Family Law
ABOUT FAMILY LAW
Australia's family law system helps people resolve the legal aspects of family relationship issues – including relationship breakdown, property and parenting arrangements.
The Family Law subjects in the Postgraduate Applied Law Programs deal with the legal aspects of working with families.
The Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution Practice (FDRP) equips those looking to become Accredited Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners with the tools to help resolve disputes caused by separation or divorce.
Choose from:
- Master of Applied Law (Family Law)
- LLM (Applied Law) with a major in family law
- Graduate Diploma of Applied Law (Family Law)
- Graduate Diploma of Family Dispute Resolution Practice
It completely changes the way you practise. It takes you to another level. You can really tell lawyers that have actually done the course because they practise at a completely different level.
cOURSE iNFORMATION
- FLP1 - Foundations of Family Law Practice*
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This subject family law is concerned with people, rather than property or financial matters. It includes the law and practice concerning parenting after separation or divorce. It also examines the law and practice of divorce. The subject aims to provide you with a strong foundation for practising in family law and covers most common issues encountered by family lawyers in practice. A more advanced subject deals with topics which are less common in law practice.
Topics- Introduction to family law
- Shared parental responsibility and legislative pathways
- Statutory considerations to determine the best interests of the child
- Child abuse and family violence
- Relocation and recovery of children
- Variation and enforcement of parenting orders
- Ethical and professional responsibility issues in children's cases
- Divorce, nullity and validity of marriages
- FLP2 - Property, Maintenance and Child Support*
- FLP3 - Conducting Family Law Matters*
- FLP11 - Advanced Parenting Issues*
- FLP12 - Advanced Issues in Property, Maintenance and Child Support*
- FLP13 - Development & Management of a Family Law Practice
- FLP14 - Family Dispute Resolution
- FLP15 - Advocacy in Family Law
- FLP00 - Capstone Project (Family Law)
* NSW, VIC, QLD and WA specific content
Justice Ann Ainslie-Wallace Family Court of Australia Judge Elizabeth Boyle Judge, Federal Circuit Court Dr Jacoba Brasch QC Barrister Ian Serisier Barrister and Mediator Glenn Thompson Partner, Newnhams Solicitors
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Teaching Staff Simon Cooper Barrister, E-Chambers Clare Dart Barrister, Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, Nationally Accredited Mediator, Family Law Arbitrator Susan Hamilton-Green Family Lawyer and FDRP, Intandem Legal Services, Creative Family Law Solutions, Accredited Specialist (Family Law and Mediation), AIFLAM, LEADR, VADR Danielle Jaku-Greenfield Mediator, lecturer and writer, Sydney Mediation Partnership, NMAS, LEADR Ray James James & Associates Solicitors, NSW Accredited Specialist (Family Law) Kathryn Kearley College of Law Senior Lecturer, Head of Co operative Program (NSW) and Australian Catholic University adjunct lecturer Briana Kotzapavlidis Principal, Tisher Liner FC Law Sylvia Maramis Barrister, Owen Dixon Chambers Doris Matias Associate Director, Culshaw Miller Lawyers Selina Nikoloudakis Mellor Olsson LawyersSenior Associate and Accredited Family Law Specialist Rachel Oakley Barrister, John Tooey Chambers, Nationally Accredited AIFLAM Mediator Norman O'Dowd Member, NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Guardianship Division) Graham Quinlivan Member, Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal, QLS Children’s Committee Ian Serisier Barrister Stacey Taylor Special Counsel, Wisewould Mahoney Lawyers Glenn Thompson OAM Partner, Newnhams Solicitors, NSW Accredited Specialist (Family Law) Mark Youssef Partner, Taylor & Scott, NSW Accredited Specialist (Family Law), Specialist Accreditation Advisory Committee Member (Law Society of NSW) |