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 5 introductory level (100 coded) required law courses including COR109
- Complete 14 advanced level (200/300/400 coded) required law courses
- Complete 6 law elective courses
- Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses including COR109
- 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.
- 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 Leaders.
Program structure
Introductory courses (5)
COR109 Playing with Genre
LAW101 Writing for Children and Young Adults
LAW102 Writing the Short Story
LAW103 Digital Logic and Computer Programming
LAW104 Electrical Circuits and Systems
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Analogue and Digital Electrical Systems
LAW202 Communications Engineering (Hardware and protocols)
LAW203 Communication and Thought
LAW204 Foundations of Australian Law A
LAW205 Foundations of Australian Law B
LAW206 Criminal Law and Procedure A
LAW301 Criminal Law and Procedure B
LAW302 Torts A
LAW303 Torts B
LAW304 Contracts A
LAW401 Contracts B
LAW402 Property A
LAW403 Property B
LAW404 Constitutional Law
PLUS select 6 advanced level (LAW200 /300/400 coded) elective courses from:
LAW305 Equity & Trusts
LAW306 Corporations and Partnership Law
LAW307 Civil Procedure
LAW308 Administrative Law
LAW309 Professional Conduct
LAW310 Evidence
LAW311 Regulation
LAW312 Family Law
LAW313 Employment Law
LAW314
LAW315
LAW316
LAW405
LAW406
LAW407
LAW408
LAW409
LAW410
LAW411
LAW412
LAW413
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 Leaders.
Electives courses (7)
Select 7 elective courses from either faculty (Arts and Business or Science, Health, Education and Engineering). Of these electives, 5 must be advanced level (200/300 coded) courses, and a maximum of 4 courses can be law electives.
TOTAL UNITS 384