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 5 introductory level (100 coded) required law courses including COR109
- Complete 14 advanced level (200/300/400 coded) required law courses
- Complete 6 law electives
- Complete 6 required introductory level (100 coded) business courses
- Complete 2 required advanced level (200/300 coded) business courses
- Complete 7 elective courses from the School of Business
- Complete no more than 15 introductory level (100 coded) courses in total, including the core course
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
School of Law
Introductory courses (5)
COR109 Global Business Management
LAW101 The Literature Review
LAW102 Qualitative Research Methods
LAW103 Advanced Quantitative Research Methods
LAW104 Managing Research
Advanced courses (20)
14 required courses:
LAW201 Corporate Finance
LAW202 Innovation and Management Decision Making
LAW203 International Business Law and Ethics
LAW204 Managing Knowledge and Global Change
LAW205 Comparative and International Employment Relations
LAW206 Management Informatics
LAW301 Managing People
LAW302 Global Business Management
LAW303 Entrepreneurship and Venture Planning
LAW304 Corporate Governance, Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
LAW401 Food Marketing
LAW402 Communication and Thought
LAW403 Foundations of Australian Law A
LAW404 Foundations of Australian Law B
PLUS select 6 advanced level (LAW200 /300/400 coded) elective courses from:
LAW305 Criminal Law and Procedure A
LAW306 Criminal Law and Procedure B
LAW307 Torts A
LAW308 Torts B
LAW309 Contracts A
LAW310 Contracts B
LAW311 Property A
LAW312 Property B
LAW313 Constitutional Law
LAW314 Equity & Trusts
LAW315 Corporations and Partnership Law
LAW316 Civil Procedure
LAW405 Administrative Law
LAW406 Professional Conduct
LAW407 Evidence
LAW408 Regulation
LAW409 Family Law
LAW410 Employment Law
LAW411 Commercial Law
LAW412 Succession
LAW413 Health 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 Leaders.
School of Business
Introductory courses (6)
BUS101 Children & the Law
BUS102 Law Clinic
BUS104 Competition Law
BUS105 Building & Construction Law
BUS106 Mining & Resources Law
BUS108 Indigenous Legal Issues
Advanced courses (2)
BUS203 Equal Opportunity Law
BUS320 Alternative Dispute Resolution
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. Of these electives, 5 must be advanced level (200/300 coded) courses.
TOTAL UNITS 480