The Law degree structure and Law unit offerings have been approved by the Victorian Legal Admissions Board and the Legal Profession Admission Board (NSW).

LLB(GE)(Hons)

270 cp

Minimum duration: 3.5 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at:

• Brisbane, Queensland (not offered in 2020)
• Melbourne, Victoria
• North Sydney, NSW

1. Admission Requirements

An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

To be eligible to apply for admission to the Bachelor (Honours) degree, a student must have completed at least 120 cp of LAWS units from the Bachelor of Laws degree, with a grade point average (GPA) of at least 5.50.

2. Completion Requirements

To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 270 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

1. 180 cp from Law Specified Units;
2. 10 cp LAWS450 Legal Research and Methodology;
3. 30 cp LAWS451 Honours Thesis;
4. 40 cp from Law Elective Units; and
5. 10 cp from Community Legal Engagement Unit: Pro Bono Unit

To qualify for the Honours degree at least four units taken from the Law Specified Units and/or Law Elective Units must be at level 4. To qualify for the degree, a student must also complete at least 80 hours of 0cp pro bono placement after completion of LAWS213 Community Legal Engagement: Pro Bono.

3. Progression Requirements

Students normally complete a unit or units at an introductory level (100-level) before undertaking advanced level units (200, 300, 400 level).

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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Law Specified Units

Pro Bono/Community Legal Engagement Unit

Law Elective Units

Law Honours Units