Overview

The Bachelor of Laws (Honours) - 4 years is designed to offer students of exceptional merit the opportunity to maximise their potential, by providing an environment in which students with similar capabilities and interests will work with key staff of the College to develop their legal knowledge and expertise as … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Program of study overview
Program of study notes

Program of study
144 Units

Year 136 Units
Year 236 Units
Year 336 Units
Year 4 - Honours Program36 Units
Honours Program36 Units

Admission requirements

Admission requirements
Inherent requirements

Aims

The course aims to:

  • Provide students with a sound training in law and legal skills
  • Emphasise the acquisition of foundation legal skills through the integration of skills training with the teaching of substantive subjects
  • Instil in students a desire for just outcomes, a broad outlook on law and a commitment to ethical conduct
  • Develop the capacity to engage deeply and critically with legal knowledge
  • Provide students with a sound training in high level academic research and writing skills
  • Equip students to develop an innovation and entrepreneurial mindset to respond to 21st century opportunities

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course you will be able to:
1.
Demonstrate an extensive, well-founded and advanced knowledge of key areas of current Australian law, including new and developing areas
2.
Find, interpret, understand and critique Australian law within its historical and comparative contexts, using effective learning strategies and appropriate methods, including both recent and traditional technologies
3.
Use your knowledge to plan, analyse and think critically, logically and creatively, including by reflecting upon and evaluating facts, ideas, options and resolutions to disputes and debates, and considering the requirements of procedural and jurisdictional contexts
4.
Use plain English vocabulary, legal terminology and conventions as appropriate to the situation, to convey their knowledge, reasoning and decisions in a clear and fluent manner
5.
Listen well and respond constructively in written and spoken formats as you apply skills of oral advocacy, persuasion, interviewing, negotiation, argument and counter-argument, as appropriate to particular audiences and settings
6.
Demonstrate professionalism and self-reliance in your learning and your work within legal contexts, including skills and attributes such as initiative, goal setting, organising activities, prioritising tasks and managing time productively
7.
Demonstrate the capacity for, and a commitment to, lifelong learning: recognising that the world is dynamic and changing and therefore being prepared constantly to review, update and adapt your knowledge and skills
8.
Demonstrate the willingness and ability to exercise intellectual independence and take responsibility for your decisions and actions and to operate effectively within any relevant contextual framework
9.
Interact effectively with others in a variety of settings, including, where appropriate, working cooperatively and productively towards a common outcome as a team member and leader. This also includes group dynamics, showing respect for others and for your ideas and perspectives and learning to negotiate and resolve conflict or difficulties in a constructive manner
10.
Demonstrate awareness of the philosophy and the social and global contexts of law, and willingness to uphold their community responsibility to advocate for justice and to act with integrity in all matters in your professional work and personal lives. As potential officers of the court, you must learn and apply ethical standards applicable to the legal profession and the practice of law, and to show understanding of the complexity of ethical issues and debates, applying relevant decision-making models to arrive at ethical solutions to problems and taking responsibility for your actions
11.
Recognise the colonial and immigrant context of Australian law and the practice of law, and to engage positively with people and ideas beyond the limit of your own geographical, disciplinary, social and cultural background, including by synthesising ideas and principles across various legal doctrinal areas; critically analysing and taking appropriate action in complex global and cultural contexts; and forging constructive links between the world of study and the world of work
12.
Engage in significant academic research and writing which has been planned and executed with a degree of independence and which, with an awareness of the academic process for the development of ideas, will better equip students for postgraduate studies

Student progression rules

The award of a grade of Fail (F) on more than one occasion in the same topic, which may include attempts of the same topic undertaken in other awards, may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.

Professional accreditation and recognition

Professional accreditation

Associations

Course/Exit award association
Honours - Embedded/Bachelor association