Students gain legal knowledge and skills leading to a career in law and law-related fields.
Law program content has a clinical focus and includes all the courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia: legal practice and ethics, contracts, torts, criminal law and procedure, equity/trusts, civil procedure, evidence, constitutional law, property law, administrative law and corporate law.
- 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 2024 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.
Law program content has a clinical focus and includes all the courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia: legal practice and ethics, contracts, torts, criminal law and procedure, equity/trusts, civil procedure, evidence, constitutional law, property law, administrative law and corporate law.
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
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Complete 1 core course.
- Complete 4 introductory (100 level) required law courses.
- Complete 14 advanced (200/300/400 level) required law courses.
- Complete 6 law electives.
- Complete no more than 10 introductory (100 level) courses, including the core course.
- Complete 7 electives; of those a maximum of 4 can be law electives.
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 participate in the Global Opportunities (GO) Program to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider. It is advisable to contact your Program Advisor to discuss timing and course issues.
- When enrolling, refer to the Study Plan.
Program structure
Core course (1)
1 required course:
COR109 Business Analytics
Introductory courses (4)
4 required courses:
LAW101 Introduction to Economics
LAW102 Management and Organisational Behaviour
LAW103 Introduction to Marketing
LAW104 Business Law and Ethics
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Communication and Thought
LAW202 Foundations of Australian Law A
LAW203 Foundations of Australian Law B
LAW204 Criminal Law and Procedure A
LAW205 Criminal Law and Procedure B
LAW206 Torts A
LAW301 Torts B
LAW302 Contracts A
LAW303 Contracts B
LAW304 Property A
LAW401 Property B
LAW402 Constitutional Law
LAW403 Equity & Trusts
LAW404 Corporate & Partnership Law
Plus select 6 elective law courses from:
LAW305 Civil Procedure
LAW306 Administrative Law
LAW307 Professional Conduct
LAW308 Evidence
LAW309 Regulation
LAW310 Family Law
LAW311 Employment Law
LAW312 Commercial Law
LAW313 Succession
LAW314 Health Law
LAW315 Children & the Law
LAW316 Law Clinic
LAW405 Competition Law
LAW406 Building & Construction Law
LAW407 Mining & Resources Law
LAW408 Indigenous Legal Issues
LAW409 Equal Opportunity Law
LAW410 Alternative Dispute Resolution
LAW411 Environment & Planning Law
LAW412 Elder Law
LAW413 Intellectual Property
Electives courses (7)
Select 7 elective courses from either faculty (Arts and Business or Science, Health, Education and Engineering).
TOTAL UNITS 384