Application form

International Human Rights Law Program in Geneva

Important Information

The program is only available for students who are currently studying in an Australian Law course.
Applications generally close at the end of the year prior to the year of travel. Please submit your application as early as possible as we need to determine expected accommodation requirements well in advance.
Please read the attached waiver form.
Enrolment is limited to 35 students, there will be a ranking system to select candidates.
Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.

Personal details

First name

Last name

Email address

Phone number

Address

Street address

Street address line 2

City

Postal / Zip code

State / Province

Emergency contact

Emergency contact name

Emergency contact phone number

Emergency contact email address

Enrolment details

Which Australian University are you currently enrolled with?

If you are not enrolled with Murdoch University you will need to complete the cross-enrolment process.

Which degree are you currently enrolled in?

Current Student Number

Please attach an updated academic transcript. Murdoch students need only to attach a copy of their academic transcript from MyInfo. Students from other universities need to provide an original or certified copy

Academic transcript

Unit selection

The units being offered are listed below (may be subject to change). Please tick below the ones in which you wish to enrol. You may enrol in one, two or three units. These cannot be units already successfully completed at Murdoch or another Australian law school. If you intend applying for an OS-HELP loan, you must enrol and complete all three units. In the event you have not met the pre-requisite requirements for a unit, you may seek special permission to enrol by emailing a.copeland@murdoch.edu.au. Final approval on enrolment resides with the Program Director, Associate Professor Anna Copeland.

Units

LLB327 Refugee Law (3 credit points)
LLB337 Legal Projection of International Human Rights (3 credit points)
LLB376 International Human Rights Organisations (3 credit points)
Pre-requisites: Administrative Law and Constitutional Law - I confirm that I have successfully completed the relevant pre-requisites

Accommodation

We arrange the accommodation for students at Centre Réformé John Knox, where lectures will also be held. These rooms are generally shared rooms. If you would prefer a single room at an additional cost, please tick. Accommodation is limited to law students who are participants in the Program. If you have any additional queries about the accommodation please contact Anna Copeland at a.copeland@murdoch.edu.au.

Accommodation preference

Single accommodation
Shared room

Please add the name of a participant you would like to share with:

Financial Assistance for Students

Students may be eligible under the OS-HELP loan scheme for financial assistance since they are undertaking some of their course of study overseas. However, to be eligible, students must have a full study load i.e. enrol in all three units in the program and enrol in one unit in Semester 2 on return. Students must have completed a minimum of 24 credit points of law to apply for OS-HELP. Students should also have a minimum of a 2.0 GPA otherwise you may not qualify. For more information please visit the Study Assist website.

Course Load and International Programs

The Murdoch School of Law takes student workload issues very seriously. We recognise that students are unable to achieve their full potential if they do not have enough time to do required readings, prepare and produce assessment items, and reflect on the unit content. Murdoch University considers a 12 point unit load to be full time study; students are expected to be doing 50 hours of learning for each point of load. Students engaged in a full load are expected to be doing around 40 hours a week of learning related activity if they wish to get the most out of their units. This expectation is common to all Australian universities. Students who choose to do three units in the International Program and one in Semester 2 will be fully loaded for the duration of the following semester. Although the School of Law may allow an overload in individual cases, it is unlikely that the overload would be more than one extra unit. Students who take two units in the International Program may be allowed to do two units in the following semester as normal load and may be allowed to do one extra unit as an overload. The School of Law's position is that it will normally only allow an overload for a student if his or her grade point average is above 2.6.

Insurance

All students are covered under the Murdoch corporate travel policy when they are travelling on Murdoch business. You will be covered for your studies in Geneva plus travel days. All trips will need to be entered in the travel registry prior to travel. If you travel before and after Geneva outside these dates, you will need to purchase additional cover for those dates, however you should contact insurance@murdoch.edu.au before you purchase additional cover.

Declaration

I declare that the information provided on this application form is correct and completed to the best of my knowledge, and I have read and understood the waiver form. Murdoch University School of Law reserves the right to vary or reverse any admission decision on the basis of incorrect or incomplete information.