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Bachelor of Laws
University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, WA / Sydney, NSW, Australia
About this program
The Bachelor of Laws at the University of Notre Dame Australia is a four year program developed with leading judges, senior barristers and solicitors to give students a rigorous, ethical and practically relevant grounding in Australian law. Students develop negotiation, advocacy and mooting skills through the Legal Clinic, mentoring, courtroom visits and internship programs, and can use the Justice Owen Moot Court, a restored historic courthouse and the oldest surviving courthouse in Fremantle, the only such facility at an Australian university. The program is accredited by the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia and the NSW Legal Profession Admission Board and satisfies the academic prerequisite for admission to legal practice in those states, subject to completing a recognised Practical Legal Training course. Note: this row was previously marked Bond standard against the broken /study/find-a-course URL; content below was re-sourced from the live program page.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
- 4 years full time (program code 3510): Year One
- LAWS1000Legal Research & Writing
- LAWS1010Legal Process & Statutory Interpretation
- LAWS2510Criminal Law A
- LAWS2110Contract Law A
- LAWS1020Legal History
- LAWS2520Criminal Law B
- LAWS2120Contract Law B
- CORE1000Foundations of Wisdom. Year Two
- LAWS2210Torts A
- LAWS2410Property Law A
- LAWS2310Equity
- LAWS2220Torts B
- LAWS3002Administrative Law
- LAWS2420Property Law B
- LAWS2320Trusts
- plus a CORE elective. Year Three
- LAWS3600Advocacy
- LAWS3003Constitutional Law
- LAWS3210Corporations & Partnerships
- LAWS3001Evidence
- plus four Law electives including at least one international law elective. Year Four
- LAWS4001Civil Procedure
- LAWS4050Remedies
- LAWS3500Legal Philosophy
- LAWS4620Alternative Dispute Resolution
- LAWS4710Commercial Practice & Ethics
- plus three further Law electives
- drawn from a large elective list including Family Law
- Employment Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Human Rights Law and Indigenous Law. An Honours award is available
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
WA campus: Indicative ATAR/Selection Rank of 80 or IB score of 29 for recent secondary leavers; successful completion of at least 4 undergraduate level subjects with a GPA above 5.5 for higher education applicants (Tertiary Preparation Programs are not accepted for entry into Law); AQF Diploma or higher in a relevant discipline for VET applicants; and, in exceptional circumstances, a work and life experience pathway (STAT scores of at least 150 in both Multiple Choice and Written English, or Year 12 exams equivalent to the ATAR/selection rank) for mature age applicants. NSW campus uses a prescribed ATAR/selection rank and STAT scores of at least 160 in both sections. All applicants must also meet the university's minimum age and English language proficiency requirements.
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