Master of Dispute Resolution

Program code: 9235

Units of credit: 48 uoc

No. of courses: 8 courses (2 compulsory)

Duration: 1 year full time, 2 years part time

Semester start: Semester 1 & Semester 2

Entry requirements: Undergraduate degree (minimum credit average)

UNSW Handbook: Master of Dispute Resolution

Program overview

The Master of Dispute Resolution provides a comprehensive, academically rigorous program for those seeking a specialist postgraduate qualification in dispute resolution theory and practice. The program will enable students to develop skills in identifying the underlying issues that shape and inform a range of dispute resolution processes, and to think creatively about approaches and solutions to them. The courses promote inter-disciplinary study through exposure to dispute resolution practitioners in a range of fields.

This program is suited to those lawyers who wish to focus on dispute resolution to support their practice; Alternative Dispute Resolution professionals who are seeking a specialist, postgraduate qualification in ADR; and those wishing to move into this growing professional area from the private and government sector.