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Juris Doctor

Compulsory unit of study table

Juris Doctor

To qualify for the award of the Juris Doctor, a student must successfully complete:
(i) 102 credit points of compulsory units of study; and
(ii) 42 credit points of elective units of study of which a maximum of 36 credit points are taken from Part 1, and
(iii) a minimum of 6 credit points taken from Part 2.

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Full-Time

Compulsory units of study
Year 1
LAWS5000
Foundations of Law
6 N LAWS1000 or LAWS1006
LAWS5001
Torts
6 C LAWS5000
N LAWS1010 or LAWS1012 or LAWS3001
LAWS5002
Contracts
6 N LAWS1015
LAWS5003
Civil and Criminal Procedure
6 N LAWS1014
LAWS5004
Criminal Law
6 P LAWS5000 and LAWS5003
N LAWS1003 or LAWS1016 or LAWS2001 or LAWS2009
LAWS5005
Public International Law
6 P LAWS5000
N LAWS1023 or LAWS1018
LAWS5006
Torts and Contracts II
6 P LAWS5000 and LAWS5001 and LAWS5002
N LAWS1017
LAWS5007
Public Law
6 P LAWS5000
N LAWS1021
LAWS5018
Legal Research
0 N LAWS1024
Year 2
Students may substitute one compulsory unit with one Juris Doctor elective unit in each semester of their penultimate year, deferring the compulsory unit(s) to their final year.
Students cannot enrol in more than two elective units in their penultimate year.
LAWS5008
Intro to Property and Commercial Law
6 P LAWS5000
N LAWS2012
LAWS5009
The Legal Profession
6 N LAWS2013
LAWS5010
Administrative Law
6 P LAWS5007
N LAWS2010
LAWS5011
Federal Constitutional Law
6 P LAWS5007
N LAWS2011
LAWS5012
Real Property
6 P LAWS5008
N LAWS2017
LAWS5013
Evidence
6 P LAWS5003
N LAWS2016
LAWS5014
Corporations Law
6 N LAWS2014
Professor Jason Harris
LAWS5015
Equity
6 A LAWS5008
P LAWS5000
N LAWS2015
Year 3
LAWS5017
Private International Law A
6 N LAWS2018

Part-time

Compulsory
Year 1
LAWS5000
Foundations of Law
6 N LAWS1000 or LAWS1006
LAWS5001
Torts
6 C LAWS5000
N LAWS1010 or LAWS1012 or LAWS3001
LAWS5005
Public International Law
6 P LAWS5000
N LAWS1023 or LAWS1018
LAWS5007
Public Law
6 P LAWS5000
N LAWS1021
LAWS5018
Legal Research
0 N LAWS1024
Year 2
LAWS5002
Contracts
6 N LAWS1015
LAWS5003
Civil and Criminal Procedure
6 N LAWS1014
LAWS5004
Criminal Law
6 P LAWS5000 and LAWS5003
N LAWS1003 or LAWS1016 or LAWS2001 or LAWS2009
LAWS5006
Torts and Contracts II
6 P LAWS5000 and LAWS5001 and LAWS5002
N LAWS1017
Year 3
LAWS5010
Administrative Law
6 P LAWS5007
N LAWS2010
LAWS5011
Federal Constitutional Law
6 P LAWS5007
N LAWS2011
LAWS5013
Evidence
6 P LAWS5003
N LAWS2016
LAWS5014
Corporations Law
6 N LAWS2014
Professor Jason Harris
Year 4
Students may substitute one compulsory unit with one Juris Doctor elective unit in each semester of their fourth year, deferring the compulsory unit(s) to their fifth year.
Students cannot enrol in more than two elective units in their fourth year.
LAWS5008
Intro to Property and Commercial Law
6 P LAWS5000
N LAWS2012
LAWS5009
The Legal Profession
6 N LAWS2013
LAWS5012
Real Property
6 P LAWS5008
N LAWS2017
LAWS5015
Equity
6 A LAWS5008
P LAWS5000
N LAWS2015
Years 5 and 6
LAWS5017
Private International Law A
6 N LAWS2018