If you are a graduate and you are looking to move into a career in law, the Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry) will provide you with the knowledge and specialist legal skills to propel you into your legal career.

The degree gives you a strong background in fundamental legal principles as well as professional legal skills. This includes the ability to analyse legal material and understand fundamental legal principles, an understanding of the relationship between law and society, general analytical skills for analysing and solving non legal problems, and specialised study into the Australian legal system. You will develop skills in advocacy, negotiation, legal drafting and legal research.

Duration

3 years full-time or 6 years part-time.

A Career in Law

Graduates of Law degrees at UWS have pursued careers such as:

Solicitor or barrister
Criminal prosecutor
Human rights advocate
Corporate legal advisor in the banking or finance industries
Legal advisor to an interest group such as the Aboriginal Legal Service
Judge's associate
Law academic
Non-legal executive in banking, finance, accounting, corporate management, education, publishing, marketing, telecommunications, government or human resource management
Lawyer in government service.

Entry Requirements

This course is not available to current HSC school leavers. The Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry) degree is an undergraduate law program available only to graduates who have completed the requirements for a Bachelor degree at a recognised university.

Bachelor of Laws (Non-graduate entry)

If you are not a university graduate, but you have some tertiary study behind you, the Bachelor of Laws (Non-Graduate Entry) is the opportunity you have been waiting for to discover a career in law. The Bachelor of Laws (Non-Graduate Entry) gives you a broad liberal legal education with a strong practical orientation. The course is designed to equip you with the required knowledge and skills for legal practice. Even if you are not seeking to practise as a lawyer, your learning will be enriched by exposure to the ethos and practice of law

Entry Requirements

This course is not available to current HSC school leavers. Applications will be considered from those having successfully completed one year of full time study at a recognised university, or completion of a diploma or advanced diploma at TAFE.

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Last Updated: 29 September 2012

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