A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 80 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless otherwise indicated.
Unit Type | Credit Points | Specific Requirements |
Core (1 unit) | 10cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 10 credit points as detailed below. LWZ115 Legal Process (replaces LWZ111) |
Specialist Electives (7 units) | 70cp | Specialist Elective units totalling 70 credit points selected from the list of available units detailed below.
Students may enrol in other law units as a specialist elective with the prior approval of the Course Coordinator. See the Bachelor of Laws course structure for full list of units.
COM105 Business Communications IAS201 Cultural Capabilities LWA110 Legal History and Jurisprudence (unit title change 2023) (previously LWB205) LWA111 Indigenous Peoples and the Legal System (previously LWB201) (not offered 2025) LWA112 Environmental and Planning Law LWA113 Customary Law (not offered in 2024) LWA115 Comparative Legal Systems (previously LWZ112) LWA120 Law in Context LWA210 Contemporary Issues LWA213 Family Law (not offered in 2024) LWA217 Resources and Energy Law (not offered in 2025) LWA219 Criminology (not offered in 2024) LWA221 Human Rights Law (previously LWB206) (not offered in 2025) LWA225 True Justice: Deep Listening LWZ114 Criminal Law LWZ116 Torts LWZ118 Contracts LWZ204 Constitutional Law LWZ210 Equity LWZ211 Trusts LWZ223 Property Law Students that completed any of the following units prior to 2022 may still count them as specialist electives for this course: CUC100 Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability (last offered 2021) CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability (last offered 2021) LWA114 Law, Justice and the State (no longer offered) LWA133 Legal Reasoning (added from 2021) LWZ212 Transnational Law (last offered 2020) |
| 80cp | Total Credit Points |
| | NB: Students are required to complete LWZ115 as it is a prerequisite for most law units at a higher level. However, students are not precluded from seeking prior recognition of learning or credit transfer for a similar unit they may have completed at another tertiary institution. |
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 may be taken from 300 level units, or above.
- See the Higher Education Course Rules (Award Requirements) in the Units and Courses Policy.
COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2022
Students that have completed CUC100 should not complete COM105.
Students that have completed CUC107 should not complete IAS201.
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 law units can be applied.
Students undertaking or seeking a pathway to the LACCL1 Bachelor of Accounting/Diploma of Laws should complete COM105 and IAS201.
COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2021
Unit added as a specialist elective option LWA120 Law in Context.
COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2020
The following units have been removed from the course structure. These units will still count towards course completion for students who have already completed the unit or have prior approval from the Course Coordinator before unit enrolment.
LWA207 Dispute Resolution
LWA298 Legal Clinic
LWA316 Intellectual Property Law
LWA317 Research Paper (previously LWC304)
LWA319 Private International Law
LWA321 Public International Law (replaces LWA318)
LWA322 Moot Court
LWA325 Succession
LWA328 Competition and Consumer Law
LWA329 Conveyancing Law
LWA331 Finance and Securities Law
LWA332 Science and the Law
LWZ304 Administrative Law
LWZ315 Corporations Law
LWZ316 Evidence
LWZ317 Civil Procedure
LWZ320 Professional Responsibility
COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2019
CUC106 has been removed from the Course Structure as a Specialist Elective and will no longer be available as part of this course. Students who have completed CUC106 in the Diploma of Laws prior to 2019 will have the unit counted towards their award.