A Law degree with a clinical focus
Law offers an intellectual challenge and the opportunity to help people with legal problems. Our Law program is designed to produce law graduates with a clinical focus.
- 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 offers an intellectual challenge and the opportunity to help people with legal problems. Our Law program is designed to produce law graduates with a clinical focus.
You’ll cover all the academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. You’ll conduct client interviews, prepare legal advice, undertake legal research and observe litigation and gain practical experience in USC’s Law Clinic and mock court.
From first year, you’ll work with local legal practitioners at the Suncoast Community Legal Service assisting real clients with their legal problems.
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 Introduction to Design
LAW101 e-Media A
LAW102 e-Media B
LAW103 e-Media C
LAW104 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Reading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writing
LAW202 Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
LAW203 Indigenous Australia and the State
LAW204 Working Effectively with Aboriginal People
LAW205 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
LAW206 Indigenous Australia and the State
LAW301 Engaging Effectively with Aboriginal People
LAW302 Indigenous Peoples and Sustainability
LAW303 Accounting Fundamentals
LAW304 Informatics and Financial Applications
LAW401 Financial Reporting
LAW402 Managerial Finance
LAW403 Corporate Reporting
LAW404 Legal Regulation of Business Structures
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Strategic Management Accounting
LAW306 Taxation Law and Practice
LAW307 Contemporary Accounting Issues
LAW308 Issues in Auditing Practice
LAW309 Business Analytics and Statistics
LAW310 Principles of Economics for Accountants
LAW311 Principles of Commercial Law
LAW312 Research Project
LAW313 Accounting for Managers
LAW314 Economics for Managers
LAW315 Managing Research
LAW316 Corporate Finance
LAW405 Innovation and Management Decision Making
LAW406 International Business Law and Ethics
LAW407 Managing Across Global Cultures
LAW408 International Trade and Finance
LAW409 Managing Knowledge and Global Change
LAW410 Marketing in an International Environment
LAW411 Comparative and International Employment Relations
LAW412 Management Informatics
LAW413 Managing Organisations
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)
In addition to the requirement for 6 advanced level Law electives, you must select 7 elective courses from either faculty (Arts and Business or Science, Health, Education and Engineering) or from the USC Law School. Of these electives, 2 must be advanced level (200/300/400 coded) courses, and a maximum of 4 courses can be Law electives.
Total units: 384
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
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 Study Overseas 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.