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.

Admission requirements

Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.

The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL: paper based: 575 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet based: 90 overall with a writing score of 21; or DEEP: C; or PTE: 64

Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.

International students

Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.

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 have approximately 10–14.5 contact hours a week and part-time students have approximately 7–9.5 contact hours a 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
• 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, and
• either 24 credit points of practical legal training (PLT) subjects or an additional 24 credit points of law options.

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 PLT, which UTS offers through its PLT 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

This course satisfies the requirements for admission to the Supreme Court of NSW as a lawyer, provided students undertake the optional PLT component.

Other information

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