Master of Family Law
A postgraduate programme in marriage and divorce law, child custody and protection, international family law, mediation and inheritance.
Programme overview
The programme places a strong emphasis on conflict resolution in families, integrating legal doctrine with social and psychological dimensions to prepare graduates to act as compassionate advocates and skilled negotiators.
The Master’s of Family Law offers a deeply relevant, globally attuned legal education that responds to the social, ethical, and legal complexities of modern family life in an increasingly mobile, multicultural, and digitally connected world.
What you’ll study
01Academic goals
- Prepare graduates for influential careers in law firms, family courts, child welfare agencies, mediation centres, NGOs
- Foster strategic and empathetic conflict resolution skills, integrating legal training with principles of psychology, ethics
- Encourage interdisciplinary insight across law, sociology, gender studies, and digital innovation
- Promote a values-driven approach to justice in the family sphere, emphasising human dignity, child welfare, gender equity
02Skills developed
The Master’s of Family Law cultivates a compassionate yet rigorously analytical legal mindset, tailored to the complex realities of modern families, global mobility, and evolving social norms. Designed for a world where relationships, identities, and responsibilities increasingly transcend borders and traditional structures, this future-ready international family law degree empowers students to engage with the law not only as a system of rules—but as a framework for justice, dignity, and conflict resolution in deeply personal contexts.
- Marriage, Divorce, and Civil Union Law
- Child Custody, Parental Rights, and Child Protection
- Cross-Border and International Family Law
- Family Mediation and Conflict Resolution
- Inheritance, Guardianship, and Elder Law
03Industry practice
In the Master of Family Law, students are prepared to lead at the vital crossroads of law, social policy, and human relationships—where the evolving fabric of family life meets the structures of legal protection, justice, and reform. In a world shaped by global mobility, digital identities, diverse family models, and cross-border disputes, this advanced family law postgraduate programme empowers students to navigate, interpret, and shape the legal systems that govern marriage, parenthood, separation, and care.
04Career perspectives
Graduates of the Master of Family Law emerge as deeply knowledgeable legal professionals, fluent in the complexities of family systems, cross-border relationships, and human rights—ready to navigate, interpret, and shape the laws that govern the most personal and foundational aspects of society. With expertise spanning marriage and divorce law, child custody legal education, international family disputes, adoption, domestic violence protection, and conflict resolution in families, they are equipped to advocate, advise, and mediate across legal, cultural, and emotional dimensions. Through rigorous training in family justice systems, comparative legal frameworks, litigation, negotiation, and alternative dispute resolution, these specialists bring together legal acuity with emotional intelligence—crafting outcomes that are not only legally sound, but socially responsible, child-focused, and ethically grounded.
Who can apply?
Admissions will review your academic background and the requirements for your chosen route.
Plan your academic pathway
Discuss your existing qualifications, academic transcripts and preferred study destination. Admissions will confirm the awarding institution, entry criteria, delivery, duration and any credit transfer before you apply.