Facts & figures
- 1855 The year the Law School was established
- Ranked #16 in the world for law (2024 QS World Rankings by Subject)
- Global partnerships with Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford, Geneva, Renmin & Tsinghua
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International partnerships
Building global partnership opportunities
We partner with law schools from around the globe to build research collaboration, for co-teaching, offshore programs, dual degree pathways, student and staff mobility opportunities.
Overseas Dual Degree Partners
The Sydney Law School has partnered with prestigious international law schools to provide inbound and outbound dual degree pathway agreements that allow Sydney and international students to fast track their legal studies and gain a postgraduate qualification.
Outbound dual degree pathways allow Sydney students to undertake study in an overseas postgraduate qualification in place of their final elective semester in the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD).
Inbound dual degree pathways allow international students to fast track their law studies into a Sydney Juris Doctor (JD) or Master of Laws (LLM).
University of Oxford
Sydney Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD) + Oxford Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL)
Sydney Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD) + Oxford Msc in Law and Finance (MLF)
University of Cambridge
Sydney Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD) + Cambridge Master of Laws (LLM)
Sydney Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD) + Cambridge Master of Corporate Law (MCL)
National University of Singapore
Sydney Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD) + NUS Master of Laws (LLM)
University of British Columbia
Sydney Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD) + UBC Master of Laws (Common Law) (LLM CL)
Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Bergen Norway
Bergen Master of Law + Sydney Master of Laws (LLM)
China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), Beijing China
CUPL Bachelor of Laws or Master of Law + Sydney Master of Laws (LLM)
Jindal Global Law School, OP Jindal Global University, India
JGLS Bachelor of Laws (LLB) + Sydney Master of Laws (LLM)
JGLS Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws (BA/LLB) + Sydney Master of Laws (LLM)
JGLS Bachelor of Business Administration/Bachelor of Laws (BBA/LLB) + Sydney Master of Laws (LLM)
l'Ecole de Formation professionnelle des Barreaux (Paris) (Paris Bar School), France
EFB Training Program + Sydney Master of Laws (LLM)
Renmin Law School, Renmin University of China, Beijing China
Renmin Bachelor of Laws (LLB) + Sydney Juris Doctor (JD)
Koguan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai China
SJTU Bachelor of Laws (LLB) + Sydney Juris Doctor (JD)
SJTU Bachelor of Laws (LLB) + Sydney Master of Laws (LLM)
School of Law, Tsinghua University, Beijing China
Tsinghua Bachelor of Laws (LLB) + Sydney Juris Doctor (JD)
Guanghua Law School, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou China
Zhejiang Master of Laws (LLM) + Sydney Master of Laws (LLM)
Offshore Electives
Sydney Law School offers a program of elective units of study conducted offshore. All units have a comparative aspect with the aim that students develop knowledge in both Australian law and the relevant law of the host country, in relation to a particular topic.
The units are taught on an intensive basis – usually over 2 or 3 weeks – and include assessment components to be completed upon return to Sydney.
Indian Immersion Program, Haryana, India
The India Immersion Program will allow students to participate in seminars, lectures and field visits with leading academics and professionals from a variety of industries. The course provides its participants with an introduction to India’s diverse regulatory, business and social impact landscape.
Himalayan Field School, Kathmandu, Nepal
The Himalayan Field School exposes students to the role and limits of law in addressing acute problems of socio-economic development and human rights in developing countries, through an interactive field school conducted over two weeks in Nepal, one of the world's poorest countries.
Kyoto and Tokyo seminars, Japan
These seminars provide an introduction to how law operates in Japanese society, both generally (in Kyoto) and focusing on business law (in Tokyo).
Shanghai Winter School, China
The Shanghai Winter School has been held since 1995. It aims to stimulate interest in, and analysis of, Chinese legal styles, attitudes and structures, including traditional Chinese legal values and processes, as significant factors in the understanding of modern Chinese law and the legal system.
Principles of Oil and Gas Law, Stavanger, Norway
This unit offers an introduction to the basic legal concepts relating to oil and gas exploration, production and decommissioning, and an understanding of the characteristics of the key legal instruments through which this activity is organised.
Philosophy of Law, Berlin, Germany
This unit of study will introduce the fundamental notions of jurisprudence understood as a theory about the aims, functions and values of law and legal system.
It will aim to provide students with the critical understanding of the central issues in philosophy of law understood as a general, abstract, normative reflection on law as such rather than an examination of a concrete legal system.
Nevertheless, the purpose will be to provide students with the conceptual means allowing them to conduct a critical scrutiny of particular legal systems and legal rules with which they are familiar.
Advanced Obligations and Remedies, Cambridge, UK
The unit aims to explore a number of contentious issues arising in the law of civil obligations and remedies in a broad legal context. It will build on the fundamentals in the areas of torts, contracts and equity. It will examine areas of current interest from doctrinal, historical and comparative perspectives.
Media Law: Comparative Perspectives, Cambridge, UK
This unit analyses a number of key issues in media law, including defamation law, privacy and breach of confidence, contempt of court, open justice, suppression and non-publication orders and other restrictions on court reporting, as they arise in Australia, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Climate and Environmental Law in the Pacific, Vanuatu
This program focusses on climate and environmental law issues in the Pacific and offers a unique opportunity for students to gain an introduction to customary law and also to engage in a comparative study of the management and regulation of environmental law issues in the Pacific region at the international, regional and local level. The program integrates academic study with field-based learning.
Overseas Exchange
Overseas exchange is an exciting opportunity open to students who wish to undertake a full semester of study at one of our partner universities throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Not only will you be embarking upon an enriching experience designed to broaden your academic horizons and immerse you in a different culture and lifestyle, your overseas units will also be credited towards your degree at the University of Sydney when you return.
Every year, students across the university undertake overseas exchange and find that adding an international dimension to their degree has challenged them academically, facilitated the development of new skills and enhanced their personal growth and self-confidence.
A semester abroad is the perfect accompaniment to the strong global focus of the Sydney LLB and JD. Whether a student aims to work internationally or locally, every field of law is increasingly engaging with cross-border issues. Students today are entering a crowded and competitive graduate market, and an exchange provides graduates with a point of differentiation; a means of standing out from the crowd.
Sydney Law School Exchange Program
Our international partners include:
- East China University of Political Science and Law Shanghai, China
- Kobe University Faculty of Law Kobe, Japan
- National University of Singapore Faculty of Law Singapore
- Renmin Law School Beijing, China
- Bucerius Law School Hamburg, Germany
- KU Leuven Faculty of Law Leuven, Belgium
- The Sciences Po Law School Paris, France
- Utrecht University School of Law Utrecht, Netherlands
- University of Nottingham School of Law Nottingham, UK
- Pantheon-Sorbonne University Paris, France
- Radboud University Faculty of Law Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- School of Law Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
- University of Vienna School of Law Vienna, Australia
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Faculty of Law Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Faculty of Law University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark
- Faculty of Law - Humbolt University of Berlin Berlin, Germany
- Cornell Law School Ithaca, NY, USA
- Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY, USA
- Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC, USA
- Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA, USA
- The University of Texas at Austin School of Law Texas, USA
- University of Victoria Faculty of Law Victoria, BC, Canada
- University of Virginia School of Law Charlottesville, VA, USA