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 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.
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 Special Research Project
Introductory courses (4)
4 required courses:
LAW101 Workplace Learning I
LAW102 Communication and Thought
LAW103 Introduction to Economics
LAW104 Foundations of Australian Law A
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Criminal Law and Procedure A
LAW202 Accounting Principles
LAW203 Introduction to Informatics
LAW204 Foundations of Australian Law B
LAW205 Criminal Law and Procedure B
LAW206 Business Finance
LAW301 Management and Organisational Behaviour
LAW302 Business Law and Ethics
LAW303 Torts A
LAW304 Financial Accounting
LAW401 Law of Business Associations
LAW402 Business Analytics
LAW403 Torts B
LAW404 Company Accounting
Plus select 6 elective law courses from:
LAW305 Management Accounting
LAW306 Taxation Law and Practice
LAW307 Contracts A
LAW308 Contemporary Accounting Issues
LAW309 Auditing and Professional Practice
LAW310 Business, Governance and Society
LAW311 Contracts B
LAW312 Property A
LAW313 Constitutional Law
LAW314 Corporations Law
LAW315 Property B
LAW316 Equity & Trusts
LAW405 Civil Procedure
LAW406 Professional Experience: The role of the teacher
LAW407 Administrative Law
LAW408 Science Teaching in the Early Years
LAW409 Teaching English: Curriculum and Pedagogy
LAW410 Teaching Mathematics in the Early Years
LAW411 Professional Experience: Connecting with Learning and Teaching
LAW412 Individual Learner Needs
LAW413 Teaching Technologies: Curriculum and Pedagogy
Electives courses (7)
Select 7 elective courses from either faculty (Arts and Business or Science, Health, Education and Engineering).
TOTAL UNITS 384