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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
LAWS1006
Foundations of Law
6 N LAWS5000
LAWS1012
Torts
6 P LAWS1006
N LAWS5001
LAWS1024
Legal Research
0 N LAWS1013 or LAWS1019
Year 2
LAWS1014
Civil and Criminal Procedure
6 P LAWS1006 and LAWS1012
N LAWS5003
LAWS1015
Contracts
6 P LAWS1006
N LAWS5002
LAWS1016
Criminal Law
6 P LAWS1006 and LAWS1014
N LAWS5004
Year 3
LAWS1017
Torts and Contracts II
6 P LAWS1012 and LAWS1015
N LAWS5006
LAWS1021
Public Law
6 P LAWS1006
N LAWS5007
LAWS1023
Public International Law
6 P LAWS1006
N LAWS5005
Years 4 and 5
Students in the Bachelor of Engineering Honours/Law do not undertake any law units in Year 4 and enrol in the Bachelor of Laws in Year 5, after completion of their first degree.
For all other Combined Law streams, 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 C LAWS1021
N LAWS5010
LAWS2011
Federal Constitutional Law
6 C LAWS1021
N LAWS5011
LAWS2012
Intro to Property and Commercial Law
6 N LAWS5008
LAWS2013
The Legal Profession
6 N LAWS5009
LAWS2014
Corporations Law
6 N LAWS5014
LAWS2015
Equity
6 A LAWS2012
N LAWS5015
LAWS2016
Evidence
6 P LAWS1014
N LAWS5013
LAWS2017
Real Property
6 P LAWS2012
N LAWS5012
Years 5 and 6
LAWS2018
Private International Law A
6 N LAWS5017