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Bachelor of Laws
Adelaide University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
About this program
Adelaide University's single Bachelor of Laws is a 96-unit, four-year AQF Level 7 degree: half core, half elective, but with real constraints on when students can take the elective half. No more than 9 units can be taken at Level I, and a minimum of 12 units is reserved for Level III, so students can't front-load easy electives early and coast.
Of the 48 elective units, 36 must be law electives, leaving 12 units as genuinely broadening electives students can take from outside the law school, such as a language, a science course, or a business elective, depending on interest. That's a deliberate design choice distinguishing the single LLB from Adelaide's various double-degree law combinations (Arts, Business, International Relations), which restructure the unit split differently and run longer.
The degree meets the requirements set by the Legal Practitioners Education and Admission Council of South Australia for admission to legal practice, subject to completing Practical Legal Training after graduation. Career paths span solicitor, barrister, in-house counsel, and policy roles, and a meaningful share of graduates go on to further postgraduate study rather than practising law directly.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
Study plan in 8 parts
Year 1, Semester 1
24 units- Legal Method and Reasoning
- Criminal Law
- Torts
- 1 broadening elective
Year 1, Semester 2
24 units- Contracts
- Constitutional Law
- 1 law elective
- 1 broadening elective
Year 2, Semester 1
24 units- Property Law
- Equity and Trusts
- 2 law electives
Year 2, Semester 2
24 units- Administrative Law
- Evidence
- 2 law electives
Year 3, Semester 1
24 units- Corporations Law
- Civil Procedure
- 2 law electives
Year 3, Semester 2
24 units- Professional Conduct and Ethics
- 3 law electives
Year 4, Semester 1
24 units- Level III law electives
- clinical legal education component
Year 4, Semester 2
24 units- Level III law electives
- research elective
Career & PR pathway
Occupations this degree typically leads to, and their skilled-migration list status
SolicitorANZSCO 271311
On both MLTSSL and CSOL, but a positive skills assessment is not the same as being able to practise. You must first be admitted to an Australian state legal profession, which for an overseas or JD graduate means passing the assessed academic subjects, completing Practical Legal Training, and being admitted by the state Supreme Court, before the occupation is realistically usable for a visa.
Assessed by VETASSESS
BarristerANZSCO 271111
On both MLTSSL and CSOL, supporting the points-tested 189, 190, and 491 as well as the employer-sponsored 482 and 186. As with Solicitor, a positive skills assessment is not the same as being able to practise: you must be admitted to the bar in an Australian state or territory before the occupation is realistically usable for a visa. Assessed by the state or territory Legal Admissions Authority, not VETASSESS.
Assessed by State or Territory Legal Admissions Authority
List membership changes over time and does not guarantee an invitation. See the skilled occupation lists guide and the points calculator before relying on this for a visa decision.
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