Laws (Honours)

University of Queensland

About

The Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (LLB(Hons)) degree is your passport to exceptional success in the employment market:

as a barrister or solicitor in private practice, as a prosecutor of crime, as a community lawyer, as a legal officer in the public service, as in-house counsel for a large corporation, or, when combined with another degree in any one of a wide range of positions in areas such as accounting, education, foreign affairs, industrial relations, management, politics or taxation.

This program will see you develop outstanding skills in critical analysis, thought and argument, skills which will be valuable in whatever career you eventually choose.

The LLB(Hons) offers a range of elective courses and extra-curricular activities that provide opportunities to put the knowledge you have acquired in the classroom into a practical context and enhance transferable skills such as advocacy and negotiation.

Students applying to change program and/or applying for credit on the basis of previous studies should seek advice from the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law (bel@uq.edu.au).

Please note that due to the pre-requisite requirements of compulsory courses, it may take longer than anticipated for students with credit to complete program requirements.

Structure

Courses

See the course list for courses that can be studied as part of the Bachelor of Laws (Honours).

Click on the course code to view the Course Profile, for further information including advice of courses with shared teaching activities.

Dual degree programs for the Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

  • Bachelors of Commerce/Laws (Honours)
  • Bachelors of Arts/Laws (Honours)
  • Bachelors of Business Management/Laws (Honours)
  • Bachelors of Economics/Laws (Honours)
  • Bachelors of Journalism / Laws (Honours)
  • Bachelors of Humanities / Laws (Honours)
  • Bachelors of Science/Laws (Honours)

Honours

Honours will be awarded to all graduates of this program.

Study options

Graduates will have the opportunity to progress to the following programs:

  • Master of Laws

Entry requirements

To complete the Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

To fulfil the requirements of the Bachelor of Laws (Honours), a student must complete the requisite number of courses chosen from the course list in accordance with the Program Rules.

A student is required to obtain 64 units from the LLB (Hons) list comprising - 40 units of compulsory courses from Part A; and 16 units of elective courses from Part B; and 8 units of non-law electives from almost any undergraduate program in the University as approved by the Executive Dean.

Students should be aware of the University of Queensland policies and rules which govern the conduct of UQ programs. These may be found on the UQ policies and rules page on the my.UQ website.

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