Studying law in 1907

Bachelor of Laws   Master of Laws   Doctor of Laws

The Degree of Bachelor of Laws

1. Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws shall subsequently to their Matriculation pass four Annual Examinations and complete four years.

1a. Subject to the provisions of the Statute concerning submission ad eundem and to dispensation granted by the Professorial Board in special cases no Candidate shall be permitted to enter for the Examination of the First Year who shall not at least nine months before such Examination have passed at some Matriculation Examination or other Examination approved for this purpose by the Professorial Board in the following subjects: Latin.

1b. Subject to dispensation granted by the Professorial Board in special cases no Candidate shall be admitted in his First Year to the Examination in Greek Part I, Latin Part I, or Pure Mathematics Part I unless he shall have passed at some Public Examination other than the Primary in the corresponding subjects the subjects corresponding to Pure Mathematics Part I being Algebra and Geometry.

2. The subjects of the Pass and Honour Examinations of the First Year shall be:

Greek, Part I
Latin, Part I
Pure Mathematics, Part I
Mixed Mathematics, Part I
Natural Philosophy, Part I, with Laboratory work
Deductive Logic
English, Part I
Ancient History
History of the British Empire, Part I.

Candidates who pass in any four of these subjects shall thereby complete their First Year.

3. The subjects of the Pass and Honour Examination of the Second Year shall be:

Group A: Classics
Greek, Part II
Latin, Part II

Group B: History
History of the British Empire, Part II
Political Economy

Group C: Philosophy
Inductive Logic
Mental Philosophy

Group D: Mathematics and Natural Philosophy
Pure Mathematics, Part II
Mixed Mathematics, Part II
Natural Philosopy, Part II, with Laboratory work

Group E: Modern Languages
English, Part II
French
German.

Constitutional History and Law, Part I and Public and International Law.
Comparative Philology.

Candidates who pass in any four of these subjects including the subjects contained in any one of the Groups A, B, C or E or who pass in the subjects contained in Group D or in the subjects contained in Group A together with Comparative Philology shall thereby complete their Second Year.

4. Candidates shall be eligible for the Exhibitions awarded in the course for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in the subjects in which they obtain Honours and for the Scholarship awarded at the Final Honour Examination in the School of History and Political Economy.

5. No candidate shall be allowed to proceed to the Examinations of the Third Year until he has at some Annual Examination passed in Latin and in Constitutional History Part I and Public International Law.

6. The subjects of the Pass Examination of the Third Year shall be:

1. Jurisprudence (including Roman Law)
2. The Law of Property in Land and Conveyancing
3. The Law of Contract and Personal Property
4. Constitutional History and Law Part II.

Candidates who pass in these subjects shall thereby complete their Third Year.

7. The subjects of the Honour Examination of the Third Year shall be the subjects of the Pass Examination.

8. At the Honour Examination of the Third Year two Exhibitions shall be open for competition that is to say one Exhibition may be awarded in each of the following Groups:

Group A: Jurisprudence (including Roman Law) and Constitutional History and Law Part II.
Group B: The Law of Property in Land and Conveyancing and the Law of Contract and Personal Property.

Until the Council of the University after consultation with the Faculty of Law shall otherwise determine the Exhibition in Group A shall be the John Madden Exhibition. The Exhibition in Group B shall be of the value of Twenty pounds.

 9. The subjects of the Pass Examination of the Fourth Year shall be:

1. Private International Law
2. Administrative Law
3. Equity
4. The Law of Wrongs (Civil and Criminal)
5. The Law of Procedure and Evidence
6. Constitutional History and Law Part III (Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia).

Candidates who pass in these subjects shall thereby complete their Fourth Year.

10. The subjects of the Final Honour Examination shall be:

1. Private International Law and Administrative Law
2. The Law of Property in Land and Conveyancing
3. The Law of Contract and Personal Property
4. Equity
5. The Law of Wrongs (Civil and Criminal) and The Law of Procedure

11. At the Final Honour Examination one Scholarship of the value of Sixty pounds may be awarded for which all Candidates may compete who shall at the next preceeding Annual Examination have completed the last year of the course for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws and be entitled to be admitted to that Degree.

12. Bachelors of Arts may be admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Laws on completing subsequent to their obtaining the Degree of Bachelor of Arts the Third and Fourth years for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws provided that they have at some Annual Examination passed in Constitutional History and Law Part I.

13. Any Candidate who has completed the first two years of the course for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts and who has at any Annual Examination or Examinations passed in Latin and in Constitutional History and Law Part I shall be deemed to have completed the first two years of the course for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws.

14. Notwithstanding any Statute or Regulation to the contrary any person who before the year 1896 entered on his course as a Law Student under the provisions of the Legal Professions Practice Acts of 1891 and 1895 may obtain the Degree of Bachelor of Laws by passing the Examinations for that Degree in the following order:

1. The Third Year Examination
2. The Fourth Year Examination
3. The First Year Examination
4. The Second Year Examination.

Provided that the conditions for admission to such Degree are fulfilled by him in other respects not inconsistent with this Regulation.

The Degree of Master of Laws

1. The Examination for the Degree of Master of Laws shall be the Final Honour Examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws.

2. Such Examination may be passed at any time after the Candidate has passed the Annual Examination of the Fourth Year.

3. Candidates who have been placed in any class at the Honour Examination as aforesaid and who have completed the term of one year from the time of their admission to the Degree of Bachelor of Laws may be admitted to the Degree of Master of Laws.

The Degree of Doctor of Laws

1. Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Laws must be Masters of at least two years' standing.

2. Every Candidate must submit a Thesis on some legal subject proposed by the Candidate and approved by the Faculty of Law.

3. Candidates who have given evidence of research and ability satisfactorily to the Examiners and have fulfilled the prescribed conditions may be admitted to the Degree of Doctor of Laws.

4. Notwithstanding any Statute or Regulation to the contrary any person who prior to 23rd June 1890 was a Graduate of the University of Melbourne shall be entitled to obtain the Degree of Doctor of Laws by satisfying the requirements either of this Regulation or of the Regulations then in force. Provided always that any person who at the date aforesaid was a Bachelor of Laws of at least three years' standing and who had any time previous to the said date been placed in any Class List at the Final Honour Examination for that Degree shall be entitled to obtain the Degree of Doctor of Laws by satisfying the requirements of this Regulation except that contained in Section 1.