Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry)
Bachelor's degree
In Melborne and Sydney (Australia)
Description
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Bachelor's degree
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3 Years
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The Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry) is a three year degree designed for experienced students who have completed a previous Bachelors level degree. You can pursue a range of legal careers including:
private practice as a solicitor or barrister
legal officer in the public sector
in-house counsel for a wide range of organisations including corporations, regulatory authorities and NGOs.
Typically, you develop specialisations in different fields of law throughout your career – from criminal law to family law; from environmental law to corporation law, from international trade to entertainment law.
As part of this degree you complete 80 hours of pro bono work (after your first year), providing you with firsthand experience of the legal system while allowing you to contribute to the common good.
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About this course
The Bachelor of Laws (Graduate entry) is designed to produce well-rounded graduates ready for legal practice and a range of professional careers in an increasingly global environment. Graduates can pursue a range of legal careers including:
private legal practice as a solicitor or barrister;
legal officer in the public sector (for example in federal or state government departments and publicly-funded organisations as diverse as national regulatory bodies, universities and public broadcasters);
in-house counsel to a wide-range of organisations from corporations to trade unions;
public interest and legal work in community legal centres;
legal research; and
a variety of jobs in which legal knowledge is either required or desirable.
To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have successfully completed a recognised three-year Bachelor degree in any field of study.
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Subjects
- IT Law
- Law
- Public
- Law and legal research
- Legal Research
- Contract Law
- Criminal law
- Criminal Law and Procedure
- Torts
- Public Law
- Commercial Law
Course programme
- LAWS104 Foundations of law and legal research
- LAWS105 Contract law
- LAWS106 Criminal law and procedure
- LAWS206 Torts
- LAWS107 Introduction to Australian public law
- LAWS108 Commercial law (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS105)
- LAWS200 Business organisations
- Law elective 1
- LAWS314 Statutory interpretation
- LAWS205 Property (Pre: LAWS104)
- LAWS304 Evidence (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS106)
- Law elective 2
- LAWS201 Civil procedure and alternative dispute resolution (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS105, LAWS206 )
- LAWS204 Land law (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS205)
- LAWS419 Constitutional law (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS107)
- LAWS420 Equity and trusts (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS105, LAWS205 )
- LAWS418 Administrative law (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS107)
- LAWS404 International law (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS107)
- LAWS421 Legal ethics and professional responsibility (Pre: LAWS104, LAWS106)
- LAWS403 Legal Theory (Pre: LAWS104)
- Law elective 3 (Pre: LAWS104)
- LAWS213 Community legal engagement (Pre: LAWS104)
- Law elective 4 (Pre: LAWS104)
- Law elective 5 (Pre: LAWS104)
Additional information
Melbourne
Semester 1 - February
Semester 2 - To be advised
North Sydney
Semester 1 - February
Semester 2 - To be advised
Course costs - Average first year fee: $11152 Commonwealth Supported (indicative only; subject to passage of legislation)
Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry)