Bachelor of Laws (Honours) – Graduate Entry
Bachelor of Laws (Honours) – Graduate Entry
Highlights Leverage your previous study to graduate sooner. Benefit from a course designed in consultation with industry to have a strong foundation in contemporary law knowledge, understanding and experience. Classes with leading and expert teachers. Work placements and hands-on learning experiences that will prepare you for the real world of…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Highlights
- Leverage your previous study to graduate sooner.
- Benefit from a course designed in consultation with industry to have a strong foundation in contemporary law knowledge, understanding and experience.
- Classes with leading and expert teachers.
- Work placements and hands-on learning experiences that will prepare you for the real world of law.
- Inner city facilities including the QUT Law Library and courtrooms.
- A range of scholarships and support to assist you with your studies, life at uni and preparation for your career.
If you have already completed a degree in another discipline this course recognises your prior learning and allows you to condense the law degree to complete it in three years full time, or six years part time.
Your law degree is made up of a combination of core (compulsory) and elective units. The core units include the units required for admission to legal practice and research units to provide you with essential skills for practice. You can pursue your interests through a wide range of elective units, for example, family law, succession law, international arbitration, commercial contracts and artificial intelligence, robots and the law.
Our final year capstone unit includes a work placement in range of different legal workplaces or a virtual internship with a top-tier firm, providing you with the opportunity to engage with experienced lawyers and undertake authentic legal tasks.
As this course has a condensed structure, university-wide minors and the law, technology and innovation minor are not available in this course. Units from the minor can be completed as electives within this course or if you wish to undertake the full law, technology and innovation minor as part of your studies please contact the faculty to discuss your options, phone (07) or .
Why choose this course?
QUT’s contemporary law degree will provide you with the knowledge and confidence you need totake advantage of employment opportunities in an array of legal careers, including growth areas such as intellectual property, and law and technology.
Through your study you will understand key areas of law and develop advanced knowledge in areas that interest you. Your study will also develop necessary legal skills such as legal research, problem solving, dispute resolution, and oral and written communication.
Our course will also help you understand and promote the ethical standards of the legal profession and to appreciate international and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.
Careers and outcomes
Although many of our graduates become legal practitioners, a law degree provides the perfect foundation for a range of careers in business, government, management consulting, accounting, recruitment, community sector, research, journalism and politics, among others.
Admission to practice
If you want to become a solicitor or barrister at the end of your degree you will need to complete practical legal training (PLT) before you can apply, for admission to practice. Successful completion of PLT allows you to apply for admission as a solicitor. If you want to be a barrister, you will need to also pass the bar exams. We offer PLT through the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Study at The University of Queensland. Learn with leading academics in world-class facilities and join the most employable graduates in the state. At UQ you’ll benefit from flexible study options, field trips, lab work, industry placements, research experience, and online study in Brisbane, Australia.
