About this program
UC's Juris Doctor is a graduate-entry law degree for people who already hold a bachelor's degree in a non-law field, delivered fully online across 24 units, each run in a seven-week block rather than a traditional semester. With six intakes a year, students can start almost whenever life allows rather than waiting for a February or July opening.
To graduate, students must complete the foundation units, all Priestley 11 units (the national core required for admission to legal practice in Australia), the program's additional core units, and at least one of three Research and Internship Stream units, filling out the rest with electives.
Those electives lean toward technology, innovation and dispute resolution, which fits UC's broader positioning as a public-policy and government-adjacent university; several electives sit at the intersection of law and public administration, useful for JD students already working in or heading toward Commonwealth legal or policy roles based in Canberra.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
Study plan in 5 parts
- Foundation units: Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning
- Legal Research and Writing
- Priestley 11 core units: Contracts
- Torts
- Criminal Law
- Property Law
- Equity
- Company Law
- Administrative Law
- Federal and State Constitutional Law
- Civil and Criminal Procedure
- Evidence
- Professional Conduct (Ethics)
- Additional core units: Public International Law
- Legal Theory
- Research and Internship Stream (complete at least 1): Legal Internship
- Directed Research Project
- Law Reform Project
- Electives (remaining units to reach 24 total): drawn from technology and law
- alternative dispute resolution
- and public-sector/government law offerings
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 bachelor degree in any discipline (or equivalent); this is a graduate-entry law qualification.
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