Monash University is one of Australia’s leading universities ranked in the world’s top 1% (Times Higher Education World University Rankings). Monash University was established in Melbourne, Australia in 1958. In little more than 50 years, the University has become Australia’s largest university, earning an enviable national and international reputation for research and teaching excellence. Monash University is the youngest member of the Group of Eight, the coalition of Australia’s most prestigious research-intensive universities.

Course: Law for Non-Lawyers: Introduction to Law

Understand the common law system used worldwide, and your legal rights and responsibilities, with this free online law course.

Self-Paced

Duration 4 weeks - 3 hours per week - FREE online course

Why join the course?

From a personal and professional standpoint, everybody needs a basic comprehension of the legal system in which they live, in order to operate within the law and understand their legal rights and responsibilities.

To be legally aware is to be empowered.

Get an accessible introduction to the common law system

This free online course will provide an introductory insight into the common law system, variations of which are used in countries that are home to 2.3 billion people worldwide.

The course will introduce key legal doctrines and principles in readily accessible formats and language. Case studies will illuminate common applications of the law in real life scenarios, enabling you to explore the relevance of specific subjects to your own professional and personal circumstances and legal jurisdiction.

Apply the law to your professional and personal life

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• locate and apply relevant regulatory requirements;

• identify, research, articulate and apply the legal principles relevant to your professional and personal life;

• communicate effectively about legal principles, rights, and responsibilities;

• anticipate and mitigate legal risk and problems arising in your professional and personal life.

Learn with one of Australia’s top law schools

The course is an extension of the multi-disciplinary subject that lead educator, Lloyd England, already offers to students at the Monash University Faculty of Law – one of the largest and most prestigious law schools in Australia.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

• Apply relevant regulatory requirements to the learner's personal or professional context;

• Assess legal risk arising in the learner's personal or professional context;

• Discuss steps to mitigate identified legal risks in different situations;

• Explain key legal principles, rights, and responsibilities;

• Debate risks and responsibilities across a range of legal case studies.

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for anyone with an interest in law. Whether out of professional or personal interest in the legal environment in which you live and work, this course is for you.

Please go to the course's link on FutureLearn for further detailed information and enrollment: Law for Non-Lawyers: Introduction to Law.