Enhance your Law degree with strong written communication skills
Develop advanced written communication and analytical skills for a career in law or other fields such as government, arts, media or the creative industries. Choose from a range of Law electives to suit your interests and career ambitions.
- 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.
- * It is recommended that students planning to study part-time apply for the Bachelor of Laws rather than a double degree.
Develop advanced written communication and analytical skills for a career in law or other fields such as government, arts, media or the creative industries. Choose from a range of Law electives to suit your interests and career ambitions.
You will cover all the academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. You will engage in active learning experiences and gain practical skills right from your first year. For example, you will observe volunteer lawyers conducting client interviews at an advice clinic operated by Suncoast Community Legal Service.
You will research answers to legal problems, prepare advice, present legal argument, observe court proceedings, and take part in simulated court presentations in our new Moot Court venue. You can further develop your skills by working with Legal Service clients under legal supervision in law professional practice, or undertake a legal internship.
Take advantage of careers for law graduates with especially strong English skills in areas such as parliamentary counsel, contract drafting, corporate writing and legal publishing.
Law Honours is available, usually without extending the time required to complete your degree.
Career opportunities
Graduates will have highly developed analytical and communication skills, equipped for a career in law including as a solicitor, barrister, government legal officer, corporate in-house counsel or careers with a communication focus such as government, education, arts, media, commerce, and industry.
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
USC Law School courses
Introductory courses (4)
LAW101 History of Australian popular culture: The Twentieth Century and Beyond
LAW102 Global Citizens: A History of Humanity
LAW103 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
LAW104 Life and Death in the City: From Settlement to Federation
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Talking History: Memory and the Past
LAW202 Migrants' Lives in the World
LAW203 20th Century and Beyond: A History
LAW204 Riots and Rebellions: Conflict in Australian History
LAW205 Cultural Heritage
LAW206 Innovation by Design
LAW301 Entrepreneurship and Business Model Innovation
LAW302 Evidenced Based Decision Making
LAW303 Finance and Accounting for Managers
LAW304 Innovation Management and Professional Development
LAW401 Leading and Managing Organisations
LAW402 Strategy, Governance and Ethics
LAW403 Marketing in a Global Environment
LAW404 Foundations of Australian Law A
PLUS select 6 elective courses from:
LAW305 Foundations of Australian Law B
LAW306 Criminal Law and Procedure A
LAW307 Criminal Law and Procedure B
LAW309 Torts A
LAW310 Torts B
LAW311 Contracts A
LAW312 Contracts B
LAW313 Property A
LAW315 Property B
LAW316 Constitutional Law
LAW318 Equity & Trusts
LAW405 Corporations Law
LAW406 Civil Procedure
LAW407 Administrative Law
LAW408 Professional Conduct
LAW409 Evidence
LAW410 Regulation
LAW411 Family Law
LAW412 Employment Law
LAW414 Commercial Law
LAW415 Health Law
LAW416 Children & the Law
The following 2 elective courses are only available to students who have been accepted into honours in Law:
LAW440 Law Professional Practice
LAW441 Competition Law
Please note: Semester offerings for Law elective courses are subject to change and are dependent on student demand. For more information on elective availability please contact your Program Coordinator.
School of Communication courses
Introductory courses (4)
CMN103 Building & Construction Law
CMN104 Indigenous Legal Issues
CMN116 Equal Opportunity Law
COR109 Advocacy
Advanced courses (11)
CMN200 Alternative Dispute Resolution
CMN213 Environment & Planning Law
CMN238 Elder Law and Succession
CMN246 Intellectual Property
CMN247 Taxation
CMN260 Public International Law
CMN266 Private International Law
CMN304 International Human Rights Law
CMN320 Legal Internship
CMN351 Sports Law
CMN352 Transnational & Comparative Law(24 units)
Note: Program structures are subject to change. Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.
Total units: 480
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Successfully complete 480 units as outlined in the Program Structure
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 which may include essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations
- Semester offerings for Law elective courses are subject to change and are dependent on student demand. For more information on elective availability please contact your Program Coordinator
- Honours in Law available for high performing students
- As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students on a Student Visa
- Refer to the Planning your study page to manage your progression
- You may wish to use electives to complete an additional major or minor
- Register your selected major(s) and/or minor(s)