C07073v4 Graduate Diploma in Australian Law

Award(s): Graduate Diploma in Australian Law (GradDipAustLaw)
CRICOS code: 016613F
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Faculty/institute responsible: Law
Location: City campus

Note(s)

This course is not appropriate for applicants who are already admitted to practise as a lawyer in NSW.

Overview
Career options
Additional admission requirements
Additional assumed knowledge
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Industrial training/professional practice
Course completion requirements
Professional recognition
Other information

Overview

This course is designed to permit appropriately qualified lawyers from common law jurisdictions outside Australia to satisfy the academic requirements for admission as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of NSW.

Each student's course is individually tailored to their academic requirements, as assessed by the Legal Profession Admission Board of the Supreme Court of NSW.

Career options

Career options include lawyer in NSW within a government or corporate department, private law firm or community law centre.

Additional admission requirements

Applicants must hold a Bachelor's degree in law from outside Australia or be admitted to practise as a legal practitioner in a common law jurisdiction outside Australia.

Before lodging an application, applicants must contact the Legal Profession Admission Board of the NSW Supreme Court (LPAB) to determine the subjects they are required to complete to be eligible for admission to practise in NSW. Further details about admission can be found at:

http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lpab

Notification from the LPAB, listing the subjects required, must accompany the application for admission into the course. If the LPAB-determined subjects total less than five, applicants should consider making a non-award application.

Additional assumed knowledge

Appropriately qualified knowledge of the common law legal system.

Course duration and attendance

Full-time students can complete this course in a minimum of one year. Part-time students can complete the course in a minimum of one-and-a-half years.

Course structure

The course requires completion of a minimum of 48 credit points. However, each candidate's course of study varies depending on the number of subjects they are required to take in order to be admitted to practise in NSW. Subjects other than those listed below may be substituted depending on what subjects the LPAB has required applicants to complete to be eligible for admission to practise.

Industrial training/professional practice

Applicants should note that in order to gain admission as a lawyer of the Supreme Court of NSW they may also be required to undertake a course in practical legal training, such as the UTS Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (C07075).

Course completion requirements

Select 48 credit points from the following options:		48cp
70120 Legal Method and Research	6cp
70218 Criminal Law	8cp
70211 Contracts	8cp
70311 Torts	8cp
70616 Australian Constitutional Law	8cp
70317 Real Property	8cp
70327 Commercial Law	6cp
70417 Corporate Law	8cp
70617 Administrative Law	8cp
70517 Equity and Trusts	8cp
70717 Evidence and Criminal Procedure	6cp
75402 Property Transactions	6cp
75403 Commercial and Estate Practice	6cp
75412 Legal Skills	6cp
75413 Advocacy	6cp
75420 Ethics and Professional Conduct	6cp
75421 Civil Litigation	6cp
70115 Perspectives on Law	8cp
Total		48cp

Professional recognition

Supreme Court of NSW

The Legal Profession Admission Board (LPAB) may recognise subjects attempted within this course. Applicants are advised to obtain written confirmation of LPAB recognition of subjects attempted within this course prior to enrolling.

Other information

Further information is available from:

telephone +61 2 9514 3444
Service Desk https://servicedesk.uts.edu.au/