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Bachelor of Laws
Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
About this program
Studying law at CDU means studying it in a jurisdiction most Australian law schools barely touch: the Northern Territory has its own quirks in areas like Indigenous land rights, mining and resources law, and criminal sentencing that don't come up the same way in a Sydney or Melbourne law degree. Students get exposure to that Territory-specific context alongside the standard Priestley 11 subjects the profession requires everywhere in Australia.
The LLB runs 240 credit points across three years full-time, with a maximum of 100 credit points able to come from first-year (100-level) units and at least 60 credit points required at 300-level or above, a structure meant to stop students front-loading easy units and coasting. Most of the core sequence (contracts, torts, criminal law, property, equity, evidence, civil procedure) is prescribed by the legal profession's admission requirements, so there's not much room to swap those out; the flexibility shows up in the specialist electives, where students can lean toward family law, international law, or competition and consumer law depending on where they want to end up.
CDU offers full online delivery for the whole degree, which is unusual for a law program and reflects the practical reality that a lot of NT residents live hours from Darwin. Graduates wanting Honours can roll straight into the one-year Bachelor of Laws Honours add-on rather than restarting a separate degree.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
Study plan in 7 parts
- Year 1: Legal Process
- Contracts A & B
- Criminal Law
- Legal Research and Writing
- foundational electives
- Year 2: Torts
- Property Law
- Equity and Trusts
- Administrative Law
- Constitutional Law
- Year 3: Evidence
- Civil Procedure
- Company Law
- Professional Conduct
- capstone/clinical elective
- Specialist electives across the degree: family law
- international law
- competition and consumer law
- Indigenous legal issues
- 240credit points total
- max 100 credit points at 100-level
- minimum 60 credit points at 300-level or above
- Bachelor of Laws Honours (1 additional year) for eligible graduates
- Delivery: on campus, fully online, or blended
- 3 years full-time / 6 years part-time
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
Year 12 completion, ATAR approx 65 or equivalent
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