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 5 introductory level (100 coded) required law courses including COR109
- Complete 14 advanced level (200/300/400 coded) required law courses
- Complete 6 law elective courses
- Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses including COR109
- 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.
- 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 Leaders.
Program structure
Introductory courses (5)
COR109 Contexts of Practice: Health Alteration
LAW101 Nursing Practice 2
LAW102 Neonatal and Infant Health
LAW103 Perinatal and Infant Mental Health
LAW104 Life Crisis
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Preparation for Practice 3
LAW202 Contexts of Practice: Complex Care
LAW203 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety
LAW204 Nursing Practice 3
LAW205 Contexts of Practice: Mental Health Care
LAW206 Preparation for Practice 4
LAW301 Leadership in Clinical Practice
LAW302 Nursing Practice 4
LAW303 Nursing Internship
LAW304 Exploring Business Research
LAW401 Marketing Essentials
LAW402 Accounting for Business
LAW403 Economics for Business
LAW404 Discovering Management
PLUS select 6 advanced level (LAW200 /300/400 coded) elective courses from:
LAW305 Information Systems in Organisations
LAW306 Marketing Communication
LAW307 Marketing for Social Change
LAW308 Business Law
LAW309 Consumer Behaviour
LAW310 Services Marketing
LAW311 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
LAW312 Business, Governance and Society
LAW313 Marketing Futures
LAW314 Sports Marketing
LAW315 Building and Managing Brands
LAW316 Introduction to Psychology A
LAW405 Introduction to Psychology B
LAW406 Current Directions in Psychology
LAW407 Research Methods in Psychology A
LAW408 Research Methods in Psychology B
LAW409 Physiological Psychology
LAW410 Introduction to Human Development
LAW411 Social Psychology
LAW412 Motivation and Emotion
LAW413 Advanced Methods in Psychology
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 Leaders.
Electives courses (7)
Select 7 elective courses from either faculty (Arts and Business or Science, Health, Education and Engineering). Of these electives, 5 must be advanced level (200/300 coded) courses, and a maximum of 4 courses can be law electives.
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