Bachelor of Laws Honours

As a Bachelor of Laws student, you may apply to transfer to the Honours course in the final year of your degree program.

If you choose to complete your honours, the final year will include units in research methodologies and development and the undertaking of research papers.

Those units are taken in substitution for some elective units that would otherwise be taken in the 4-year Bachelor of Laws degree program.

Completion of the honours course will enhance your research and writing skills, which are important for all legal practitioners.

It will also provide a pathway for post-graduate study.

Common(2 units) - 20

Common units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below:

CUC107

(compulsory)

Plus either:

CUC100

(new title from 2016) (recommended for this course)

or

CUC106

Select Common Units to find out more about individual units or advanced standing options.

Core(19 units) - 190

Compulsory Core units totalling 190 credit points as detailed below.

LWZ112

(new from 2016)

LWZ114

LWZ115

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

LWZ116

LWZ118

LWZ204

(replaces LWZ202 and LWZ203 from 2015)

LWZ210

LWZ211

LWZ212

(new from 2016)

LWZ223

LWZ304

(replaces LWZ202 and LWZ312 from 2015)

LWZ315

LWZ316

LWZ317

LWZ320

Honours Core Units

(available from 2018)

LWZ401

LWZ402

LWZ701

(replaces LWZ403 from 2016)

LWZ702

(replaces LWZ404 from 2016)

Specialist Electives(5 units) - 50

Specialist Elective units totalling 50 credit points selected from the list of available units detailed below including at least one 300 level unit. LWA110 Legal History (offered each year) (previously LWB205) LWA111 Indigenous Peoples and the Legal System (next offered 2020) (previously LWB201) LWA112 Environmental and Planning Law (next offered 2020) LWA113 Customary Law LWA114 Law, Justice and the State (next offered 2020) LWA207 Dispute Resolution LWA210 Contemporary Issues LWA213 Family Law LWA217 Resources and Energy Law (next offered 2020) LWA219 Criminology LWA221 Human Rights Law (next offered 2020) (previously LWB206) LWA298 Legal Clinic LWA316 Intellectual Property Law (next offered 2020) LWA317 Research Paper (previously LWC304) LWA319 Private International Law LWA321 Public International Law (next offered 2020) (replaces LWA318) LWA322 Moot Court LWA325 Succession LWA328 Competition and Consumer Law LWA329 Conveyancing Law (next offered 2020) LWA331 Finance and Securities Law (next offered 2020) LWA332 Science and the Law Specialist Electives no longer available from 2016 These discontinued units will be recognised as Specialist Elective units for students who commenced their course prior to 2016 LWA211 Contemporary Issues 2 LWA214 Employment Law LWA215 Advanced Criminal Law LWA216 Advanced Torts LWA218 Advanced Contracts LWA223 Advanced Property Law LWA318 International Law LWA330 Cyber Law LWB313 Indigenous Peoples and Property Law LWS221 Dispute Resolution or LWS221P Dispute Resolution (Clinical Practice) LWS320 Practical Advocacy

Electives(6 units) - 60

Units totalling 60 credit points may be selected from undergraduate units offered by the University.

- 320

Total Credit Points

This course is available to current students enrolled in a 4-year Bachelor of Laws (WLAW01 or BLAW), who commenced their course in 2016 or later. There is no direct entry and it is only available as an internal transfer from the Bachelor of Laws. Current students who have completed all first, second and third year units with a GPA of >5.0 may apply to transfer prior to fourth year.