Bachelor of Laws
Central Queensland University
About
The Bachelor of Laws course at CQUniversity is a three-year full-time or four-year part-time undergraduate degree.
The course covers all the areas of law required to satisfy professional accreditation through the Legal Practitioners Admissions Board.
The course enables graduates to proceed to practice as a legal practitioner after completing the required professional training.
During your studies you will learn about legal procedures and key legislation, and be given the opportunity to develop skills necessary to identify, analyse and evaluate facts in relation to legal frameworks.
The core areas of law covered in the course match those required for admission to the legal profession (Priestley 11) and other requirements of the Law Admissions Consultative Committee including statutory interpretation, criminal law and procedure, contracts, torts, federal and state constitutional law, equity (including trusts), administrative law, property, company law, evidence, ethics and professional responsibility and civil dispute resolution.
The course also offers five elective choices from a diverse range of electives including alternative dispute resolution, legal drafting, legal advocacy, commercial law, family law, succession, revenue law, jurisprudence, eLaw, Australian employment law, environmental law, international and human rights law etc.
The course is taught at Australian Qualifications Framework level 7 Bachelor degree (see www.aqf.edu.au/aqf-levels).
Graduates at this level will have broad and coherent knowledge and skills for professional work and/or further learning.
Structure
Course Structure
--> In order to complete this course, you must:
- Complete the core structure
- Complete electives
Core Structure
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| Number of units: 19 | Total credit points: 114 |
For the purposes of accreditation and admission students must complete the LLB course over a period of three or more calendar years.
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| Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
| --> LAWS11057 | Introduction to Law | --> |
| --> LAWS11061 | Contract A | --> |
| --> LAWS11063 | Torts A | --> |
| --> LAWS11059 | Statutory Interpretation | --> |
| --> LAWS11060 | Criminal Law | --> |
| --> LAWS11062 | Contract B | --> |
| --> LAWS11064 | Torts B | --> |
| --> LAWS11065 | Constitutional Law | --> |
| --> LAWS12056 | Equity | --> |
| --> LAWS12060 | Trusts | --> |
| --> LAWS12061 | Administrative Law | --> |
| --> LAWS12065 | Foundations of Property Law | --> |
| --> LAWS12066 | Land Law | --> |
| --> LAWS12072 | Legal Research | --> |
| --> LAWS13009 | Corporations Law | --> |
| --> LAWS13010 | Evidence and Proof | --> |
| --> LAWS13013 | Legal Professional Conduct | --> |
| --> LAWS13017 | Civil Procedure | --> |
| --> LAWS13016 | Theories of Law and Justice | --> |
Course Structure
--> In order to complete this course, you must:
- Complete the core structure
- Complete electives
Elective
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| Number of units: 5 | Total credit points: 30 |
Students must complete 5 electives selected from the LAWS units set out in the More Details area of the handbook ensuring that at least one is a Level 3 unit.
Entry requirements
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Entry Scores
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| Rank Threshold | SR 74 | ATAR 74 |
Entry Requirements
Domestic students
Prerequisites: English, Queensland Year 12 or equivalent.
If you were not born in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa or United States of America you are required to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements set by the University.
Applicants are required to provide evidence of completion of:
a secondary qualification (Year 11 or 12, or equivalent), or
tertiary diploma level qualification, or
bachelor level qualification study for a period of at least 2 years fulltime with a minimum overall GPA 4.0
completed within Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ireland, or United States of America, which will meet the English proficiency.
If you do not satisfy any of the above you will need to undertake an English language proficiency test and achieve the following scores as below.
An International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic) overall band score of at least 6.0 overall with a minimum 5.5 in each subset; or
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) ‐ Requires 550 or better overall & minimum TWE score of 4.5 (Paper Based Test), or 75 or better overall and no score less than 17 (Internet Based Test); or
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) ‐ Requires an overall score of 54 with no sub‐score less than 46; or
An Occupational English Test with Grades A or B only in each of the four components or
Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) ‐ Score of 180 or above or
Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English ‐ Score of 200 or above or
Combined Universities Language Test (CULT) ‐ 70% with no individual component score of less than 15.
English test results remain valid for no more than two years between final examination date and the date of commencement of study, and must appear on a single result certificate.
Each student will be assessed individually.
Security Requirements
N/A
Health Requirements
N/A
Assumed Knowledge
N/A
Fees and Charges
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Learning outcomes
Core Learning Outcomes
- 1.
- Knowledge.
- Graduates of the Bachelor of Laws will demonstrate an understanding of a coherent body of knowledge that includes:
- (a) the fundamental areas of legal knowledge (including those expressed in the Priestley 11 and Statutory Interpretation), the Australian legal system, and underlying principles and concepts, including international and comparative contexts,
- (b) the broader contexts within which legal issues arise, and
- (c) the principles and values of justice and of ethical practice in lawyers’ roles.
- 2.
- Ethics and professional responsibility.
- Graduates of the Bachelor of Laws will demonstrate:
- (a) an understanding of approaches to ethical decision-making,
- (b) an ability to recognise and reflect upon, and a developing ability to respond to, ethical issues likely to arise in professional contexts,
- (c) an ability to recognise and reflect upon the professional responsibilities of lawyers in promoting justice and in service to the community, and
- (d) a developing ability to exercise professional judgement.
- 3.
- Thinking skills.
- Graduates of the Bachelor of Laws will be able to:
- (a) identify and articulate legal issues,
- (b) apply legal reasoning and research to generate appropriate responses to legal issues,
- (c) engage in critical analysis and make a reasoned choice amongst alternatives, and
- (d) think creatively in approaching legal issues and generating appropriate responses.
- 4.
- Research skills.
- Graduates of the Bachelor of Laws will demonstrate the intellectual and practical skills needed to identify, research, evaluate and synthesise relevant factual, legal and policy issues.
- 5.
- Communication and collaboration.
- Graduates of the Bachelor of Laws will be able to:
- (a) communicate in ways that are effective, appropriate and persuasive for legal and non-legal audiences, and
- (b) collaborate effectively.
- 6.
- Self-management.
- Graduates of the Bachelor of Laws will be able to:
- (a) learn and work independently, and
- (b) reflect on and assess their own capabilities and performance, and make use of feedback as appropriate, to support personal and professional development.
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| Australian Qualifications Framework Descriptors | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 1. KNOWLEDGE Have a broad and coherent body of knowledge, with depth in the underlying principles and concepts in one or more disciplines as a basis for independent lifelong learning | --> | |||||
| 2. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to review critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge | --> | --> | ||||
| 3. SKILLS Have cognitive and technical skills to demonstrate a broad understanding of knowledge with depth in some areas | --> | |||||
| 4. SKILLS Have cognitive and creative skills to exercise critical thinking and judgement in identifying and solving problems with intellectual independence | --> | --> | ||||
| 5. SKILLS Have communication skills to present a clear, coherent and independent exposition of knowledge and ideas | --> | |||||
| 6. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Demonstrate initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making in professional practice and/or scholarship | --> | --> | --> | --> | ||
| 7. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts | --> | --> | --> | |||
| 8. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILL Be responsible and accountable for own learning and professional practice and in collaboration with others within broad parameters | --> | --> | --> | --> |
Learning Outcomes
Please refer to the Core Structure Learning Outcomes
Institution
