Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (LLBH)

Back to top Program aims The Bachelor of Laws (Honours) provides students with the opportunity for further advanced study of law, not only to further prepare for practice but also to develop advanced specialised knowledge in select fields, advanced critical and original thinking skills, and higher-level skills in research, analysis and communication.

The Honours program is a pathway to higher degree study.

Admission requirements

To be eligible for admission, applicants must satisfy the following requirements:

• Completion of an Australian Bachelor degree in law with a pass at either: a credit level (grade point average of 5.0/7, that is 71.4 per cent) in the entire program and permission of the relevant Program Coordinator a grade point average of 5.2/7 (75 per cent) in the third level of the degree, including an 'A' or better level pass in at least one course.
• English Language Proficiency requirements for Category 3.

For a candidate with equivalent qualifications, special permission of the Executive Dean on the advice of the relevant Program Coordinator is required.

All students are required to satisfy the applicable English language requirements.

If students do not meet the English language requirements they may apply to study a University-approved English language program. On successful completion of the English language program, students may be admitted to an award program.

Program objectives

On successful completion of this program students will be able, both with intellectual independence and collaboratively, to:

• demonstrate an understanding of a coherent and advanced body of knowledge of underlying principles and concepts of specialised areas of law, and adapt this knowledge in different practical or theoretical contexts
• demonstrate knowledge of a range of research principles and methods applicable within the discipline of law
• plan, design, execute and use research and scholarship in a significant legal project, and to exercise critical thinking and judgment in developing new understandings of law
• demonstrate cognitive and technical skills needed to review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise practical legal knowledge or theoretical legal concepts, and to identify and provide solutions to complex legal problems
• communicate legal knowledge and ideas clearly and coherently in oral and written forms.