Course Content
The Bachelor of Laws requires the completion of 350 credit points of study comprising:
- 212.5 credit points of Law Core units,
- 87.5 credit points of Law Elective units, and
- 50 credit points of Elective units
High achieving students may be invited to complete the Honours program in Year 4, leading to the award of Bachelor of Laws (Honours).
Core Units
Year 1 (Complete 50 credit points of Core units)
- International Law
- Torts
- Foundations of Law
- Legal Reasoning and Technological Change
- Law elective (Complete 25 credit points)
- Elective (Complete 25 credit points of Elective units. Your Elective units can be additional Law Electives or units from across the University.)
Year 2 (Complete 75 credit points of Core units)
- Criminal Law: Homicide and Other Complex Offences
- Criminal Law: Principles and Processes
- Constitutional Law
- Contract Law
- Foundations of Public Law
- Private Law Obligations and Remedies
- Elective (Complete 25 credit points of Elective units. Your Elective units can be additional Law Electives or units from across the University.)
Year 3 (Complete 62.5 credit points of Core units)
- Administrative Law
- Corporations Law 1
- Equity and Trusts
- Property Law
- Civil Procedure
- Law elective (Complete 37.5 credit points)
Year 4 (Complete 25 credit points of Core units)
- Evidence
- Legal Ethics
- Law elective (Complete 25 credit points of Law Elective units. *If you are invited to complete Honours, your Honours units will fulfill this requirement)
Law Electives Units
- Ethics, Social Responsibility and the Law
- Indigenous Peoples and the Law
- Law and Social Change
- Law of the Oceans and the Antarctic
- Current Issues in Environmental Law and Policy
- Biotechnology and the Law
- Human Rights Law
- Dispute Resolution
- Environmental Law
- Climate Change Law and Policy
- Legal Theory
- International Trade Law
- Law of Armed Conflict and International Criminal Law
- Legal and Policy Responses to Family Violence
- Succession
- Forensic Psychology and Criminal Justice
- Law and Ethics of Health Care
- Employment Law
- Law Review
- Advocacy
- Competition Law
- Jessup Moot
- Legal Practice and Lawyering
- Legal Professional Experience
- Competition Moot
- Media Law
- Taxation Law
- Intellectual Property
- Family Law
Honours Units
If you are completing Honours, your Honours units will fulfil the Law Elective requirement.
Honours First Class
*(Honours First Class requires: Honours Research A and Honours Research B, and a GPA of 6.2 in Law coded units studied in the degree)
- Law Honours
- Honours Research A
- Honours Research B
Honours Second Class
*(Second class Honours requires: Honours Research A and one of Research Paper or Honours Research B, and a GPA of between 5.8 and 6.19 in Law coded units studied in the degree)
- Law Honours
- Honours Research A
2nd class honours choice
- Research Paper
- Honours Research B
