Bachelor of Laws

ATAR 80

Duration

3 years full-time/6 years part-time

Starts March, July, October (online only)

Location Gold Coast, online*

Professional placement Optional placement unit

Professional recognition Legal Professional Admission Board (LPAB)

Entry pathway Associate Degree in Law (Paralegal Studies) (page 63)

*Includes compulsory on-campus workshop

The Bachelor of Laws will equip you with the intellectual, critical and practical skills needed in the professional practice of law. The course meets the academic requirements to practise law in Australia. The course includes unique core units such as jurisprudence and environmental law that reflect our focus on justice, sustainability and critique. Elective units cover areas as diverse as human rights, race and the law, animal law, climate law and policy, psychology and the law and ecological jurisprudence. An elective in mediation meets national requirements, setting you on the way to becoming a nationally accredited mediator.

You may also undertake work placements and law mooting as part of your studies.

Career opportunities

This course will equip graduates with the skills to start a legal career and practise as a lawyer, and for a wide range of careers in corporate management, in the community sector or the private sector.

During their careers, graduates may choose to specialise in fields such as family law, wills and estate planning, criminal law, corporate law, property and conveyancing law, town planning and environmental law, employment and industrial relations law, commercial law, compensation law, entertainment law and sporting law.

Double degrees

The Bachelor of Laws is also available as a double degree with the Bachelor of Arts (page 19), Bachelor of Business and Enterprise (page 23) or the Bachelor of Psychological Science (page 45).