Associate Degree of Legal Studies

The Associate Degree of Legal Studies is for anyone who is interested in broadening their understanding of the legal system without committing to a full law degree.

This course will give you a broad understanding of the law, legal processes and legal principles and introduce you to practical areas of the law such as torts, contracts, criminal law and transnational law.

It caters for two groups of students:

those who have a general interest in legal issues without wishing to complete a full law degree and those who wish to gauge their interest in legal studies and perhaps later seek to undertake a full law degree program.

Common Units(2 units) - 20

Common units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below.

CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability (compulsory) Plus either: CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology or CUC100 Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability (new title from 2016)

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

Core Units(7 units) - 70

Compulsory Core units totalling 70 credit points as detailed below.

LWZ112

LWZ114

LWZ115

(replaces LWZ111)

LWZ116

LWZ118

LWZ204

LWZ212

Specialist Elective(4 units) - 40

Units totalling 40 credit points selected from the list of available units detailed below.

LWA110 Legal History (offered each year) LWA111 Indigenous Peoples and the Legal System WA112 Environmental and Planning Law LWA113 Customary Law (next offered 2021) LWA114 Law, Justice and the State (not offered in 2020) LWA207 Dispute Resolution LWA210 Contemporary Issues LWA213 Family Law LWA217 Resources and Energy Law LWA219 Criminology (next offered 2021) LWA221 Human Rights Law LWA298 Legal Clinic (previously LWZ019) (not offered 2020) LWA316 Intellectual Property Law LWA317 Research Paper LWA319 Private International Law (next offered 2021) LWA321 Public International Law LWA322 Moot Court LWA325 Succession (next offered 2021) LWA328 Competition and Consumer Law (next offered 2021) LWA329 Conveyancing Law LWA331 Finance and Securities Law (not offered 2020) LWA332 Science and the Law (next offered 2021)

LWZ210 Equity LWZ211 Trusts LWZ223 Property Law LWZ304 Administrative Law LWZ315 Corporations Law LWZ316 Evidence LWZ317 Civil Procedure LWZ320 Professional Responsibility

Electives(3 units) - 30

Units totalling 30 credit points selected from undergraduate units offered by the University.

- 160

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.