Students gain legal knowledge and skills leading to a career in law and law-related fields.
Law program content has a clinical focus and includes all the courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia: legal practice and ethics, contracts, torts, criminal law and procedure, equity/trusts, civil procedure, evidence, constitutional law, property law, administrative law and corporate law.
- Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
- * Estimated tuition fees are based on 2024 rates. Refer to international fees for more information.
- Not all majors/minors and elective options are available at every campus. You should refer to the What Can I Study tab, and the proposed study sequence for your chosen campus and intake for further information.
Law program content has a clinical focus and includes all the courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia: legal practice and ethics, contracts, torts, criminal law and procedure, equity/trusts, civil procedure, evidence, constitutional law, property law, administrative law and corporate law.
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, judge's associate, law academic, corporate in-house counsel, business and public service administration.
Registration
The degree is an approved academic qualification for admission to the legal profession. Graduates must undertake a further period of practical legal training before being admitted as a legal practitioner.
Program structure
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Complete 1 core course.
- Complete 4 introductory (100 level) required law courses.
- Complete 14 advanced (200/300/400 level) required law courses.
- Complete 6 law electives.
- Complete no more than 10 introductory (100 level) courses, including the core course.
- Complete 7 electives; of those a maximum of 4 can be law electives.
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses).
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods including essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations. Not all courses will necessarily include all methods.
- As part of your USC program, you may apply to participate in the Global Opportunities (GO) Program to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider. It is advisable to contact your Program Advisor to discuss timing and course issues.
- When enrolling, refer to the Study Plan.
Program structure
Core course (1)
1 required course:
COR109 Introductory Bioscience
Introductory courses (4)
4 required courses:
LAW101 Public Relations: Contemporary Perspectives
LAW102 Environment and Health
LAW103 Human Anatomy
LAW104 Introduction to Management
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
LAW202 An Introduction to Australian and Comparative Politics
LAW203 Health Research and Evidence
LAW204 Health Practicum
LAW205 Workplace Learning I
LAW206 Workplace Learning II
LAW301 Human Physiology
LAW302 Introduction to Prosthetic and Orthotic Practice
LAW303 Functional Anatomy
LAW304 Motor Control and Learning
LAW401 Health Practicum
LAW402 Workplace Learning I
LAW403 Workplace Learning II
LAW404 Regions, Change and Sustainability
Plus select 6 elective law courses from:
LAW305 International Community Development and Global Justice
LAW306 Community Development and Social Action
LAW307 Social Work and Human Services Practice
LAW308 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory
LAW309 Social Justice, Welfare and the State
LAW310 Playing with Words : an Introduction to Creative Writing Craft
LAW311 The English Language
LAW312 The ' English' Tradition: An Introduction to Literary Studies
LAW313 Reality Bites: An Exploration of Non-Fiction
LAW314 Imagined Homelands: An Exploration of Australian Literature
LAW315 Reading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writing
LAW316 Wonderworlds: An Exploration of English Literature
LAW405 Editing for the Communications Professional
LAW406 Writing Poetry
LAW407 The ' English' Tradition: An Introduction to Literary Studies
LAW408 Imagined Homelands: An Exploration of Australian Literature
LAW409 Wonderworlds: An Exploration of English Literature
LAW410 Reality Bites: An Exploration of Non-Fiction
LAW411 Reading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writing
LAW412 The English Language
LAW413 Quality Teaching and Learning
Electives courses (7)
Select 7 elective courses from either faculty (Arts and Business or Science, Health, Education and Engineering).
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