Bachelor of Laws

If you’ve aspired to a career in legal practice, then UC's Bachelor of Laws will help get you there in no time.

Our highly practical approach is a marked strength, and continues to set our law degree apart from the rest.With small class sizes, a purpose-built eMoot Court and highly qualified and experienced staff, you’ll be encouraged to develop your advocacy abilities and legal skills while understanding their connection to legal history and law in context.You can tailor your individual study program by selecting a variety of electives across many areas of law, and even choose to accelerate your studies with winter term subjects.

The course will ground your education in the latest legal innovations, develop your communication and interpersonal skills and allow you to become an agile, ethical and effective legal professional.Experience counts at UC.If you’ve already completed an Australian Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, you’ll be able to complete our Bachelor of Laws in 3 years instead of 4.

Credit is simply applied towards your open electives, which means you can complete your studies sooner.The course encourages you to apply your talents in the real world, with opportunities to complete a law internship and international study through links with law firms, governments, non-governmental agencies and overseas universities.You will have the opportunity to choose one law elective which includes a practical Work Integrated Learning (WIL) based component.

Past student internship examples have included:You’ll also have access to WIL opportunities at the University’s Legal Advice Clinic for Small Business, where students assist legal professionals in providing free legal and financial services to small businesses, local residents and students.*Subject to satisfactory completion of an undergraduate law degree and successful completion of a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, which qualifies you for admission to practice as a lawyer.The Bachelor of Laws is structured around the professional requirements for admission to legal practice.UC’s Bachelor of Laws has professional accreditation with the Supreme Courts of both the ACT and New South Wales and through mutual recognition the degree may serve as the basis for admission in all Australian jurisdictions.Through a program offered in conjunction with the College of Law, in your final year you may begin your Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, which qualifies you for admission to practise as a solicitor or barrister.

Alternatively, you may choose to undertake the Bachelor of Laws as a combined degree to widen your future career options.The Bachelor of Laws allows high-achieving students to complete Honours in their final year of study.

In place of two electives, eligible students can enrol into an 'Honours Law' unit, which means completing your Honours won't require an additional year of study.

Bachelor of Laws (96 credit points) Required - 72 credit points as follows

• CM0015 Major in Law Foundation (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11251 - Foundations of Law and Justice - 6 cp, Level 1 11252 - Dispute Management - 3 cp, Level 1 11254 - Capstone Law and Justice - 3 cp, Level 4 11273 - Lawyers and Professional Responsibility - 3 cp, Level 1 11274 - Constitutional Law - 3 cp, Level 2 11275 - Legal Theory - 3 cp, Level 3 11276 - Litigation and Dispute Processing - 3 cp, Level 4
• CM0016 Major in Legal Practice (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11277 - Contract Law - 3 cp, Level 1 11278 - Torts Law - 3 cp, Level 1 11279 - Criminal Law and Procedure - 3 cp, Level 1 11280 - Corporations Law - 3 cp, Level 2 11281 - Property Law - 3 cp, Level 2 11282 - Administrative Law - 3 cp, Level 3 11283 - Equity Law - 3 cp, Level 4 11284 - Evidence Law - 3 cp, Level 4
• SM0033 Law Electives Major (24 credit points) Restricted Choice - Must pass 24 credit points from the following Category A (Work Integrated Learning Unit List) - Must pass at least 3 credit points from the following 11253 - Law and Justice Internship - 3 cp, Level 3 11258 - Advocacy and Communication - 3 cp, Level 2 11268 - Law and Justice Internship Extended (6cp) - 6 cp, Level 3 11285 - Advanced Advocacy and Communication (Mooting) - 3 cp, Level 3 11291 - Legal Advice Clinic - 3 cp, Level 3 11319 - Negotiation - 3 cp, Level 3 11380 - Law and Justice Internship Extended (12cp) - 12 cp, Level 3 11571 - BGL Research Internship - 3 cp, Level 3 Category B (Depth Unit List) - Must pass at least 6 credit points from the following Students in MGSC01 taking the Accounting major will need to do Taxation Law 11293 in order to ensure membership of CPA Australia and The Institute of Chartered Accountants. 11195 - Workplace Law in Context - 3 cp, Level 3 11256 - Criminal Justice - 3 cp, Level 1 11261 - Advanced Criminal Justice - 3 cp, Level 3 11264 - Environmental and Planning Law - 3 cp, Level 3 11265 - Family Law - 3 cp, Level 3 11267 - International Law - 3 cp, Level 3 11272 - Law and Justice Research Project - 3 cp, Level 3 11286 - Advanced Corporations: Markets and Sustainability - 3 cp, Level 2 11287 - Building and Construction Law - 3 cp, Level 2 11288 - Intellectual Property Law - 3 cp, Level 2 11289 - Law Honours - 6 cp, Level 4 11290 - Law of Public Governance - 3 cp, Level 3 11292 - Statutory Interpretation - 3 cp, Level 3 11293 - Taxation Law - 3 cp, Level 2 11550 - Advanced Revenue Law - 3 cp, Level 3 Category C (Breadth/Critical Thinking Unit List) - Must pass at least 6 credit points from the following 11259 - Gender and the Legal System - 3 cp, Level 2 11260 - Vulnerability and the Law - 3 cp, Level 2 11262 - Comparative Law - 3 cp, Level 3 11263 - Current Issues in Law and Justice - 3 cp, Level 2 11266 - Human Rights in Context - 3 cp, Level 3 11269 - Law Reform and Social Change - 3 cp, Level 3 11270 - Law, Culture and Creativity - 3 cp, Level 3 11271 - Law, Innovation and Technologies - 3 cp, Level 3 Note: 1. Unit Selection: As long as the specified minimum credit point requirements are met units may be taken in any combination from any of the three categories, subject to prerequisite requirements. 2. Honours: Honours students must select the Law and Justice Research Project (11272) and Law Honours (11289) units.

Open Electives - 24 credit points as follows

• Must pass 24 credit points from anywhere in the University, as a breadth major, a breadth minor and/or as individual units.

Admission Requirements

Admission to this course is based on an entrance rank. A rank can be achieved by the following means:- Year 12 ATAR- other Australian Qualification- work experience- overseas qualificationApplicants who have completed a Diploma of Legal Services plus have a minimum of two years of documented full-time work experience as a paralegal or its equivalent will also be considered for admission.We also offer a number of entry initiatives that give you the opportunity to gain entry to the University via alternate pathway programs and admissions schemes. More information is available on our Alternative Entry page: http://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/applications/apply-now/alternative-entry

Assumed Knowledge

None.

Periods Course is Open to New Admissions

Information on admission closing dates can be found here.

Credit Arrangements

Credit arrangements (if available) for this course can be found on the University's Credit Search website.