Bachelor of Laws

Studying law is about understanding our society and the power structures within it. Why do we have the laws we do? How have they evolved? How should we interpret them? Whether you want to uphold, use or change the system law can take you just about anywhere.

Our Bachelor of Laws can be completed as a single degree or as part of a combined degree program (324111). You will:

• explore legal concepts, processes and methods within common law principles and legal methodology
• build ethical reasoning, policy-based analysis and oratory skills
• gain rigorous knowledge of the areas of law necessary to undertake legal practice
• go deeper by choosing from our broad list of electives
• learn from legal professionals, former judges and international academics
• undertake internships in areas such as Public Law, Native Title Law and Human Rights Law
• form connections through the University's Lex Salus, Next Steps and Law Students' Society events

Where could our degree take you? All over the world. You might advocate for asylum seekers or be a voice for the environment. With a little additional training (see below) you could guide innovating businesses as an in-house counsel or lead legal reform drafting new bills in government. Perhaps you'll go on to prosecute criminals, or preside in a Supreme Court.

Our Bachelor of Laws is accredited by the Legal Practitioners' Education and Admission Council in South Australia; and provides the academic foundation for admission to legal practice throughout Australia. To be admitted to practise in Australia, however, you must complete further practical legal training.

In South Australia, we the University of Adelaide together with the Law Society of South Australia, provide this additional training through our Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (3GD087). But if you intend to seek admission to practise elsewhere, you should seek advice from the admitting authority in the relevant jurisdiction.