Juris Doctor (20820)

UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation.

In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020.

Contact Future Students for more information.This course provides a challenging and focused environment for postgraduate studies in law by a diverse range of students who will enter the course with the benefit of wider life experience.

The course meets the pre-admission academic qualifications for the practice of law in Australia.

Law graduates have a diverse range of career destinations including academia, private consultancies or non-government organisations, private legal practice, the private sector including banks and financial institutions, accountancy firms, large resource companies, state or federal government departments or instrumentalities and trade unions.

All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.

Note: Units that are indicated as N/A may be available in 2021 or 2022.

Take all units (102 points):

Take unit(s) to the value of 42 points from Groups A and B, including at least 6 points from Group B:

Note: LAWS5509 Advanced Legal Research A, LAWS5510 Advanced Legal Research B and LAWS5512 Supervised Research may be classified as Group B depending on topic.

Group A

Take unit(s) according to the rules for Group A.

Group B

See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.

4.(1) To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—

(a) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA;

and;

(b) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 65 per cent; or

the equivalent of a UWA grade point average (GPA) of at least 5.5*.

(2) To be considered for admission to this course an Indigenous applicant must have—

(a) met the general admission requirements under 4.(1);

or

(b)

(i) a bachelor's degree via the UWA Indigenous Direct Pathway; and

(ii) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 60 per cent; or

(iii) the equivalent of a UWA grade point average (GPA) of at least 5.0*;

or

(c)

(i) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and

(ii) a School of Indigenous Studies' Law Admission Test and interview

(3)To be considered for admission to this course via the Equity and Diversity Pathway an applicant must have—

(a)

(i) held a protection, refugee or humanitarian visa within seven years prior to applying for admission to this course; or

(ii) experienced significant personal, medical, social, educational, cultural or financial disadvantage or hardship, including any disadvantage or hardship resulting from an applicant's sexual orientation or gender identity that has had an effect on their prior academic studies;

and

(b) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA;

and

(c)

(i)the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 60 per cent; or

(ii)the equivalent of a UWA grade point average (GPA) of at least 5.0.

(4) To be considered for admission to this course via the alternative experience pathway an applicant must have—

(a)

(i) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and

(ii) demonstrate competency for legal studies derived from a minimum of five years' unpaid or paid work, study or other experience, since completion of the undergraduate degree in (i); and

(iii) completed the equivalent of one year full time in a UWA undergraduate course with a minimum WAM of 65 or GPA of 5.5 undertaken within the past two years;

or

(b)

(i) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and

(ii) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 60 per cent or the equivalent

of a UWA grade point average (GPA) of at least 5.0; and

(iii) demonstrate competency for legal studies derived from a minimum of five years' unpaid or paid work, study or other experience since completion of the undergraduate degree in (i); and

(iv) personal statement; and

(v) interview.

(5)To be considered for transfer to this course an applicant must have—

(a) at a minimum, completed the equivalent of a full semester of the UWA Juris Doctor course at an Australian University;

and

(b) achieved the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 60 per cent in that Juris Doctor course.

*All completed tertiary studies will be used when calculating the WAM and GPA. The GPA may be calculated by disregarding the lowest 4 results in the applicant's undergraduate studies, provided that the final calculation is based on a minimum of 16 units.