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Bachelor of Laws Honours
Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
About this program
The Bachelor of Laws Honours at Charles Darwin University is a one-year course for high-achieving Bachelor of Laws graduates. It may provide a pathway to a PhD, enhance career prospects and advance legal research and writing skills. Students undertake a substantial legal research project in an area relevant to their career, deeply exploring a legal topic and developing an understanding of research methodologies relevant to law and legal scholarship, with support from CDU academic staff and a research supervisor to produce work to a publishable level. Successful completion may make graduates eligible for admission to a PhD.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
Study plan in 3 parts
- Core Units (2 units): Legal Research Methodologies
- Legal Research Development
- 20cpResearch Units (1-2 units): Law Honours Research Thesis C
Specialist Elective Units (2 units)
- Indigenous Peoples and the Law
- Comparative Legal Systems
- Transnational Issues in Family Law
- Transnational Law
- International Criminal Law
- Real-World Statistics and Data Reasoning
- Environmental Planning and Policy
- Realist Research and Evaluation
- Indigenous Health Research
- Research Design
- Research
- Ethics and Impact
- Qualitative Research
- Ethics and Professional Issues (replaces PSY426 2022)
- Research Methods and Practice (replaces PSY447 2022)
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
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a related field, minimum GPA 5.50
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