to travel to Melbourne and teach on campus.

Teaching Fee

The visiting teacher will be provided a teaching fee that consists of a Base Fee and a Travel Fee.

Base Fee: AU$16,500

Travel Fee (for international visitors)1: AU$6,000 to AU$8000, staggered by region and payable as part of a single teaching fee (i.e., no receipts required).

1 For visitors travelling from New Zealand, the travel fee is AU$3,500.

Application Procedure

Please submit a proposal via this submission portal by 20 March 2024. The proposal should include 1) your CV; 2) up to three subject proposals (each subject proposal should set out the learning outcomes, syllabus, and course content); and 3) your available teaching periods (i.e., the range of dates which your visit teaching may be scheduled).

Communication regarding a decision on your proposal should be delivered by July 2024.

If you have any questions, please contact Professor Jianlin Chen, Associate Dean (International) (jianlin.chen@unimelb.edu.au).

Additional Special Call for 2024

MLS are also welcoming expressions of interest to teach in the following subjects in the second half of 2024, during the periods of 4 November to 17 December:

  • Banking and Finance Regulations in Asia
  • Contract Law in Asia
  • Corporate Governance in Asia
  • Insolvency and Restructuring in Asia
  • Securities Regulation in Asia
  • Other business/ financial/ securities law that has comparative focus on Asia

For this Special Call, please email your proposal directly to Professor Jianlin Chen, Associate Dean (International) (jianlin.chen@unimelb.edu.au) by 20 March 2024. The proposal should include 1) your CV; 2) up to three subject proposals (each subject proposal should set out the learning outcomes, syllabus, and course content); and 3) your available teaching periods (i.e., the range of dates within the stipulated periods of November/December in which your visit teaching may be scheduled).

This Special Call is independent of the main Call, and you are welcome to apply to both.

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