Undergraduate Law @ Sydney - Combined Law - LLB

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(UAC Course Code: 511801 - CSP)

The Combined Law program allows students to study the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in conjunction with another degree. It works by spreading out the first year of the Sydney LLB over three years of an Arts, Arts (Media and Communications), Commerce, Design in Architecture, Economics, Engineering, Information Technology, International & Global Studies Studies, Political, Economic & Social Sciences or Science degree. Students enrol with our partner faculties for the first 3 years (or 4 years for Engineering, Information Technology or Arts (Media and Communications)) and then transfer to the Law School at the completion of their other degree to finish the last 2 years of their law studies.

The following combinations are available:

• Arts/Law
  (CRICOS CODE: 006441D) (Course Code: BPARTLAW3000)
• Arts (Media & Communications)/Law
  (CRICOS CODE: 060620G) (Course Code: BPAMCLAW1000)
• Commerce/Law
  (CRICOS CODE: 017835F) (Course Code: BPCOMLAW4000)
• Design in Architecture/Law
  (CRICOS CODE: 075305G) (Course Code: BPDARLAW1000)
• Economics/Law
  (CRICOS CODE: 06443B) (Course Code: BPECNLAW6000)
• Engineering/Law
  (CRICOS CODE: 032885D) (Course Code: BUENGLAW1000)
• Information Technology/Law
  (CRICOS CODE: 068767B) (Course Code: BPITCLAW1000)
• International & Global Studies/Law
  (CRICOS CODE: 063746C) (Course Code: BPIGSLAW1000)
• Science/Law
  (CRICOS CODE: 016237C) (Course Code: BPSCILAW1000)

Each combination is five years in duration with the exception of Arts (Media & Communications)/Law, Information Technology/Law and Engineering/Law.

Program Structure

The number of credit points required for completion is dependent on the other degree. Please consult the relevant sections of the following Faculty websites for details:

Arts/Law
Arts (Media & Communications/Law)
Commerce/Law
Design in Architecture/Law
Economics/Law
Engineering/Law
Information Technology/Law
International and Global Studies/Law
Science/Law

The program structure for Combined Law is listed below:

*You may choose, instead, to do a maximum of two electives and take the remaining compulsory units of study in Year 5 or Year 6 for Arts (Media & Communications)/Law, Information Technology/Law or Engineering/Law.

For more details visit Undergraduate Units of study

Elective Program

Sydney Law School offers one of Australia's most diverse undergraduate elective programs in law, with around 50 units of study taught in any given year. Students can select to undertake advanced study in core and compulsory areas such as Contracts, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Corporate Law and International Law. Alternatively, they may select to undertake study in specialist areas such as Intellectual Property, Environmental Law, Health Law, Taxation, and Media Law. Students must complete seven units of study in their final year, although they may elect to substitute two compulsory units for an elective in Combined Law Year 4 or 5 (depending on their degree combination). They must complete at least one unit in a Jurisprudence or Legal Philosophy area. The Law School's elective units are therefore organised into two sets. A maximum of 36 credit points are taken from Table 1, and a minimum of 6 credit points are taken from Table 2 electives. The list of elective units is below:

Table 1

Table 2

For all details on units of study please visit this section of the website.

Teaching and Learning

Units of study are taught seminar-style and this structure permits an opportunity for active participation, to share ideas, experiment and innovate. Lecturers facilitate clinical and problem-based learning approaches, as well as skills development. Assessment emphasises individual autonomy, creativity, and academic freedom.

Honours

Sydney Law School now offers an integrated honours research program incorporated in its Bachelor of Laws (LLB). This honours program is intended to provide research training opportunities for motivated and capable students and to reward and recognise outstanding academic ability.

You will not be required to complete an additional honours year, but you will enrol in research units in lieu of two elective units of study. You will also be expected to submit a thesis demonstrating independent, advanced and original research.

Admission to honours will be on a competitive basis, and it is anticipated that only the top 20% of the student cohort will be offered places in the honours program. Admission will be assessed on your performance in compulsory law units. You will be required to complete a dissertation of 12,000 words, and attend a nonassessed Research Workshop, but no other coursework component will be required. You will complete the dissertation over one semester in your final year, which will allow you to complete all your honours requirements in one semester at Sydney, and take advantage of overseas opportunities such as an exchange or the Oxford BCL in the other semester.

Proficiency in English

While there is no assumed knowledge for law, the Sydney Law School suggests that future local students study the highest level of HSC English or equivalent of which they are capable. Weakness in the English language and its expression will adversely affect your studies and assessment results. If your first language is not English, you may care to seek assistance through the University's Learning Centre. Phone: +61 2 9351 3853.

Professional Recognition

A Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from the University of Sydney satisfies the academic requirements for admission as a legal practitioner in NSW.

Additional requirements must be met before a Law graduate can practise as a lawyer in NSW. Information on these requirements is available from:

The Legal Profession Admission Board
Level 4
37 Bligh Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Phone: +61 2 9338 3500

www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lpab

If you have received credit in your Sydney LLB for units of study undertaken in a law degree taught by another institution you must consult with the LPAB to ensure that you have satisfied all academic requirements. It is not the responsibility of the Sydney Law School to do so. For further information on practising law in NSW, please visit the relevant section on the Sydney Juris Doctor (JD) site

If you intend to practise in another State or overseas, you must consult the relevant professional body or equivalent to determine whether the Sydney LLB is acceptable as a legal qualification. It is not the responsibility of the Sydney Law School to do so. For further information on recognition in a range of common jurisdictions, please visit the relevant section on the Sydney Juris Doctor (JD) site. The Sydney Bachelor of Laws (LLB) is equivalent to the Sydney Juris Doctor (JD) for the purposes of professional recognition in the vast majority of circumstances.