Graduate Diploma in International Law

The UWA Law School is certified by the Australian Law School Standards.

1. You will be taught a broad cross-section of units on various international law topics. 
2. You will be exposed to international experts in their fields. 
3. You will develop knowledge and skills marketable locally, nationally and internationally. 

Dr Jade Lindley researches extensively across several areas of international law with expertise in transnational crimes such as human trafficking, maritime piracy, corruption and fraud, and international environmental crimes, such as illegal fishing. 

Dr Lindley conducts mixed-methods research, combining international legal analysis with quantitative and in-country qualitative research, with a focus on the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. She has professional research experience working with the International Maritime Organization, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.

In January 2021, saw the publication of Dr Lindley’s co-edited book, Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law (2ed).

Among the team of accomplished academic experts who teach units offered in International Law, core units are taught by Dr Fiona McGaughey and Dr Melanie O’Brien.

The UWA Law School is ranked in the top 150 law schools in the world for Law and Legal Studies (QS 2023). You will join and contribute to 90 years of excellence: we were the first law school established in WA and the fifth oldest in Australia.

Our graduates include a Prime Minister, a Governor of Western Australia, State Ministers, Justices of the Supreme Court of WA, a Young Australian of the Year, Rhodes Scholars, and more.

While we have a long and proud history, we're also a closely-knit, creative and progressive Law School, fostering critical thought, ethical scholarship and practice, a deep connection to our Indigenous past and present, and supportive student culture based upon wellbeing and inclusion.

Graduate certificate versus graduate diploma? Graduate diploma versus master's? Here's how to choose which postgraduate course type is right for you, depending on what your intended goals might be.

1. Understand and analyse the complex institutional structure in which international law is created, debated and applied.  
2. Appreciate the impact international law has on people world-wide. 
3. Deepen and refine oral and written analytical and delivery skills. 
4. Expand your knowledge of speciality sub-fields of international law. 

We understand that life is busy. That's why our postgraduate courses are designed so you can balance your work and studies. Our flexible postgraduate experience includes the opportunity to study part time, a range of units that are taught after hours, and the option to learn via intensive units. Ask our Student Central team for advice on choosing the right postgraduate route for you. Find out more here.