Bachelor of Laws

The primary aim of this course is to provide a legal education for the practice of law.

In that context, the course aims to provide knowledge of the legal system and legal principles, and to cultivate a capacity for legal research, analysis and communication.

The course also provides international and theoretical perspectives on the law and encourages an appreciation of legal issues of special significance to the Northern Territory, including Aboriginal legal issues.

The courses can also be studied in the external mode.

External students have access to live online tutorials as well as online access to the recordings of all lectures, enabling them to complete the course from anywhere in the world.

Graduates of law are not restricted to a career as a solicitor or barrister, if that is not their ambition.

A law degree opens up career options in diverse areas, including in-house counsel of private and public institutions, in teaching, industrial relations, the military, police services, politics, human rights, customs, immigration an in any public or private sector employment where an in-depth understanding of the law is an advantage.

Common(2 units) - 20

Units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below:

CUC107

(compulsory)

Plus either:

CUC100

(recommended for this course)

or

CUC106

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Core(13 units) - 130

Compulsory Core units totalling 130 credit points as detailed below.

LWZ115

(replaces LWZ111 from 2016 which replaced LWZ100A and LWZ100B from 2015)

LWZ114

LWZ116

LWZ118

LWZ204

(replaces LWZ202 and LWZ203 from 2015)

LWZ210

LWZ211

LWZ223

LWZ304

(replaces LWZ202 and LWZ312 from 2015)

LWZ315

LWZ316

LWZ317

LWZ320

Students transferring from the BLAW to the WLAW01 in 2016 should refer to the course changes and transitional arrangement notes provided below and included in the WLAW01 course structure.

Students transferring from the BLAWS to the BLAW in 2015 should refer to the course changes and transitional arrangement notes provided below.

Specialist Electives(11 units) - 110

Specialist Elective units totalling 110 credit points selected from the list of available units detailed below. Note: not all Specialist Elective units are offered every year. Specialist Electives offered each year Students must complete either LWS221 (replaced by LWA207 from 2019) or LWS320 however are not precluded from completing both units. LWS221 Dispute Resolution (replaced by LWA207 from 2019) or LWS221P Dispute Resolution (Clinical Practice) (no longer avail from 2016) LWS320 Practical Advocacy (no longer avail from 2016) LWA112 Environmental and Planning Law (next offered 2020) LWA210 Contemporary Issues (title change from 2016) LWA211 Contemporary Issues 2 (no longer avail from 2016) LWA213 Family Law or LWA213P Family Law (Clinical Practice) (recoded LWP213) LWC304 Research Paper (replaced by LWA317 from 2016) Specialist Electives offered in alternate years LWA214 Employment Law (no longer avail from 2016) LWA215 Advanced Criminal Law (no longer avail from 2016) LWA216 Advanced Torts (no longer avail from 2016) LWA218 Advanced Contracts (no longer avail from 2016) LWA223 Advanced Property Law (no longer avail from 2016) LWB201 Indigenous Peoples and the Legal System (recoded LWA111 2016) (next offered 2020) LWB205 Legal History and Jurisprudence (recoded LWA110 2016) (offered each year) LWB206 Human Rights Law (recoded LWA221 2016) (next offered 2020) LWA316 Intellectual Property Law (next offered 2020) LWA318 International Law (replaced by LWA321 2016) (next offered 2020) LWA325 Succession LWA328 Competition and Consumer Law LWA329 Conveyancing Law (title change from 2016) (next offered 2020) LWA330 Cyber Law (no longer avail from 2016) LWB313 Indigenous Peoples and Property Law (no longer avail from 2016)

Electives(6 units) - 60

Elective units totalling 60 credit points from undergraduate units offered by the University.

- 320

Total Credit Points

Admission requirements are met by one of the following: Successful completion of the Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (or equivalent) and the awarding of an Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) of at least 60*. Successful completion of a national qualification at Certificate IV level or higher. Successful completion of at least 0.5 year of full-time study (or equivalent) of a higher education degree/diploma. Overseas secondary or tertiary qualifications considered equivalent to the above Australian qualifications. Attainment of a STAT Multiple Choice score of 135 (or a score of 145 if prior to May 2010). Successful completion of the Tertiary Enabling Program, the Preparation for Tertiary Success courses, or other recognised tertiary preparation course. Submission of an acceptable personal competencies statement and/or employment experience. * After any applicable adjustment factors have been applied.