Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry)

Western Sydney University

About

This course provides students with professional legal skills, including the ability to analyse legal material and understand fundamental legal principles;

an understanding of the relationship between law and society;

general analytical skills for analysing and solving non-legal problems and specialised study into the Australian legal system.

Special emphasis is placed on legal skills.

During their course students will develop skills in advocacy, negotiation, legal drafting and legal research.

Both campuses have excellent facilities, including state-of-the-art moot courts for students to practise advocacy skills and excellent library and computer-based law research facilities.

Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 240 credit points as per the recommended sequence below.

This comprises:

The course includes an embedded honours award which may be taken by qualifying students. Students should follow the unit sequence below:

Recommended Sequence

Full time

Code	Name
200977	Fundamentals of Australian Law

Code	Name
200010	Criminal Law

Code	Name
200011	Contracts

Code	Name
200020	Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics

Code	Name
200978	Legal Analysis and Critique

Code	Name
200008	Torts Law

Code	Name
200811	Alternative Dispute Resolution

Code	Name
200984	Government and Public Law

Code	Name
200757	Equity & Trusts

Code	Name
200012	Property Law

Two LLB alternate units

Code	Name
200013	Administrative Law

Code	Name
200018	Law of Associations

Two LLB alternate units

Code	Name
200009	Constitutional Law

Code	Name
200015	Criminal Procedure and Evidence

Two LLB alternate units

Code	Name
200756	Remedies

Code	Name
200813	Civil Procedure and Arbitration

Two LLB alternate units

Part time

Code	Name
200977	Fundamentals of Australian Law

Code	Name
200010	Criminal Law

Code	Name
200011	Contracts

Code	Name
200020	Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics

Code	Name
200978	Legal Analysis and Critique

Code	Name
200008	Torts Law

Code	Name
200811	Alternative Dispute Resolution

Code	Name
200984	Government and Public Law

Code	Name
200757	Equity & Trusts

Code	Name
200012	Property Law

Two LLB alternate units

Code	Name
200013	Administrative Law

Code	Name
200018	Law of Associations

Two LLB alternate units

Code	Name
200009	Constitutional Law

Code	Name
200015	Criminal Procedure and Evidence

Two LLB alternate units

Code	Name
200756	Remedies

Code	Name
200813	Civil Procedure and Arbitration

Two LLB alternate units

Full time

Code	Name
200977	Fundamentals of Australian Law

Code	Name
200008	Torts Law

Code	Name
200811	Alternative Dispute Resolution

Code	Name
200978	Legal Analysis and Critique

Code	Name
200010	Criminal Law

Code	Name
200011	Contracts

Code	Name
200020	Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics

One LLB alternate unit

Code	Name
200984	Government and Public Law

Code	Name
200813	Civil Procedure and Arbitration

Two LLB alternate units

Code	Name
200757	Equity & Trusts

Code	Name
200012	Property Law

Code	Name
200015	Criminal Procedure and Evidence

Code	Name
200009	Constitutional Law

Code	Name
200018	Law of Associations

Code	Name
200013	Administrative Law

Code	Name
200756	Remedies

One LLB alternate unit

Four LLB alternate units

Part time

Code	Name
200977	Fundamentals of Australian Law

Code	Name
200978	Legal Analysis and Critique

Code	Name
200010	Criminal Law

Code	Name
200011	Contracts

Code	Name
200008	Torts Law

Code	Name
200984	Government and Public Law

Code	Name
200020	Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics

Code	Name
200012	Property Law

Code	Name
200811	Alternative Dispute Resolution

Code	Name
200013	Administrative Law

Code	Name
200757	Equity & Trusts

Code	Name
200009	Constitutional Law

Code	Name
200018	Law of Associations

Code	Name
200813	Civil Procedure and Arbitration

Code	Name
200015	Criminal Procedure and Evidence

One LLB alternate unit

Code	Name
200756	Remedies

One LLB alternate unit

Two LLB alternate units

LLB Alternate Units

Students must complete 80 credit points of units from the following

Code	Name
200019	Revenue Law

Code	Name
200021	Land Transactions Law

Code	Name
200186	Advanced Taxation Law

Code	Name
200220	International Criminal Law

Code	Name
200271	Financial Services Law

Code	Name
200294	Mediation

Code	Name
201044	Bioethics

Note: From 2020, unit 200295 - Bioethics replaced by equivalent unit 201044 - Bioethics.

Code	Name
200296	Law Economics and Business Ethics

Code	Name
200297	Law of Employment

Code	Name
200298	Immigration and Refugee Law

Code	Name
200529	Comparative Law: Legal Systems of the World

Code	Name
200629	Advanced Family Law

Code	Name
200632	Elder Law

Code	Name
200633	Family Law

Code	Name
200635	Human Rights Law

Code	Name
200637	Intellectual Property

Code	Name
200638	International Business Transactions Law

Code	Name
200639	International Trade Law

Code	Name
200641	Wills and Succession

Code	Name
200646	Advocacy

Code	Name
200647	Planning and Environment Law

Code	Name
200649	Jurisprudence

Code	Name
200650	Advanced Torts and Civil Wrongs

Code	Name
200652	Space Law - Commercial Aspects

Code	Name
200653	Public International Law

Code	Name
200654	Anti-Discrimination Law

Code	Name
200656	Conflict of Laws

Code	Name
200657	Corporate Governance

Code	Name
200659	Insolvency Law and Policy

Code	Name
200661	Media Law

Code	Name
200663	International Moot Court

Code	Name
200697	Banking and Securities Law

Code	Name
200699	Clinical Legal Placement

Code	Name
200700	Law Honours Dissertation

Code	Name
200701	Issues in the Criminal Justice System

Code	Name
200702	Public Health Law

Code	Name
200704	Independent Study (Law)

Code	Name
200755	Advanced Constitutional Law

Code	Name
200758	Transactional Law

Code	Name
200759	Foundations of Chinese Law

Code	Name
200772	Family Dispute Resolution

Code	Name
200773	Moot Court

Code	Name
200799	Work Health and Safety Law

Code	Name
200800	International Climate Law

Code	Name
200801	International Environmental Law

Code	Name
200802	Law and Public Policy (Development and Implementation)

Code	Name
200803	Law of International Organisations

Code	Name
200804	Law of the Sea

Code	Name
200856	Medical Law

Code	Name
200858	Australian Consumer Law

Code	Name
200900	Self-Managed Superannuation and Trusts

Code	Name
200905	Australian Competition Law

Code	Name
200908	Human Rights and the Asia Pacific

Code	Name
200943	Practising in the Public Interest

Code	Name
200944	First Peoples and the Australian Legal System

Code	Name
200955	Information and Data Governance Law and Regulation

Code	Name
200956	Islam, International Law and Human Rights

Code	Name
200982	Mental Health Law

Code	Name
200983	Foundations of Indian Law

Code	Name
201007	Revenue Law Industry Placement

Code	Name
201018	Cyber Law and Justice

Code	Name
201020	Elder Law Industry Placement

Code	Name
201027	Law's Self-Understanding

Code	Name
201028	Judicial Internship

Code	Name
201039	Technology, Innovation and the Law

Code	Name
201040	Designing Law Apps for Access to Justice

Code	Name
201080	Legal Internship

Honours

Students may be eligible to undertake the embedded Law Honours program as part of their course attempt. Students must meet the following criteria for admission:

Achievement of a threshold Admission Average Mark (AAM) equal to or above the minimum of 65 or, demonstration of the likelihood, as assessed by the Dean or delegate in exercise of their discretion, of completing (or being expected to complete) the Bachelor of Laws degree with a GPA of at least 5.5; and

Statement of Intent; and

Demonstrated satisfactory academic writing skills appropriate to the discipline.

In addition, admission depends on the appointment of a Principal Supervisor by the Dean of the School.

Students must undertake the embedded School of Law honours unit, 200700 Law Honours Dissertation. This unit is a yearlong 20 credit point unit undertaken where a student has completed no less than 160 credit points of Bachelor of Laws units and no more than 200 credit points of Bachelor of Laws units (where GPA requirements are also met). Students must apply for admission to 200700 Law Honours Dissertation by way of a rule waiver.

For the Bachelor of Laws (Hons), the calculation of the Honours Award level (Class of Honours) is based on the results of Honours Research and the overall course GPA.

1. The award of Honours Class 1 for the Bachelor of Laws (Hons) requires achievement within the range of 85% - 100% for Honours Research and a GPA of 6.0 or greater in the Bachelor of Laws units.

2. The award of Honours Class 2 Division I for the Bachelor of Laws (Hons) requires achievement within the range of 75% - 100% for Honours Research and a GPA of 5.8 or greater in the Bachelor of Laws units.

3. The award of Honours Class 2 Division II for the Bachelor of Laws (Hons) requires achievement within the range of 85% - 100% for Honours Research and a GPA of 5.5 or greater in the Bachelor of Laws units.

4. Honours Class III is not awarded in the Bachelor of Laws (Hons).

School of Law Honours Award Level guidelines

Please see the Honours in Bachelors Awards Policy and associated School of Law Guidelines for the admission criteria.

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