A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 160 credit points (cp) as detailed below.
Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
Core Units (5 units) | 50 | Compulsory Core units totalling 50 credit points as detailed below.
LWZ114 Criminal Law LWZ115 Legal Process LWZ116 Torts LWZ118 Contracts LWZ204 Constitutional Law |
Specialist Elective (8 units) | 80 | Units totalling 80 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 in 2024) LWA115 Comparative Legal Systems LWA120 Law in Context LWA207 Dispute Resolution LWA210 Contemporary Issues LWA213 Family Law (not offered in 2024) LWA217 Resources and Energy Law LWA219 Criminology (not offered in 2024) LWA221 Human Rights Law LWA225 True Justice: Deep Listening LWA298 Legal Clinic LWA316 Intellectual Property Law LWA317 Research Paper LWA319 Private International Law (not offered in 2024) LWA321 Public International Law (not offered in 2024) LWA322 Moot Court LWA325 Succession (not offered in 2024) LWA328 Competition and Consumer Law (not offered in 2024) LWA329 Conveyancing Law LWA331 Finance and Securities Law (no longer available) LWA332 Science and the Law (not offered in 2024) LWZ210 Equity LWZ211 Trusts LWZ223 Property Law LWZ304 Administrative Law LWZ315 Corporations Law LWZ316 Evidence LWZ317 Civil Procedure LWZ320 Professional Responsibility |
Electives (3 units) | 30 | Units totalling 30 credit points selected from undergraduate units offered by the University.
When selecting electives, choose units at a suitable level. The first number in each unit code indicates the year level at which the subject is taught. Undergraduate units are coded at 100 to 300 level, therefore units coded as LWA1xx, LWA2xx and LWA3xx would be first, second and third year units respectively. LWA/LWZ coded units are included in the WLAW02 Bachelor of Laws course structure. Students planning to continue their study of law with the WLAW02 Bachelor of Laws should note only credit for the LWZ/LWZ units can be applied and select units from the specialist elective list above. |
| 160 | Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure) (160cp)
- A minimum of 60 credit points must be taken from 200 level, or higher.
- See the Higher Education Course Rules (Award Requirements) in the Units and Courses Policy.
If course commenced prior to 2023:
No more than 10 credit points shall be counted with a grade of "PC" in an Associate Degree or Advanced Diploma AQF Level 6 course award.
Course Changes and Transitional Arrangements - 2022
Students who completed one or both of the common units (CUC100/CUC106 or CUC107) prior to 2022 may count them as specialist electives in this course.
Course Changes and Transitional Arrangements - 2021
The required core units have reduced from 7 units (70cp) to 5 units (50cp). The required specialist elective units have increased from 4 units (40cp) to 6 units (60cp).
- 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.
Course Changes and Transfer Arrangements - 2016
The unit LWZ112 Comparative Legal Systems has been added to the course structure as an introductory unit, in addition to LWZ115 Legal Process. LWZ212 Transnational Law has also been made a core unit and LWZ223 Property Law moved to a Specialist Elective.
- Students who began their studies in 2015 and completed LWZ111 Introduction to Law will be exempt from completing LWZ115 Legal Process. However, they will still be required to complete LWZ112 Comparative Legal Systems and LWZ212 Transnational Law.
- Students who have already completed LWZ223 Property Law will be able to count this unit as a Specialist Elective.
- Students will be given credit for all units accredited under the past course codes of BLAW, BLAWG and ADLS.
In 2015 LWZ100A and LWZ100B were replaced by one introductory unit - LWZ111.
- Students who have completed either LWZ100A or LWZ100B will be exempt from completing LWZ115. However they will still be required to complete LWZ112 and LWZ212.
- Students who have completed both LWZ100A and LWZ100B will be exempt from doing LWZ115 and they will still have to complete LWZ112 and LWZ212. However, they will not be disadvantaged and will receive 10cp to be credited towards their degree as a specialist elective at 100 level.
Please see the same information below in a table format:
Student has completed before 2016 | Student Exempt in 2016 | Student has to complete in 2016 |
LWZ111 | LWZ115 Legal Process | LWZ112 Comparative Legal Systems LWZ212 Transnational Law |
LWZ100A and LWZ100B | LWZ115 Legal Process plus Receive 10cp as a specialist elective unit at 100 level | LWZ112 Comparative Legal Systems LWZ212 Transnational Law |
LWZ100A | LWZ115 Legal Process | LWZ112 Comparative Legal Systems LWZ212 Transnational Law |
LWZ100B | LWZ115 Legal Process | LWZ112 Comparative Legal Systems LWZ212 Transnational Law |
Transitioning rules applicable to students who started before 2015:
LWZ202 was a core unit which was being discontinued and its outcomes were incorporated into the core units LWZ203 Constitutional Law and LWZ312 Administrative Law.
Their new unit codes are LWZ204 Constitutional Law and LWZ304 Administrative Law
Proposed rules:
- Students who have done LWZ202 and LWZ203 are not required to do LWZ204 however they still have to complete the core unit LWZ304
- Students who have done LWZ202 and LWZ312 are not required to do LWZ304. However they still have to complete the core unit LWZ204
- Students who have done LWZ203 will have to do LWZ204. However they will receive 10cp towards their Bachelor of Laws degree so they will not be disadvantaged.
- Students who have done LWZ312 will have to do LWZ304. However they will receive 10cp towards their Bachelor of Laws degree so they will not be disadvantaged.
Table format:
Student has completed before 2015 | Student Exempt from completing | Student has to complete |
LWZ202 and LWZ203 and LWZ312 | LWZ204 LWZ304 1 x Specialist Elective at 200 level | |
LWZ202 and LWZ203 | LWZ204 1 x Specialist Elective at 200 level | LWZ304 |
LWZ202 and LWZ312 | LWZ304 1 x Specialist Elective at 200 level | LWZ204 |
LWZ202 (but not LWZ203 or LWZ312) | 1 x Specialist Elective at 200 level | LWZ204 LWZ304 |
LWZ203 (but not LWZ202 or LWZ312) | 1 x Specialist Elective at 200 level | LWZ204 LWZ304 |
LWZ312 (but not LWZ202 or LWZ203) | 1 x Specialist Elective at 200 level | LWZ204 LWZ304 |