Bachelor of Laws - Compulsory unit of study table - The University of Sydney
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Bachelor of Laws

Compulsory unit of study table

Bachelor of Laws

To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Laws, 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 - Elective Units of Study table; and
(iii) a minimum of 6 credit points are taken from Part 2 - Elective Units of Study table.
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Compulsory units of study

Year 1
LAWS1025
Ngura and the Foundations of Laws
6 N LAWS1006
LAWS1026
Contracts
6 P LAWS1025
N LAWS1015 and LAWS1017
Year 2
LAWS1027
Criminal Law, Process, and Research I
6 C LAWS1025
N LAWS1014 and LAWS1016
LAWS1028
Criminal Law, Process, and Research II
6 P LAWS1027
N LAWS1016
LAWS1029
Lawyers, Justice and Ethics
6 P LAWS1025
N LAWS2013
Year 3
LAWS1021
Public Law and Statutory Interpretation
6 P LAWS1006 or LAWS1025
N LAWS5007
LAWS1023
Public International Law
6 P LAWS1006 or LAWS1025
N LAWS5005
LAWS1030
Torts
6 P LAWS1025
N LAWS1012 and LAWS1017
Years 4 and 5
Students enrol in the Bachelor of Laws in Year 4, after completion of their first degree.
Students may substitute one compulsory unit with one elective unit in each semester of their penultimate year, deferring the compulsory unit(s) to final year. Students cannot enrol in more than two elective units in their penultimate year.
LAWS2010
Administrative Law
6 P LAWS1021
N LAWS5010
LAWS2011
Federal Constitutional Law
6 P LAWS1021
N LAWS5011
LAWS2012
Property and Commercial Law
6 P LAWS1015 or LAWS1026
N LAWS5008
LAWS2014
Corporations Law
6 A LAWS2012
P LAWS1015 or LAWS1026
N LAWS5014
LAWS2015
Equity
6 A LAWS2012
N LAWS5015
LAWS2016
Evidence
6 P LAWS1014 or LAWS1028
N LAWS5013
LAWS2017
Land Law
6 P LAWS2012
N LAWS5012
LAWS2019
Civil Dispute Resolution
6  
Years 5 and 6
LAWS2018
Conflict of Laws
6

A LAWS2012 and LAWS2016
P LAWS1012 or LAWS1030 and LAWS1015 or LAWS1026
N LAWS5017