Bachelor of Legal and Justice Studies, Bachelor of Laws

If you want a legal degree with a difference and to make a difference as a legal professional, you need to know how the law operates and why.

This double degree expands your career opportunities in law to encompass social justice, policy development, politics and analysis.Together with core units that prepare you for qualification as a lawyer, you can choose elective units in areas such as human rights, race and the law, animal law, climate law and policy, psychiatry, psychology and the law, and ecological jurisprudence.There is an option to complete electives at academically rigorous and rewarding summer law schools in Byron Bay and the Gold Coast and undertake work placements and law mooting as part of your studies.As a graduate, you may consider a career not just in the legal profession, but also in government service, law enforcement and the corporate sector.The Bachelor of Laws fulfils the academic requirements for admission to the legal profession in Australia.

Professional admission authorities also require law graduates of all universities to complete practical legal training or similar to practise as a lawyer.

Applicants who do not meet the entry requirements are encouraged to apply for the Bachelor of Legal and Justice Studies.

Students who achieve the required grade point average may then apply to transfer to the double degree.

Core Units

Electives

Choose one Shared Major and 10 Law electives OR Choose 18 elective units, a minimum of 12 must be Law elective units. Note 1

No non-standard admission requirements recorded.

To be eligible to receive the Bachelor of Legal and Justice Studies, Bachelor of Laws, students must complete the equivalent of 40 units (480 credit points), comprising:

• 22 core units (264 credit points),
• 1 Shared Major (96 credit points), excluding the Law and Justice Major and 10 Law electives (120 credit points), or
• 12 Law electives (144 credit points) and 6 Law or University-wide electives (72 credit points

Bachelor of Laws with Honours

To be eligible to receive the Bachelor of Laws with Honours, students must:

• fulfil the requirements of the Bachelor of Laws; and
• complete the units LAWS4002 - Legal Research: Context, Perspective and Method and LAW S4001 - Independent Legal Research; and
• achieve a satisfactory standard of academic performance in law units as determined by the School Board, School of Law and Justice.

Class of Honours

This degree may be awarded in the following classes:

1. First Class; 2. Second Class (Division 1); 3. Second Class (Division 2); or 4. Third Class

Exit Awards

Students may be eligible to exit with the Bachelor of Laws or the Bachelor of Legal and Justice Studies upon completion of the requirements of the single degree.

1. Candidates will not be granted advanced standing for more than the equivalent of twenty (20) units in total, or eleven (11) law units, or nine (9) non-law units, except for candidates enrolled in the Bachelor of Legal and Justice Studies,Bachelor of Laws course, who may be granted advanced standing for up to twenty (20) law units. A law unit is one offered by the School of Law and Justice.
2. Advanced standing will be determined by the School Board responsible for the unit for which advanced standing is being sought, or in the case of unspecified advanced standing, by the School Board responsible for the award in which it is sought.
3. In exceptional cases advanced standing greater than the above limits may be granted by the relevant School Board, which shall notify the Academic Board of all instances.
4. Units from the Associate Degree in Law (Paralegal Studies) and the Bachelor of Legal and Justice Studies may only be credited if they are units in this course or were completed prior to admission.

Course Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a course. These outcomes are aligned with the <a href="/staff/teaching-and-learning/graduate-attributes/">graduate attributes</a>.