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 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 Work Integrated Learning Placement
LAW101 Writing Your Novel
LAW102 Running Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (M.I.C.E) industry events
LAW103 Creative Production
LAW104 Playing with Genre
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Exploring Twentieth Century Theatre
LAW202 Introduction to the Creative Industries
LAW203 Introduction to Screen and Media Industries
LAW204 Playing with Words: an Introduction to Creative Writing Craft
LAW205 Performance 1
LAW206 Creative Writing for the Illustrated Book
LAW301 Writing the Short Story
LAW302 Writing for Children and Young Adults
LAW303 Writing Poetry
LAW304 Creative Writing and Editing for Publication
LAW401 Work Integrated Learning Project
LAW402 Work Integrated Learning Placement
LAW403 Writing Your Novel
LAW404 Running Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (M.I.C.E) industry events
PLUS select 6 advanced level (LAW200 /300/400 coded) elective courses from:
LAW305 Communication and Thought
LAW306 Theories and Systems of Counselling and Psychotherapy
LAW307 Counselling for the Human Services Professional
LAW308 Introduction to Psychology A
LAW309 Introduction to Psychology B
LAW310 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
LAW311 Relationship Counselling
LAW312 Counselling Development and Supervision 1
LAW313 Counselling Development and Supervision 2
LAW314 Counselling Placement 1
LAW315 Counselling Placement 2
LAW316 Strengths Based Counselling: Collaborative Approaches
LAW405 Group Processes and Practice
LAW406 Developmental and Family Counselling
LAW407 Counselling Skills for Crisis, Disaster, Grief and Loss
LAW408 Positive Psychology for Counselling
LAW409 Introduction to Human Development
LAW410 Social Research
LAW411 Ethics and Professional Practice
LAW412 Understanding Cultural Diversity
LAW413 Organic Chemistry
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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