Bachelor of Laws

Through the Bachelor of Laws, students will learn all the areas of law required to satisfy professional accreditation through the Legal Practitioners Admissions Board. The course enables graduates to proceed to practice as a legal practitioner after completing the required professional training. Students learn about legal procedures and key legislation, and are given the opportunity to develop skills necessary to identify, analyse and evaluate facts in relation to legal frameworks. The core areas of law covered in the course match those required for admission to the legal profession (Priestley 11) and other requirements of the Law Admissions Consultative Committee including statutory interpretation, criminal law and procedure, contracts, torts, federal and state constitutional law, equity (including trusts), administrative law, property, company law, evidence, ethics and professional responsibility and civil dispute resolution. The course also offers elective choices from a diverse range of electives including animal law, resolving civil disputes (ADR), drafting, legal advocacy, commercial law, family law, succession, revenue law, jurisprudence, Australian employment law, environmental law, international and human rights law, Australian First Nations Peoples and law, legal issues, law of startups, legal automation, and legal practicum. For more course information, visit Bachelor of Laws.
Combined degrees: Students may wish to consider dual degree options such as: Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Accounting, Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Criminology, Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Information Technology, Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Property, Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Science (Psychology).