Help people with legal challenges
Lawyers help people who need legal advice, supporting and working with individuals, businesses, firms, corporations, or not-for-profit organisations to solve complex legal problems. This program is designed to produce law graduates with a practical focus, covering academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. Whether your interest is the global, international or national legal system, you will choose from a range of courses to prepare you for a career in the 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.
Lawyers help people who need legal advice, supporting and working with individuals, businesses, firms, corporations, or not-for-profit organisations to solve complex legal problems. This program is designed to produce law graduates with a practical focus, covering academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. Whether your interest is the global, international or national legal system, you will choose from a range of courses to prepare you for a career in the law.
In this program you will:
- Engage in active learning experiences and gain practical skills right from your first year. For example, you’ll observe volunteer lawyers conducting client interviews at an Advice Clinic operated by Suncoast Community Legal Service.
- Research answers to legal problems, prepare advice, present legal argument, observe court proceedings, and take part in simulated court presentations in our Moot Court venue.
- Have the opportunity to further develop your skills by working with Legal Service clients under legal supervision in the elective Law Professional Practice or undertake a legal internship in a law workplace such as a law firm, court or legal aid service.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
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
Introductory courses (5) 60 units
COR109 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
LAW101 Public Health Foundations
LAW102 Managing People
LAW103 Marketing Essentials
LAW104 Information Systems in Organisations
Developing and Graduate courses (20) 240 units
14 required courses (168 units):
LAW201 Social Media: Content Curation and Creation
LAW202 Creating and Leveraging Digital Products
LAW203 Exploring Business Research
LAW204 Economics for Business
LAW205 Discovering Management
LAW206 Marketing Essentials
LAW301 Accounting for Business
LAW302 Information Systems in Organisations
LAW303 Business Law
LAW304 Managing Human Resources
LAW401 Leadership for Organisations
LAW402 Managing Workplace Relations
LAW403 Cross-Cultural Management
LAW404 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
PLUS select 6 Law elective courses (72 units) from*:
Not all electives are offered every year. For a list of current Law elective courses click HERE.
LAW307 Business, Governance and Society
LAW310 Enabling Team Synergy and Performance
LAW311 Learning and Development
LAW312 Organisational Change and Agility
LAW313 Teaching Primary School English: Curriculum and Pedagogy
LAW315 Teaching Mathematics in the Early Years
LAW318 Teaching Science in Primary School
LAW405 Teaching HPE in Primary School
LAW406 Teaching Technologies: Curriculum and Pedagogy
LAW407 Teaching Arts in Primary School
LAW408 Teaching HASS in Primary School
LAW409 Professional Experience: Orientation to Teaching and Learning
LAW410 English Language and Literacy
LAW411 Using Data for Learning
LAW412 Teacher as Researcher
LAW414 Teaching Reading and Writing
LAW415 Professional Experience: The Professional Teacher
LAW416 Diversity and Inclusion
LAW417 Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Teaching and Learning
LAW418 Teaching Primary School Mathematics
LAW419 Professional Experience: Individual Learner Needs
LAW420 Accounting Principles
LAW421 Introduction to Informatics
The following 2 courses (24 units) are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Communication and Thought
LAW441 Business Analytics
Electives courses (7) 84 units
In addition to the requirement for 6 developing or graduate level Law electives (72 units), you must select 7 elective courses (84 units) from the undergraduate elective course options. Of these electives, 2 (24 units) must be developing or graduate level (200/300/400 coded) courses, and a maximum of 4 courses (48 units) can be Law electives.
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 384
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 384 units as outlined in the Program Structure
- Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 units per semester (normally 4 courses) and following the recommended study sequence
- The unit value of all courses is 12 units unless otherwise specified
- It is each students responsibility to enrol correctly according to your course requisites, program rules and requirements and be aware of the academic calendar dates
- 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 Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
- Refer to the Managing your progression page for help in understanding your program structure, reviewing your progress and planning remaining courses.
- Semester offerings for Law elective courses are subject to change and are dependent on student demand. For more information on elective availability please contact your Program Coordinator
- Honours in Law available for high performing students