Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws
Law Students’ Society Join the LSS for mentoring opportunities, moot competitions, career advice sessions, and a range of initiatives from the Graduate School of Business and Law and our external sponsors. In three years, the Bachelor of Law will shape you into a legal professional. With detailed and comprehensive knowledge…
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Law Students’ Society
Join the LSS for mentoring opportunities, moot competitions, career advice sessions, and a range of initiatives from the Graduate School of Business and Law and our external sponsors.
In three years, the Bachelor of Law will shape you into a legal professional.
With detailed and comprehensive knowledge of the Australian legal framework and fundamental legal principles we will develop your practical and theoretical capabilities through a unique approach that brings law to life.
Through our deep industry connections, you will gain valuable legal experiences that prepare you to contribute in a rapidly changing world.
Our practical and applied learning format incorporates law and technology to prepare you for an evolving legal system and society.
As a graduate of this degree, you will possess an understanding of the fundamental areas of legal knowledge, the Australian legal system and its underlying principles and concepts (including international and comparative contexts), the broad theoretical basis of the law and its social context, the principles and values of justice and ethical practice in a technology impacted, evolving legal system.
In the Bachelor of Laws, you will develop the foundational legal knowledge required for a career as a legal practitioner or with legal or non-legal roles in a variety of law-related fields. You will also possess the ability to analyse a problem involving a question or questions of law and, through research, to provide a solution to it. You will possess the skills needed to practise law in a variety of fields, industry sectors and locations and you will develop skills in effective writing, drafting, advocacy, interviewing and advising, negotiation, team work and presentations.
Through your studies, you will develop an understanding of the application of ethical standards and be able to demonstrate judgment and strategic reasoning. Upon graduation, you will have sound commercial judgment and an awareness of the ethical and justice issues affecting all stakeholders in the Australian legal system.
Career
As a graduate of this degree, you will have diverse career options including the within the commercial legal sector, government sector/legal aid, community law/NGOs, in-house with corporations and unions, academia, the media, politics and business.
To be eligible to be admitted to practise law in Australia, graduates must additionally complete the Practical Legal Training (PLT) requirements, either through one year of Supervised Workplace Training with a law firm or an approved PLT course. The PLT course can be undertaken on a fee-paying basis through Leo Cussen Centre for Law or The College of Law.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Since its establishment in 1887, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) has been meeting the needs of the community surrounding it. Originally a Working Men’s College, RMIT showed its flexibility during World War Two, training over 20,000 servicemen in communications to help with the war effort.Now, it is a true pioneer in international education, championing cross-border study opportunities with campuses in various countries. Granted formal university status in 1992, RMIT is ranked 21st in the world for universities that are less than 50 years old.RMIT is the largest higher education institution in Australia, currently with more than 82,000 students. With nearly 20% of those students coming from overseas, it is a university that truly welcomes diversity and is a melting pot of different cultures. RMIT has three campuses in Vietnam, a European hub in Barcelona, an office in Indonesia, and partners with 200+ institutions in 42 countries to provide study opportunities worldwide.
