Students gain legal knowledge and skills, and a strong grounding in the fundamentals of business.
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. Students can choose to specialise in a business area from human resource management, information systems, international business, management, marketing, or tourism, leisure and event management.
- 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.
- * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
- ** Campus note: In addition to being able to study all courses at Sippy Downs, students may choose to complete some core and foundation business subjects at the Noosa Centre or Gympie campus. There may be a limited selection of subjects available at South Bank. The option to study at Noosa or Gympie is not available to international students on a Student visa.
- * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
- ** Campus note: In addition to being able to study all courses at Sippy Downs, students may choose to complete some core and foundation business subjects at the Noosa Centre or Gympie campus. There may be a limited selection of subjects available at South Bank. The option to study at Noosa or Gympie is not available to international students on a Student visa.
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. Students can choose to specialise in a business area from human resource management, information systems, international business, management, marketing, or tourism, leisure and event management.
Majors
Refer to Bachelor of Business
Career opportunities
Solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, corporate in-house counsel or others depending on the business major studied.
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 6 required introductory business courses
- Complete 2 required advanced business courses
- Complete 7 elective courses from the School of Business
- The total number of introductory level courses cannot exceed 16
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 Communication and Thought
Introductory courses (4)
4 required courses:
LAW101 Foundations of Australian Law A
LAW102 Foundations of Australian Law B
LAW103 Criminal Law and Procedure A
LAW104 Criminal Law and Procedure B
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Torts A
LAW202 Torts B
LAW203 Contracts A
LAW204 Contracts B
LAW205 Property A
LAW206 Property B
LAW301 Constitutional Law
LAW302 Equity & Trusts
LAW303 Corporate & Partnership Law
LAW304 Civil Procedure
LAW401 Administrative Law
LAW402 Professional Conduct
LAW403 Evidence
LAW404 Regulation
Plus select 6 elective law courses from:
LAW305 Family Law
LAW306 Employment Law
LAW307 Commercial Law
LAW308 Succession
LAW309 Health Law
LAW310 Children & the Law
LAW311 Law Clinic
LAW312 Competition Law
LAW313 Building & Construction Law
LAW314 Mining & Resources Law
LAW315 Indigenous Legal Issues
LAW316 Equal Opportunity Law
LAW405 Alternative Dispute Resolution
LAW406 Environment & Planning Law
LAW407 Elder Law
LAW408 Intellectual Property
LAW409 Taxation
LAW410 Public International Law
LAW411 Private International Law
LAW412 Human Rights Law
LAW413 International Social Justice Clinic
School of Business
Introductory courses (6)
BUS101 Business Analytics
BUS102 Introduction to Economics
BUS104 Management and Organisational Behaviour
BUS105 Introduction to Marketing
BUS106 Accounting for Business
BUS108 Introduction to Informatics
Advanced courses (2)
BUS203 Business Law and Ethics
BUS320 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
Elective courses (7)
Select 7 elective courses from the School of Business. These elective courses may be used to complete a major or a minor.
TOTAL UNITS 480