C09083v2 Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

This course provides students with a coherent and advanced knowledge of the underlying principles and concepts in the discipline of law and equips them with advanced research skills.

UTS Law graduates are increasingly in demand in the legal profession and in other employment sectors where legal knowledge and skills are valued.

Today's law graduates are employed in a wide range of roles and responsibilities, including to advise and counsel parties, act as negotiators, manage project teams and resolve disputes.

Students must successfully complete both of the research subjects:

76090 Research Methodology and 76040 Research Thesis.

Strong research skills are valued highly in contemporary professional practice.This course provides full-time or part-time study for students wishing to obtain a professional legal qualification that satisfies the requirements for admission as a lawyer.Students have the opportunity to engage in deeper study of the law by studying 76090 Research Methodology and undertaking 76040 Research Thesis.

This course can be a pathway to higher degree research programs.

The course comprises a total of 192 credit points. The study components for course completion are:

• 108 credit points of compulsory core law subjects
• a 6-credit-point legal theory option
• 30 credit points of law options, which includes either:
• 18 credit points of law options, a 6-credit-point research methodology subject, a 6-credit-point research thesis subject, or
• a 6-credit-point technology law, policy and ethics (Capstone 1) subject, a 6-credit-point applied project in law, innovation and technology (Capstone 2) subject, a 6-credit-point research methodology subject, a 6-credit-point research thesis subject, and either a disruptive technologies and the law subject or a local internship
• 48 credit points of law or non-law electives, made up of either:
• 48 credit points of subjects offered by other faculties of the university (for students who have not received exemption on the basis of a recognised prior degree), or
• 18 credit points of practical legal training (PLT) subjects plus 30 credit points of electives.

Industrial training/professional practice

To practise as a lawyer in NSW, students need to successfully complete an accredited legal qualification (e.g. Bachelor of Laws) and an accredited course of practical legal training (PLT), which UTS offers through its PLT program.

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Laws have the option of completing the PLT program within their undergraduate law degree. Alternatively, students who wish to practise as lawyers in NSW can complete their Bachelor of Laws by including further law electives and then undertake a postgraduate course in PLT, such as the Graduate Certificate in Professional Legal Practice (C11232).

Course completion requirements

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Course program

The two programs below show the standard programs of study for a full-time student and a part-time student.

The 72 credit points of optional subjects are made up of:

• 18 credit points of law options from CBK91100 or MAJ09444
• a 6-credit-point legal theory option from CBK90923, and either:
• 48 credit points of electives from CBK90300, or
• 30 credit points of electives from CBK90390 and 18 credit points of PLT subjects from STM90792.

Students wishing to study the new major MAJ09444 Legal Futures and Technology need to study 76106 Technology Law, Policy and Ethics (Capstone 1) in the Autumn session of their final year and 76107 Applied Project in Law, Innovation and Technology (Capstone 2) in their final Spring session.

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