Students gain legal knowledge and skills leading to a career in law and law-related fields.
Law program content has a clinical focus and includes all the courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia: legal practice and ethics, contracts, torts, criminal law and procedure, equity/trusts, civil procedure, evidence, constitutional law, property law, administrative law and corporate law.
- Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
- * Estimated tuition fees are based on 2025 rates. Refer to international fees for more information.
- Not all majors/minors and elective options are available at every campus. You should refer to the What Can I Study tab, and the proposed study sequence for your chosen campus and intake for further information.
Law program content has a clinical focus and includes all the courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia: legal practice and ethics, contracts, torts, criminal law and procedure, equity/trusts, civil procedure, evidence, constitutional law, property law, administrative law and corporate law.
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, judge's associate, law academic, corporate in-house counsel, business and public service administration.
Registration
The degree is an approved academic qualification for admission to the legal profession. Graduates must undertake a further period of practical legal training before being admitted as a legal practitioner.
Program structure
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Complete 1 core course.
- Complete 4 introductory (100 level) required law courses.
- Complete 14 advanced (200/300/400 level) required law courses.
- Complete 6 law electives.
- Complete no more than 10 introductory (100 level) courses, including the core course.
- Complete 7 electives; of those a maximum of 4 can be law electives.
Program notes
- Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses).
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods including essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations. Not all courses will necessarily include all methods.
- As part of your USC program, you may apply to participate in the Global Opportunities (GO) Program to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider. It is advisable to contact your Program Advisor to discuss timing and course issues.
- When enrolling, refer to the Study Plan.
Program structure
Core course (1)
1 required course:
COR109 Visual Journalism
Introductory courses (4)
4 required courses:
LAW101 Communication and Thought
LAW102 Introduction to Screenwriting: The Art of Visual Storytelling
LAW103 Children, Media and Society
LAW104 Screen Production and Editing
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Film Forms: Genres, Histories, Technologies
LAW202 Television: Advanced Concepts and Contemporary Issues
LAW203 Screen Media Project
LAW204 Transmedia Storytelling Campaigns
LAW205 Creativity, Design and Communication Project
LAW206 Music Production for Multimedia
LAW301 Industry Project 1: Communication, Creativity and Design
LAW302 Industry Internship 1: Communication, Creativity and Design
LAW303 Communication and Thought
LAW304 Foundations of Australian Law A
LAW401 Foundations of Australian Law B
LAW402 Criminal Law and Procedure A
LAW403 Criminal Law and Procedure B
LAW404 Torts A
Plus select 6 elective law courses from:
LAW305 Torts B
LAW306 Contracts A
LAW307 Contracts B
LAW308 Property A
LAW309 Property B
LAW310 Constitutional Law
LAW311 Equity & Trusts
LAW312 Corporate & Partnership Law
LAW313 Civil Procedure
LAW314 Administrative Law
LAW315 Professional Conduct
LAW316 Evidence
LAW405 Regulation
LAW406 Family Law
LAW407 Employment Law
LAW408 Commercial Law
LAW409 Succession
LAW410 Health Law
LAW411 Children & the Law
LAW412 Law Clinic
LAW413 Competition Law
Electives courses (7)
Select 7 elective courses from either faculty (Arts and Business or Science, Health, Education and Engineering).
TOTAL UNITS 384