A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 240 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
Students seeking to graduate with Honours should apply for the one-year Bachelor of Laws Honours (VLAWH2) upon completion of this course.
Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
Core Units (13 units) | 130cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 130 credit points as detailed below. LWZ114 Criminal Law LWZ115 Legal Process LWZ116 Torts LWZ118 Contracts LWZ204 Constitutional Law LWZ210 Equity LWZ211 Trusts LWZ223 Property Law LWZ304 Administrative Law LWZ315 Corporations Law LWZ316 Evidence LWZ317 Civil Procedure LWZ320 Professional Responsibility LWZ212 Transnational Law (last offered 2020) and LWZ112 Comparative Legal Systems (recoded LWA115 from 2021) has been removed as a core unit from 2021- see transition arrangements below. |
Specialist Electives (11 units) | 110cp | Specialist Elective units totalling 110 credit points selected from the list of available units detailed below. LWA110 Legal History and Jurisprudence (unit title change 2023) (offered each year) LWA111 Indigenous Peoples and the Legal System LWA112 Environmental and Planning Law LWA113 Customary Law (not offered 2024) LWA114 Law, Justice and the State (no longer offered) LWA115 Comparative Legal Systems (previously LWZ112) LWA120 Law in Context LWA133 Legal Reasoning LWA207 Dispute Resolution (previously LWS221) LWA210 Contemporary Issues LWA213 Family Law (not offered 2024) LWA217 Resources and Energy Law LWA219 Criminology (not offered 2024) LWA221 Human Rights Law LWA225 True Justice: Deep Listening LWA298 Legal Clinic (previously LWZ019) LWZ212 Transnational Law (no longer offered 2020) LWA316 Intellectual Property Law LWA317 Research Paper LWA319 Private International Law (not offered 2024) LWA321 Public International Law (not offered 2024) LWA322 Moot Court LWA325 Succession (not offered 2024) LWA328 Competition and Consumer Law (not offered 2024) LWA329 Conveyancing Law LWA331 Finance and Securities Law (no longer offered) LWA332 Science and the Law (not offered 2024) IAS339 Intercultural Mediation (new from 2024)
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| 240cp | Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure) (240cp)
- A maximum of 100 credit points may be taken from 100 level units.
- A minimum of 60 credit points must be taken from 300 level units or above.
- See the Higher Education Course Rules (Award Requirements) in the Units and Courses Policy.
If course commenced prior to 2023:
No more than 20 credit points shall be counted with a grade of "PC" in a Bachelor AQF Level 7 course award and no more than 10 credit points at "PC" may be received at the highest level of the program of learning.
Course Changes and Transitional Arrangements - 2021
The required core units have reduced from 15 units (150cp) to 13 units (130cp). The required specialist elective units have increased from 9 units (90cp) to 11 units (110cp).
- LWZ112 Comparative Legal Systems has been recoded to LWA115 Comparative Legal Systems and changed from a Law Core Unit to a Law Specialist Elective unit. Students who have already completed LWZ112 will have it counted as a Law Specialist Elective.
- LWZ212 Transnational Law has been discontinued. Students who have already completed LWZ212 will have it counted as a Law Specialist Elective.
- LWA114 Law, Justice and the State has been discontinued.
- LWA120 Law in Context added as a Law Specialist Elective unit.