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Juris Doctor
Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
About this program
The Juris Doctor is Bond's graduate-entry law degree for students who already hold an undergraduate qualification in any discipline and want to qualify for legal practice without repeating an LLB. The program is built on 240 credit points, and most students take four subjects a trimester, which at Bond's three-trimester pace typically brings the degree in at around two years rather than the three years a JD usually takes elsewhere.
Students complete a compulsory core of foundational law subjects, including constitutional law, contracts and criminal law, then select 70 credit points of electives, with the option to complete a formal Law Specialisation by taking at least four electives (40 credit points) within one subject area. Practical legal skills are woven through the degree rather than taught separately: legal writing, oral communication, negotiation, dispute resolution and professional ethics all sit inside the JD's integrated skills and professionalism strand. Graduates who also want to complete practical training requirements can continue directly into Bond's Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, meaning the whole path to admission as a legal practitioner can be finished at the one university.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
Study plan in 6 parts
- Constitutional Law
- Contract Law
- Criminal Law and Procedure
- Torts
- Property Law
- Equity
- Administrative Law
- Corporations Law
- Evidence
- Civil Dispute Resolution
- Electives (70CP): drawn broadly across commercial
- criminal
- international and public law subjects
- minimum 4 electives (40CP) concentrated in one recognised specialisation area
- Integrated skills and professionalism program: legal writing and reasoning
- oral advocacy
- negotiation
- dispute resolution
- professional ethics
- embedded across trimesters
- 240credit points
- typically 4 subjects per trimester
- Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (GDLP) for practical training requirements toward admission
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.
Admissions
A completed bachelor's degree in any discipline (does not need to be in law) with a competitive GPA.
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