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Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
About this program
La Trobe University's Bachelor of Laws Honours degree. Stand out with a law degree committed to social impact and community engagement. Our dedicated four-year Law (Honours) degree gives you a strong academic and professional foundation with the ability to match your legal career to your area of interest through a range of specialised electives. Put your legal skills to the test with hands-on practical learning opportunities through our Legal Internship Program, work-based learning, the Law Clinic, overseas study programs, and leading mooting program. You'll also apply your training into the real world with internships, clerkships, and practical placements at legal firms, government bodies, and community legal centres - giving you enhanced employability and professional readiness through our network of industry and community partnerships. Combine intellectual and skills-based legal training with a progressive approach to law. With a strong focus on practical skills like dispute resolution, criminal procedure, and contract law, you'll learn what it is like to work on real cases and develop the professional skills to meet the demands of legal practice.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
- Year 1: Dispute Resolution
- Legal Institutions And Methods
- Principles Of Criminal Law
- Principles Of Public Law Year 2: Contract Law A
- Contract Law B
- Principles Of Constitutional Law
- Principles Of Tort Law Year 3: Civil Procedure
- Evidence And Criminal Procedure
- Foundations Of Property Law
- Real Property Law
- Statutory Interpretation Year 4: Company Law
- Principles Of Administrative Law
- Principles Of Equity And Trusts
- Law Internship B
- Legal Practice And Conduct
- Legal Research Project
- Legal Practice And Conduct Clinical Placement
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
Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL.
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