Monash University Faculty of Law, or Monash Law School, is the law school of Monash University in Melbourne, Victoria. Established in 1963, it offers the LLB, J.D., LLM, S.J.D., LLD and PhD degrees in law. It currently has approximately 2800 undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students, as well as several hundred academic staff.
In international rankings, it is named among the top 15 and top 20 law schools in the world. Its admission process is one of the most competitive in Australia.
Currently, almost all of the senior judicial positions in Victoria - including Chief Justice of Victoria, Chief Judge of the County Court, Chief Magistrate, President of VCAT, Chief Magistrate of the Children's Court, Solicitor-General and State Coroner - are occupied by Monash Law School graduates. The School's alumni are also prominent in business and government.
The Monash University Law Review, the School's flagship review, is one of the scholarly refereed law journals based at Monash Law School.
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