C10130v3 Bachelor of Laws in Australian Indigenous Law

Overview

The Bachelor of Laws in Australian Indigenous Law is unique in that it is designed for students wanting to specialise in Indigenous Australian legal issues. It offers students the opportunity to gain a qualification tailored to the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities which satisfies the academic requirements of the Supreme Court of NSW for admission as a legal practitioner.

Career options

Career options include legal practitioner conducting policy and research work in the community, government or private sectors. The course is tailored to those wishing to work in the interface between Indigenous communities and mainstream business, community and government sectors.

Additional assumed knowledge

Any two units of English.

Additional recognition of prior learning

Course duration and attendance

The course duration is normally four years of full-time study or six years of part-time study.

Full-time students attend 10 to 15 hours of lectures per week. Part-time students are normally required to attend classes for 7 to 10 hours per week. Timetable constraints may require attendance at daytime and evening classes.

Course structure

The course comprises a total of 192 credit points. The study components for course completion are made up of:

• 96 credit points of compulsory core law subjects (14 subjects)
• 24 credit points of Aboriginal Studies subjects (four subjects)
• 48 credit points of general law electives that include subjects offered by other faculties of the University (for students who have not received exemption on the basis of a recognised prior degree), and
• either 24 credit points of practical legal training subjects (five subjects) or an additional 24 credit points of law options (four subjects).

Industrial training/professional practice

Admission to practise as a legal practitioner in NSW is based upon the successful completion of an undergraduate law degree (such as the Bachelor of Laws) plus an accredited course of practical legal training; students can elect to attempt part of the practical legal training within the Bachelor of Laws in the final semester(s).

For more information about the practical legal training program, see:

Course completion requirements

Course diagram

Course program

Honours

Professional recognition

Supreme Court of NSW

This course satisfies the requirements for admission as a legal practitioner, provided students undertake the optional Practical Legal Training in the final semester(s).

Other information

For further information, contact the Law Information Office on: