C10124v5 Bachelor of Laws

Overview

This course teaches students foundational knowledge and skills in law and its practice. UTS Law graduates are increasingly in demand in the legal profession and the business sector in a wide range of roles and responsibilities. Today's law graduates are called upon to advise and counsel parties, act as negotiators, manage project teams and resolve disputes.

The program provides full or part-time study for students wishing to obtain a professional legal qualification that satisfies the requirements for admission as a lawyer.

Students have the opportunity to engage in deeper study in the law through undertaking a number of law options and incorporate a broad variety of other disciplines by enrolling in options from other faculties.

Career options

Career options include lawyer (solicitor or barrister) or legal policy adviser within a government or corporate department, private law firm or community law centre; or negotiating treaties or work in legislation drafting with the Attorney-General's Department.

Additional assumed knowledge

Any two units of English.

Recognition of prior learning

Course duration and attendance

The course duration is four years of full-time study, or six-and-a-half-years of part-time study. Full-time students attend 10–14.5 hours of lectures per week, and part-time students attend 7–9.5 hours of lectures per week. Timetable constraints may require attendance at both day and evening classes.

Course structure

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

• 102 credit points of compulsory core law subjects (14 subjects)
• 48 credit points of general 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)
• 18 credit points of law options (three subjects), 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

To practise as a lawyer in NSW, students need to successfully complete an accredited legal qualification (e.g. Bachelor of Laws) and an accredited course of practical legal training (PLT), which UTS offers through its Practical Legal Training program.

Course completion requirements

Course diagram

Course program

The two programs below show the standard programs of study for a full-time student and a part-time student undertaking PLT within the degree.

The 72 credit points of optional subjects are made up of:

Levels of award

Professional recognition

Supreme Court of NSW

This course satisfies the requirements for admission as a lawyer, provided students undertake the optional PLT in the final semesters.

Other information

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