Bachelor of Laws | UniSC | University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

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Bachelor of Laws

Provide sound legal advice.

Our Law program is designed to produce law graduates with a practical focus.

Study location
  • Sippy Downs
Refer to the program footnotes
CRICOS code
080426M
Commence
Semester 1
Program length (full-time)
4 years
Semester tuition fee 2017
A$11,400
Estimated total tuition fee *
A$91,200
Footnotes
  • Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
  • * Estimated tuition fees are based on 2025 rates. Refer to international fees for more information.
  • Not all majors/minors and elective options are available at every campus. You should refer to the What Can I Study tab, and the proposed study sequence for your chosen campus and intake for further information.
Study location QTAC code
  • Sunshine Coast 018201
Minimum selection threshold
OP - 9 Rank - 81
UniSC program code
AR390
Commence
Semester 1
Duration
4 years full time or equivalent part time
Prerequisites
English (4,SA)
Fee type 2017
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Total courses
32
Total units
384

Our Law program is designed to produce law graduates with a practical focus.

You will cover all the academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia.

Whether your interest is the global, international or national legal system, you will choose from a range of courses to prepare you for a career in the law.

You will engage in active learning experiences and gain practical skills right from your first year. For example, You will observe volunteer lawyers conducting client interviews at an Advice Clinic operated by Suncoast Community Legal Service.

You will research answers to legal problems, prepare advice, present legal argument, observe court proceedings, and take part in simulated court presentations in our new Moot Court venue.

You can further develop your skills by working with Legal Service clients under legal supervision in the elective Law Professional Practice, or undertake a legal internship in a law workplace such as a law firm, court or legal aid service.

Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.

Career opportunities

Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, judge's associate, law academic, corporate in-house counsel, business and public service administration.

Registration

The degree is an approved academic qualification for admission to the legal profession. Graduates must undertake a further period of practical legal training before being admitted as a legal practitioner.

Program structure

Introductory courses (5)

COR109 Special Field Studies Topic
LAW101 Special Research Project
LAW102 Workplace Learning I
LAW103 Workplace Learning I
LAW104 Foundations of Australian Law A

Advanced courses (20)

14 required courses:

LAW201 Foundations of Australian Law B
LAW202 Criminal Law and Procedure A
LAW203 Criminal Law and Procedure B
LAW204 Torts A
LAW205 Torts B
LAW206 Contracts A
LAW301 Contracts B
LAW302 Property A
LAW303 Property B
LAW304 Constitutional Law
LAW401 Equity & Trusts
LAW402 Corporations Law
LAW403 Civil Procedure
LAW404 Administrative Law

PLUS select 6 elective courses from:

LAW305 Professional Conduct
LAW306 Evidence
LAW307 Regulation
LAW309 Commercial Law
LAW310 Children & the Law
LAW311 Law Professional Practice
LAW316 Competition and Consumer Law
LAW318 Building & Construction Law
LAW405 Indigenous Legal Issues
LAW406 Advocacy
LAW407 Legal Dispute Resolution
LAW408 Planning and Environment Law
LAW410 Elder Law and Succession
LAW411 Intellectual Property
LAW412 Taxation
LAW414 Public International Law
LAW415 Private International Law
LAW416 International Human Rights Law

The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Legal Internship
LAW441 Sports Law

Please note: Semester offerings for Law elective courses are subject to change and are dependent on student demand. For more information on elective availability please contact your Program Coordinator.

Electives courses (7)

In addition to the requirement for 6 advanced level Law electives, you must select 7 elective courses from either faculty (Arts, Business and Law or Science, Health, Education and Engineering). Of these electives, 2 must be advanced level (200/300/400 coded) courses, and a maximum of 4 courses can be Law electives.

Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.

Total units: 384

Program requirements and notes

Program requirements

In order to graduate you must:

  • Successfully complete 384 units as outlined in the Program Structure
  • Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses, including the core course
Program notes
  • Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses)
  • Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods including essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations. Not all courses will necessarily include all methods
  • As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
  • Refer to the Planning your study page to manage your progression
  • Semester offerings for Law elective courses are subject to change and are dependent on student demand. For more information on elective availability please contact your Program Coordinator
  • Honours in Law available for high performing students