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Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
About this program
Monash's Bachelor of Laws (Honours) satisfies the academic requirements for admission to practise as an Australian lawyer, typically completed as a double degree alongside another bachelor's program rather than as a standalone law degree. The course builds integrated knowledge across the principal areas of legal practice and broader perspectives on how law functions in society, developing professional skills in problem-solving, legal research, communication and ethical judgement that map directly onto the requirements for legal practice. A substantial elective component gives students flexibility to specialise in particular areas of law, study overseas, or take on clinical legal learning depending on their career interests. It suits school leavers and undergraduates who know from the outset that they want to qualify as a lawyer and prefer to combine their legal training with another discipline through a double degree, distinguishing it from the Juris Doctor route aimed at graduates who already hold an unrelated first degree.
Fees & duration
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Course structure
- You must complete 204 points
- comprising 102 points of core law units and 102 points of electives which may include up to 36 points of non-law units outside the Faculty of Law
- or the 48 points of non-law units required to be cross credited towards a double degree course. Knowledge is developed through four broad themes: A. Legal methodology and legal practice
- B. Public law
- C. Private law and D. Extending specialised knowledge and advanced skills. Units are clustered to reflect the main theme but most units also address the first theme
- legal practice to some extent. Units are 6 points unless otherwise stated. Part A. Core studies (102 points) You must complete: LAW1111 Foundations of law LAW4303 Litigation and dispute resolution LAW4309 Lawyers' ethics in practice LAW4323 Evidence LAW1112 Public law and statutory interpretation LAW1114 Criminal law 1 LAW2111 Constitutional law LAW4..
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
ATAR ~95+ (or equivalent Year 12); highly competitive entry
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