C10124v7 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.

This course provides full-time 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 of the law by 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 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.

Assumed knowledge

Proficiency in English.

Credit recognition

Course duration and attendance

The course duration is four years of full-time or six-and-a-half years of part-time study. Full-time students have approximately 10–14.5 contact hours per week and part-time students have approximately 7–9.5 contact hours 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:

• 108 credit points of compulsory core law subjects
• 30 credit points of law options,
• a 6-credit-point legal theory option, and either:
  • 48 credit points of 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), or
  • 18 credit points of practical legal training (PLT) subjects plus 30 credit points of electives.

Course program

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

The 84 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 practical legal training program as part of the course.

Other information

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