C07073v4 Graduate Diploma in Australian Law
Award(s): Graduate Diploma in Australian Law (GradDipAustLaw)UAC code: 942408 (Autumn semester), 945408 (Spring semester)
CRICOS code: 016613F
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
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
Admission requirements
Assumed knowledge
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Professional recognition
Other information
Overview
This course is designed to permit appropriately qualified lawyers from 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 (LPAB).
Career options
Career options include lawyer in NSW within a government or corporate department, private law firm or community law centre (providing students also undertake a course in practical legal training).
Admission requirements
Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree in law from outside Australia or be admitted as a lawyer in a jurisdiction outside Australia.
Before lodging an application, applicants must contact the LPAB to determine the subjects they are required to complete to be eligible for admission to practise in NSW. Further information about admission is available at:
Notification from the LPAB, listing the subjects required, must accompany the application for admission into the course.
Assumed knowledge
Appropriately qualified knowledge of a 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 requires 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 may recognise subjects attempted within this course. Applicants are advised to obtain written confirmation of the LPAB in recognition of subjects attempted within this course prior to enrolling.
Other information
Future students
Further information is available from:
email law@uts.edu.au
Current students
Further information is available from:
Service Desk https://servicedesk.uts.edu.au
